Rising Leaders for Results Selection Criteria

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty and Selec­tion Criteria

For the sec­ond cohort of the Ris­ing Lead­ers for Results Fel­low­ship, the Casey Foun­da­tion seeks 14 ear­ly-career lead­ers from across the coun­try who are work­ing to improve out­comes for chil­dren, youth, fam­i­lies and com­mu­ni­ties and are com­mit­ted to strength­en­ing their lead­er­ship prac­tice and expand­ing their impact over time.

The Foun­da­tion is inter­est­ed in active­ly engaged appli­cants in diverse roles and sec­tors who are moti­vat­ed to grow as results-dri­ven, equi­ty-focused leaders.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty

To be eli­gi­ble for the Ris­ing Lead­ers Fel­low­ship, appli­cants must:

• be between the ages of 24 and 31 at the start of the program;
• work in a non­prof­it, pub­lic sec­tor, phil­an­thropic, for-prof­it or self-employed role focused on improv­ing out­comes for chil­dren, youth, fam­i­lies and/​or communities; 
• be based in the Unit­ed States and focused on domes­tic issues at the local, state, region­al or nation­al level;
• be able to par­tic­i­pate in all Fel­low­ship sem­i­nars and activ­i­ties over the course of the pro­gram; and
• have the full sup­port of their super­vi­sor and organization.

Note that the fol­low­ing are inel­i­gi­ble to apply for a Fellowship:

• employ­ees or those seek­ing employ­ment with the Casey Foun­da­tion dur­ing the selec­tion process or the pro­gram term;
• imme­di­ate fam­i­ly mem­bers of a Casey Foun­da­tion trustee or employee;
• par­tic­i­pants in anoth­er lead­er­ship pro­gram or fel­low­ship dur­ing the Fel­low­ship term; and
• can­di­dates for pub­lic office.

Char­ac­ter­is­tics of Select­ed Fellows

In addi­tion to meet­ing the eli­gi­bil­i­ty require­ments, suc­cess­ful appli­cants will demonstrate:

• clear com­mit­ment to improv­ing out­comes for chil­dren, youth, fam­i­lies and communities;
• desire to grow as a leader and increase their impact over time;
• will­ing­ness to take action, learn from expe­ri­ence and stretch in their leadership;
• open­ness to self-reflec­tion, feed­back and learn­ing with others;
• inter­est in under­stand­ing and address­ing inequities in their work;
• abil­i­ty to con­nect their work to broad­er results and out­comes; and
• readi­ness to engage in both per­son­al and col­lec­tive lead­er­ship development.