Interfaith Innovation Fellowship Grant

Interfaith Innovation Fellowship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Interfaith America
Amount: US $5,000
Last Updated: August 12, 2025

Summary

The Interfaith Innovation Fellowship, offered by Interfaith America, empowers leaders to develop interfaith projects that address community needs. Participants receive a $5,000 award and engage in a year-long program emphasizing collaboration, mentorship, and professional development. This initiative connects emerging leaders across diverse sectors, fostering cooperation in a pluralistic society. The fellowship culminates in an intensive retreat, where members learn from each other's experiences and celebrate impactful work aimed at social change.

Overview

Interfaith America Interfaith America was founded in 2002 based on the idea that religious difference should serve as a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. Since that time, Interfaith America has evolved from a small Chicago-based nonprofit to the nation’s premier interfaith organization. Led by Founder and President Eboo Patel, Interfaith America inspires, equips, and connects leaders and institutions to unlock the potential of America’s religious diversity. Utilizing a research-backed approach, IA works in higher education, health, corporate, bridgebuilding, civic fields. Interfaith Innovation Fellowship Deepen your interfaith leadership skills by joining a select cohort of peers for a yearlong fellowship, and completing a project using principles of interfaith cooperation to directly respond to a need you’ve identified within your community To build healthy and thriving communities, our nation needs interfaith leaders who can break barriers and build bridges across differences. Members of Interfaith America’s Emerging Leaders Network successfully collaborate across difference throughout many sectors of society by employing an interfaith lens and leveraging the gifts of America’s religious diversity. Thus, we are proud to support the ongoing leadership development and impact of this network through the Interfaith Innovation Fellowship. The Fellowship awards $5,000 to interfaith leaders with an inspirational vision for social change. In addition to the $5,000 award, Fellows will network with cohort members and learn from one another’s projects, participate in an intensive in person retreat in Chicago geared toward their professional development, and receive ongoing support to grow their leadership experience through mentorship with senior-level Interfaith America staff. We look forward to celebrating the impactful work of these Fellows who share Interfaith America’s pluralistic vision of a country united around the common good. Purpose The Fellowship is intended to support the work of the Emerging Leaders Network to carry out projects that address a community need with an interfaith lens, and to support the recipient’s development as an interfaith leader.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. All members of Interfaith America’s Emerging Network are eligible to apply. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.