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The Open Society Fellowship Program’s New Executives Fund provides key support to new nonprofit heads to help organizations navigate leadership transitions.
- Contact
- nef@opensocietyfoundations.org
The New Executives Fund is an initiative of the Open Society Fellowship that aims to support newly appointed executive directors and chief executive officers who show promise to grow as leaders in fields that are central to Open Society’s core mission.
The initial period when a new executive is appointed can be the most challenging and simultaneously the most promising time for an organization. It is a period when new directors can bring fresh thinking to the organization and lead their staff into a meaningful phase of self-reflection.
Selected candidates will receive funds to support projects undertaken within the first 24 months of receiving a grant. Such support will allow new leaders to move forward with a new project early in the executive’s tenure.
Guidelines
The fund will not review unsolicited applications. Eligible candidates are nominated internally. For further inquiries, please contact nef@opensocietyfoundations.org.
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Njeri Gateru
2019Njeri Gateru received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. -
Nolundi Luwaya
2019Nolundi Luwaya received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Land and Accountability Research Centre. -
Oleksii Kolesnykov
2019Oleksii Kolesnykov received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Association for Community Self-Organization Assistance. -
Sofía Unanue
2019Sofía Unanue received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at La Maraña. -
Sonya Sceats
2019Sonya Sceats received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Freedom from Torture. -
Steven Allen
2019Steven Allen received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Validity. -
Akila Radhakrishnan
2018Akila Radhakrishnan received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Global Justice Center. -
Blair Franklin
2018Blair Franklin received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Youth Empowered Society. -
Christina Swarns
2018Christina Swarns received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at the Office of the Appellate Defender. -
Eric Ward
2018Eric Ward received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at the Western States Center. -
Godwin Murunga
2018Godwin Murunga received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at the Council for the Development of Social Science Research. -
Henry Kwasi Prempeh
2018Henry Kwasi Prempeh received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development. -
Liberty Matthyse
2018Liberty Matthyse received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Gender DynamiX. -
Lisa Sánchez
2018Lisa Sánchez received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at México Unido Contra la Delincuencia. -
Maeve Cohen
2018Maeve Cohen received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Rethinking Economics. -
Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno
2018Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at the Drug Policy Alliance. -
Masen Davis
2018Masen Davis received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Freedom for All Americans Education Fund. -
Rama Issa-Ibrahim
2018Rama Issa-Ibrahim received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at the Arab American Association of New York. -
Robert Malley
2018Robert Malley received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at International Crisis Group. -
Salih Booker
2018Salih Booker received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at the Center for International Policy. -
Sonja Tošković
2018Sonja Tošković received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at the Belgrade Center for Human Rights. -
Stephanie Futter-Orel
2018Stephanie Futter-Orel received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Women Against Violence Europe.
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