Dec 10 2026
New & Emerging EdFunders Fellowship: Cohort 2
December 2026 - July 2027
The New & Emerging EdFunders Fellowship is a cohort-based learning experience for education funders in their first one to three years who want to build strategic clarity, strengthen their practice and make grants with greater confidence. The application period closed on July 13.
Join the fellowship to deepen your understanding of the education landscape, clarify the goals and values guiding your funding decisions, and build a practical approach to aligning day-to-day grantmaking with longer-term systems-change strategy.
- Who it’s for: Education funders in their first one to three years.
- What you’ll gain: Shared grounding in history, systems, and equity, plus peer learning and mentoring from experienced education grantmakers.
- Outcomes: Practical tools to think strategically about systems change and strengthen impact.
- Format: Eight sessions (six virtual and two in-person).
- Timeline: Cohort 2: December 10, 2026–mid-July 2027. The application period was open from June 2 to July 13; cohorts 1 and 2 were chosen in August.
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