Tom Ford Fellowship in Philanthropy

The Tom Ford Fellowship provides stipends of $30,000 plus health insurance coverage to three graduating seniors or co-terms for 11 months of full-time service with a foundation in the United States. Travel is provided to placements and fellowship meetings. After receiving the fellowship, each Tom Ford Fellow is matched with a senior mentor at a host foundation who guides the fellow's professional development. Placements are made with community, private, corporate, and family grantmaking  foundations.

Past fellowship placements include:

• The Asia Foundation in San Francisco (Tan Ye-Ling '02, Leela Young '03, Gea Kang '11)
• Chicago Community Trust in Chicago (Allison Upton '02)
• The Clinton Foundation in New York City (Kiah Williams '07))
• Firelight Foundation in Santa Cruz (Britt Ehrhardt '04)
• The Grameen Foundation in Seattle (Shelia Bijoor '08)
• Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, DC (Catherine Barnard, '04)
• Kimsey Foundation in Washington, DC (Lillian Bowie '04)
• The Robin Hood Foundation in New York City (Alexis Kaminsky '01)
• Skoll Foundation in Palo Alto (Joy Zhang '10)
• Washington Grantmakers in Washington, DC (Sufia Dadabhai '01)

Philanthropy 101 Workshop
Ford Fellowship applicants are strongly encouraged to attend Philanthropy 101 workshops Fall 2012, please review the Philanthropy 101 workshop presentation.

The 2012 application process is complete. Please watch for Feburary 2013 deadline.

For more information, please contact Megan Swezey Fogarty.

Please note that Haas Center staff do not necessarily have direct experience with, nor do we professionally endorse, partner organizations.