The Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute (NELI) is pleased to offer a variety of scholarships to assist nonprofit leaders to attend the Executive Leadership Certificate program. The NELI program goal is to increase both individual and organizational capacity and performance by helping leaders more effectively manage resources, ensure accountability and achieve their programmatic missions through our rigorous Executive Leadership Certificate program. The certificate is earned over an eight month time period that is spread out into four sessions. Successful completion of the program earns each Fellow a Certificate of Nonprofit Executive Leadership from the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.
The 2010 NELI Fellows will begin coursework on April 22, 2010 and will complete the program November 13, 2010. Admission is selective and applications must be accompanied by a letter of nomination from the agency’s board of directors or supervisor endorsing the application. Full tuition cost of the NELI Program is $5,500.
Please review the information below on the variety of available scholarships and determine which is the most appropriate for you, your agency and your needs. Please call the NELI Director with questions. Applicants are urged to submit their scholarship requests and applications to the program in as early as possible. Deadline for application submission and scholarship submission is February 15, 2010..
Scholarship # 1 General Scholarships for Nonprofit Leaders
The Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute has a limited amount of general scholarship dollars. Nonprofit and Public sector leaders are encouraged to apply, and a special fund is available for nonprofit executive directors and senior managers serving children, youth and families in the five-county Philadelphia region.
Scholarship #2 Patricia Kind Family Foundation (PKFF)-NELI Scholarship
The PKFF Fellows will provide two scholarships of $5,000 each to offset the $5,500 tuition to executive directors or upper management staff of a nonprofit organization in the Philadelphia region with annual budgets of $500,000 or less.
Scholarship #3 United Way of Southeastern PA-NELI Scholarships
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (UWSEPA) will provide scholarship assistance to five nonprofit leaders from the five-county Philadelphia region to attend the NELI 2009 Executive Leadership Certificate program. Each of the five leaders will receive a $3,000 grant to offset the tuition cost of the $5,500 tuition cost of the NELI program. Nonprofit leaders associated with agencies whose work is aligned with the following UWSEPA priorities are encouraged to apply:
To learn more about the United Way priorities, please see UWSEPA’s 2007 Report to the Community at http://www.uwsepa.org/communityimpact/publications/UWSEPA_ReportToTheCommunity_Spring2007.pdf
HOW TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
To apply for one these scholarships, prospective applicants must fill out the regular NELI Application and Nomination forms. In addition, applicants must send a brief letter to the NELI Director, no more than two pages, identifying the scholarship for which s/he is applying. The Scholarship request letter should accompany the application and nomination forms. The following information must be included in the scholarship request letter:
Please submit this letter and the required attachments by the application deadline of December 1, 2008 to:
Catherine Ormerod, Director
Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute
Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research
300 Airdale Road
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Please call or email with questions, 610-520-2650.