Encore Fellowships
Encore
Fellowships
Matching experienced professionals with social impact organizations to boost capacity and strengthen multigenerational teams
About
Encore Fellowships® match seasoned professionals with social impact organizations to boost nonprofit capacity, build strong multigenerational teams, and give people seeking encore careers an introduction to the nonprofit sector. Launched in 2009, Encore Fellowships are a program of CoGenerate (formerly Encore.org), an award-winning nonprofit bringing older and younger people together to solve problems, bridge divides and co-create the future.
To date, more than 2,000 Encore Fellows® have provided 2 million hours of service to the social sector, contributing the equivalent of $200 million to nonprofit organizations in more than 50 US cities.
Encore Fellows….
- Apply professional experience to the social sector
- Develop meaningful mentorships with younger colleagues
- Receive a $25,000 stipend for 1,000 hours of work
- Make a meaningful difference over 6 to 12 months
- Launch a new career path
Host Organizations…
- Get seasoned, skilled talent at a fraction of the market cost
- Experience the benefits of a multigenerational team
- Test leadership roles or fill interim positions for critical projects
- Build capacity and accelerate progress toward mission fulfillment
- Gain a valuable new perspective
News Highlights
Nonprofit Work After Retirement? Maybe You Can Make It Pay →
News Highlights
Nonprofit Work After Retirement? Maybe You Can Make It Pay →
Featured Encore Fellows
Featured Host Organizations
Supporters
Past and Present
- California HealthCare Foundation
- David & Lucille Packard Foundation
- Eisner Foundation
- Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group
- HP
- HPE
- IBM
- Intel Corporation
- Keysight Technologies
- May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
- Petsmart Charities
- Robin Hood Foundation
- Qualcomm
- Virgina G. Piper Charitable Trust
Supporters
Past and Present
- California HealthCare Foundation
- David & Lucille Packard Foundation
- Eisner Foundation
- Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group
- HP
- HPE
- IBM
- Intel Corporation
- Keysight Technologies
- May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
- Petsmart Charities
- Robin Hood Foundation
- Qualcomm
- Virgina G. Piper Charitable Trust
Encore Fellowship Stories
Encore Fellowship Stories
This Encore Fellow Helped Embed Social Justice in Engineering
After working in the tech industry for nearly 40 years, Jim Blakley knew he wanted to pursue an Encore Fellowship, working part-time for a nonprofit organization that aligned with his values. At 60, he was ready to retire and knew several colleagues who had enjoyed...
This Encore Fellow Is Helping a Nonprofit Serve 60,000 Children a Year
Helping Mamas provides essential baby items and period products to women and children in need throughout the state of Georgia and in Knoxville, TN. The nonprofit was started in 2014 by Jamie Lackey, a social worker who saw moms use plastic grocery store bags as...
He’d Never Considered the Nonprofit Sector. Now He Doesn’t Want To Leave.
David Pfeifer brought decades of experience running small and mid-size businesses to Futures and Options last year when he joined the team as an Encore Fellow — a seasoned professional paid a stipend to work at a nonprofit for 3 to 12 months. When his fellowship...
“Funding the Encore Fellowships program opened up a whole new set of leaders who contributed to the environment, to children and to our communities.“
CAROL LARSON
Former CEO of The David and Lucille Packard Foundation
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