Barr Fellowship 2026 for Civic Leaders – YOA

Deadline: June 30, 2026

Applications are open for the Barr Fellowship Class of 2026. Every few years, beginning in 2005, Barr Foundation has invited a various group of civic leaders to turn into Barr Fellows. Over seven cohorts, the Barr Fellowship has acknowledged, supported, and linked 80 exemplary leaders from many backgrounds, organizations, and fields.

The Fellowship goals to allow extra social sector leaders throughout the state to:

• expertise elevated resilience, renewal, readability of goal, and sustainability;
• domesticate further collaborative management capacities and abilities;
• develop a wholesome working tradition of their group that acknowledges and invests in management in any respect ranges; and
• develop the networks that they’ll depend on and activate in service of shared objectives.

Program Components

• Cohort connection and studying alternatives supplied through scheduled programming (roughly 16 days over 15 months).
• A $75,000 grant to the group with the twin functions of supporting the effectively-being of the person Fellow and the group — $25,000 to help the Fellow’s private effectively-being and improvement and $50,000 to help the group’s work to boost resilience and effectively-being for its employees.
• 50 hours of teaching, which incorporates govt teaching for the Fellow and organizational teaching to help figuring out and advancing key resilience objectives.
• Opportunities for continued engagement with the Fellow’s cohort and the bigger Barr Fellows Network as Alumni.

Eligibility

Applicant organizations should:

• Be a nonprofit 501(c)3 public charity or a corporation fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)3 public charity of any self-discipline headquartered and considerably serving Massachusetts, i.e., no less than roughly 75% of the actions, providers and/or programming carried out by your group happen in Massachusetts.
• Have an working price range between roughly $500,000 and $5 million with enough staffing and sources in place to proceed operations with out vital interruption whereas the nominated particular person participates in Fellowship actions.
• Demonstrate an organizational dedication to:
  • Developing a discipline that’s rooted in justice and belonging, during which all employees can thrive and contribute to organizational missions.
  • Cultivating a wholesome working tradition that acknowledges and invests in management in any respect ranges.
• Organizations which can be fiscally sponsored are eligible.
• Government businesses, hospitals, Ok-12 faculties and better training establishments should not eligible to apply.
• Organizations with a main perform of re-granting to different organizations should not eligible to apply.

The Organization’s particular person candidate for the Fellowship should:

• Be a CEO, Executive Director, or Co-Director in a nonprofit group, who’ve been of their present position for no less than three years.
• Have between roughly three and ten years’ complete expertise in a paid position as a nonprofit CEO, Executive Director, or Co-Director, and intend to stay within the sector for the foreseeable future.
• Be a full-time resident of New England with skilled life and work considerably targeted on Massachusetts.
• Demonstrate a private {and professional} dedication to creating a discipline that’s rooted in justice and belonging and contributing to organizational tradition that helps employees to point out up as their full selves, distinctive of their cultures, experiences, and views.
• Have availability, capability, and dedication for full participation within the Fellowship.

Application

The application window for the Class of 2026 closes on Tuesday, June 30 at 5:00pm EST.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Barr Fellowship.