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THE FUND FOR NEW LEADERSHIP SUPPORTS
AMERICA’S EMERGING SOCIAL CHANGEMAKERS.

Our fellows work to advance social, racial, and economic equity.
They hail from across the United States, are all rooted in the communities they serve,
and help lead early-stage organizations doing innovative, not-for-profit work to solve difficult social problems.

Fellows Spotlight

Valencia Peterson is the Founder and Executive Director of Open-Door Abuse Awareness Prevention (ODAAP), a nonprofit organization that endeavors to prevent all facets of violence in particular sexual assault and intimate partner violence through trauma-informed education to youth using the medium of sports.

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FNL Fellow Mohammed Al Samawi is the founder and director of Abrahamic House — the first-ever national, multi-faith incubator that seeks to build sustainable interfaith understanding and social change.

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FNL Fellow Bob Carswell is CEO of Material Return, a one-stop shop for creating a sustainable, socially responsible economy, focusing on custom circularity for textile brands.

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FNL Fellow Danielle Campbell is the co-director of 2A Forward — which engages gun owners around a solution-oriented framework of investment in community safety and violence prevention.

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FNL Fellow Martine Caverl

FNL Fellow Martine Caverl is co-founder of Ujimaa Medics, which trains residents of urban neighborhoods, especially those affected by gun violence, to be first responders.

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FNL Fellow Briane Cornish

FNL Fellow Briane Cornish is co-founder of finEQUITY, which works to improve the financial futures of community members who have experienced long-term incarceration.

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About Us

Our mission

We partner with emerging leaders to help them take risks and carry out solutions that better the communities around them.

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Our story

We asked ourselves: What would happen if up-and-coming agents of social change had more resources and support early on?

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Our process

We carried out a rigorous search and selection process to find changemakers whose work would benefit from a unique combination of supports.

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