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.

FellowshipLeadershipNonprofitSocial impactUnited States
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.