Sand Hill Philanthropy Fellowship with Fast Forward Summer 2025 - Round 2
Through the Sand Hill Philanthropy Fellowships, a Cardinal Quarter opportunity, Stanford undergraduate students can spend the summer working in full time positions with Bay Area grantmaking foundations that are prearranged by the Haas Center.
The Sand Hill Foundation Fellowship in Philanthropy was created in spring 2000 to honor the memory of Tom Ford, a member of the Haas Center’s National Advisory Board and a former Stanford University Trustee. Throughout his life, Ford strongly believed in sharing with the community and in the immense potential of young people. With the generous support of Susan Ford Dorsey's Sand Hill Foundation, the Sand Hill Foundation Fellowship is modeled after this philosophy. The goal of the program is to bring more young people into philanthropic work by providing students with intensive summer experiences.
Philanthropy Fellows learn about the grant making process. A prearranged summer fellowship position is available with Fast Forward.
Description of Organization:
Tech is ubiquitous. Tech solutions for social problems are not. An emerging class of startups is building tech to solve these social problems. They are tech nonprofits. Fast Forward bridges the tech and nonprofit sectors to build capacity for tech nonprofits, so they can scale solutions to our world’s most urgent problems.
As the first and only organization focused exclusively on scaling startups that combine the best tech with sustainable nonprofit business models, Fast Forward’s mission is to accelerate impact.
Description of Projects:
Fast Forward is excited to welcome a summer fellow who will join the fundraising arm of the corporate partnerships team. This individual will play a key role in identifying aligned funders that the Fast Forward team should pitch. They will research the funders’ social impact missions and help strategize the best approach for reaching out. Additionally, the individual will have the opportunity to join pitching sessions with funders and meet social impact professionals. This will be the core project, and the individual will also be supportive throughout their summer in mini-projects to support the prospecting activities of the team.
Desired Skills, Experiences, and Qualities:
- Attention to detail
- Ability to project manage
- Excited about diving into research and building a full picture
- Enjoys diving into and learning new systems
- Interpersonal skills - you love building relationships!
- Team player willing to jump in and help as needed
- Interested in tech for good and the nonprofit ecosystem
- Interested in learning about corporate partnerships and the world of fundraising
- Ability to be in-person in San Francisco’s Presidio
Work Arrangement:
Fully on-site (5 days a week) at 1002A O'Reilly Ave, San Francisco, CA 94129. The preferred start date is June 16, 2025.
Each Philanthropy Fellow receives a base stipend of $7000 to cover most of the essential costs associated with an unpaid service experience. Financial aid and supplemental funding are available to students who qualify.
Eligibility:
For complete eligibility requirements, please review our program policies in its entirety.
Applicants must be:
- an undergraduate enrolled at Stanford for the spring quarter of this academic year (2024-25); and
- be in good academic standing and not on suspension
Students who have begun their coterm programs are not eligible to apply. Priority will be given to students who have completed fewer than two previous Cardinal Quarter opportunities.
Requirements:
Selected fellows are expected to begin their fellowship following the completion of spring quarter classes and no later than July 7, 2025. All fellows are required to work with their community partners 35-40 hours/week for nine consecutive weeks. Fellows are expected to work on-site at their host organizations at least on a hybrid schedule, but some fully virtual experiences may be allowed on a case-by-case basis. Fellows must have a designated full-time professional staff member on-site as their supervisor/mentor. Please review the complete program policies for additional requirements. Other commitments include the following:
Spring Quarter
- Complete and online program orientation
- Complete the Engaging in Ethical and Effective Service in-person workshop or worksheet.
- Identify and meet with an on-campus mentor at least once.
- Design a personal learning plan and share the learning plan with the site supervisor and on-campus mentor.
- Complete all required pre-orientation forms.
Summer
- Submit a brief preliminary report
- Submit a final report, complete a program evaluation, and correspond with fellowship donor(s) as requested by fellowships program staff.
Fall Quarter
- Meet with on-campus mentor at least once.
- Participate in outreach activities to share the experience and help publicize the program.
Selection Process:
For those who seek assistance, advising is available at the Haas Center to help students develop their applications.
This fellowship is intended for individuals whose application, references, and interview demonstrate
- an integration of the fellowship experience with applicant’s academic, personal and/or career goals
- prior demonstrated interest or involvement in the subject area, including related coursework
- a compelling match between applicant’s skills and interests and an organization’s work and needs
- strong potential for the fellowship experience to deepen a candidate’s understanding of an identified community issue or challenge
Complete applications are screened, finalists interviewed, and fellows selected by the host organizations staff with the intention to award fellowships prior to spring break. Applicants should respond promptly (within 48 hours) via email to a fellowship offer, or the offer will be rescinded. Once an applicant accepts a fellowship offer, the student should promptly notify all other Stanford and non-Stanford programs to which they have applied that they have accepted another offer and to withdraw their candidacy.
