- Deadline
- Passed
- Program
- Open Society Fellowship Program
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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Afua Atta-Mensah
2017Afua Atta-Mensah received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Community Voices Heard. -
Amanda Rivera
2017Amanda Rivera received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Instituto de Desarrollo de la Juventud. -
Andres Hernandez
2017Andres Hernandez received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Transparencia por Colombia. -
Catherine Woollard
2017Catherine Woollard received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at European Council on Refugees and Exiles. -
Cayden Mak
2017Cayden Mak received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at 18MillionRising.org. -
Daniela Schwarzer
2017Daniela Schwarzer received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at the German Council on Foreign Relations. -
Emina Bosnjak
2017Emina Bosnjak received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Sarajevo Open Centre. -
Friedhelm Weinberg
2017Friedhelm Weinberg received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at HURIDOCS. -
Gary Kalman
2017Gary Kalman received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition.
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Alexandra Llegus
2019Alexandra Llegus received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at La Maraña. -
Andy Marra
2019Andy Marra received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Legal Defense & Education Fund. -
Anggara Suwahju
2019Anggara Suwahju received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Institute for Criminal Justice Reform. -
Ann Campbell
2019Ann Campbell received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Validity. -
Chris Melody Fields Figueredo
2019Chris Melody Fields Figueredo received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. -
Claire Fernandez
2019Claire Fernandez received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at European Digital Rights. -
DeAnna Hoskins
2019DeAnna Hoskins received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at JustLeadershipUSA. -
Enkhjin Batjargal
2019Enkhjin Batjargal received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at GerHub. -
Florian Irminger
2019Florian Irminger received support for a special discretionary fund for the first two years of leadership at Penal Reform International.