Grant opportunity
Barr Foundation Fellowship 2026
The Barr Foundation is refreshing and relaunching its Fellowship Program in 2026 to support nonprofit leaders and strengthen leadership, reflection, connection, and sector effectiveness.
- Funder
- Barr Foundation
- Application deadline
- Application deadline: Jun 30, 2026
- Award
- Leadership fellowship support; applicants should confirm current package details on the official page
- Applicant
- Nonprofit leaders
- Discipline
- Governance, Policy & Society
- Region
- United States
- Posted
- May 23, 2026
Call summary
Overview
The Barr Fellowship is a leadership development fellowship for nonprofit leaders, relaunched in 2026 to give leaders the space, peer community, and support needed to sustain and strengthen their work.
Who can apply
- Applicants should be eligible nonprofit leaders under the Barr Foundation's 2026 fellowship criteria.
- Prospective applicants should confirm geography, organization type, leadership role, nomination or application requirements, and current programme rules on the official Barr Foundation page.
What it supports
- Leadership renewal, peer learning, organizational and sector effectiveness, and strengthening nonprofit leadership practice.
- The fellowship focuses on supporting leaders navigating demanding social impact work.
Funding and duration
The official Barr Foundation page should be used to confirm the current fellowship support package, eligible costs, and participation expectations.
Application deadline
Application deadline: Jun 30, 2026
How to apply
Use the official Barr Foundation Fellowship page and submit by 30 June 2026.
Call details
About the opportunity
The Barr Fellowship is a leadership development fellowship for nonprofit leaders, relaunched in 2026 to give leaders the space, peer community, and support needed to sustain and strengthen their work.
Barr Foundation lists this opportunity for Nonprofit leaders, Governance, Policy & Society, United States.
This listing is written for researchers, students, universities, NGOs, research teams, policy professionals and academic institutions searching for Governance, Policy & Society grants, fellowships, scholarships, conferences, workshops and funding opportunities in United States contexts.
Eligibility
Applicants should be eligible nonprofit leaders under the Barr Foundation's 2026 fellowship criteria.
Prospective applicants should confirm geography, organization type, leadership role, nomination or application requirements, and current programme rules on the official Barr Foundation page.
Funding and benefits
The official Barr Foundation page should be used to confirm the current fellowship support package, eligible costs, and participation expectations.
Themes and supported activities
Leadership renewal, peer learning, organizational and sector effectiveness, and strengthening nonprofit leadership practice.
The fellowship focuses on supporting leaders navigating demanding social impact work.
Deadline and timeline
Application deadline: Application deadline: Jun 30, 2026.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
How to apply
Use the official Barr Foundation Fellowship page and submit by 30 June 2026.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.