APPLICATION DEADLINE:
July 19, 2024, 11:59PM EST
WELCOME 2024 APPLICANTS:
First, thank you for your interest! CLFP is a year-long experience designed to sharpen the skills and strengthen the leadership capacity of professionals who are committed to assisting Black communities through philanthropy. Fellowship cohort participants have the opportunity to hear from seasoned grantmakers, leaders, and peers on a regular basis. Participants will learn how to be more effective agents for change within their institutions, and participate in a network that focuses on innovative solutions to community challenges (click here to read the full 2024-2025 cohort announcement).
Cohort members participate in an exclusive Leadership Summit and are assigned an executive coach. In addition, each cohort member is required to complete a community-based learning project during the fellowship year. Thiscan be volunteer work or a research project on a topic of interest to them, and of service to Black communities. Please note that cohort members will be based at their home institutions and in their communities during the fellowship year.
Our cohorts focus on elevating the entire African diaspora and we invite you to embrace its diversity and breadth as you answer the questions below. The United Nations declared 2015-2024 the International Decade of People of African Descent. It is time to fully represent and uplift your Blackness. Integrate your authentic self into your essays and video– showcasing who you are, your lineage and your connections. Consider how celebrating and incorporating your heritage can catalyze greater impact in your work.As we keep our hands on these professional ploughs we amass stories that we keep and share. As we gather, we germinate strategies, we build new and broaden existing collaboratives, to tackle the persistent attacks of myriad adversaries. These attacks aren’t new. Jim Crow wears suits and judicial robes now. Thanks to our ancestors, we have an unending assortment of fables, proverbs, stories and strategies that – when we listen – provide us with the soundtracks and playbooks rich with what we need to thrive.
Deadline: Submit your application by Friday, July 19th, 2024 at 11:59pm EST. ABFE will notify you by August 13th, 2024 regarding your submission and to share if your application has been selected.
*Note that ABFE will cover the cost of lodging for fellows to particpate in the November fellowship retreat, while travel costs are the responsibility of the fellow.