(Career Progress) Future Executive Directors Fellowship (applications due at 5pm)

Future Executive Directors Fellowship

About the Fellowship

Background:

In July 2008, we announced the inaugural class of 25 emerging leaders in the Nonprofit Roundtable's Future Executive Directors Fellowship. It was the first program of this focus and intensity to be offered to emerging nonprofit leaders who aspire to the nonprofit executive director position. We launched a second class of 25 Fellows in 2010. 

The Fellows participated in an intensive program designed to prepare them for executive directorships, diving deep into fundraising, communications, human resources, financial management, negotiating effectively, building partnerships, and achieving work/life balance.  Fellows were exposed to a rich network of mentors, colleagues, faculty, and current nonprofit executive directors to help them develop as leaders. Their mentors were all current or former executive directors who candidly shared their real-life experiences in leading organizations in the Greater Washington Area.

The program was launched on the heels of Meyer Foundation's 2008 report, Ready to Lead, which showed that one-third of emerging nonprofit leaders have aspirations of becoming executive directors, 40 percent of which said that they would be ready within five years. But what we've seen is that our Fellows are ready now. Outcomes from the 2008 & 2010 Fellowships include:   

• Among the 50 fellows who participated in the 2008 and 2010 fellowships, seven have since assumed positions as Executive Directors.
• 100 percent of the fellows developed and achieved a personal leadership goal during the Fellowship.
• One fellow saved their organization at least $300,000 through their stretch assignment completed during the fellowship.
• Several fellows became Board members of local nonprofits.
• Several fellows are now working on advocacy projects; working to increase the living wage, improve language access services in healthcare settings, and increase the availability of affordable housing.
• Each class of fellows cultivated a robust support network for each other, which has carried with the fellows for years beyond the program itself.

View the 2010 Fellows here.

View the 2008 Fellows here.

Program Schedule:

The Program Schedule can be found here.

Program Cost:

The Future Executive Directors Fellowship is made possible by American Express and Gelman, Rosenberg and Freedman CPAs. The program is open to Roundtable Members at the cost of $250. The cost to Fellows from non-member organizations is $500. Payment will be required within two weeks of acceptance into the program.

For information regarding payment plans or scholarships, contact Amy Fishman at afishman@nonprofitroundtable.org.

Frequently Asked Questions-

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found here.

Apply:

Click here to access the online application for the 2012-2013 Future Executive Directors Fellowship.

Completed applications MUST be submitted via the online application and via email by 5:00pm on April 30, 2012.

Advisory Committee:

View the 2012-2013 Future Executive Directors Advisory Committee here.

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