Fund A Fellowship
You can establish a fellowship to honor an important writer, activist, or loved one, or to support new work in a particular subject area or genre. We offer invitational fellowships to encourage cutting-edge work on pressing issues of our time.
To establish a new fellowship, we require a minimum commitment of three years, or $22,500. You can also endow a fellowship for $150,000+, ensuring a lasting impact. Browse the list below to learn more about our donors, honorees and fellows.
If you would like to fund a fellowship, please contact Mesa Refuge Executive Director Kamala Tully at katully@mesarefuge.org
Current Invitational Fellowships
Helen Toribio Kapwa Fellowship
The Helen Toribio Kapwa Fellowship is being inaugurated in 2025 to support the work of Filipino and Filipino-American writers and…
Alliance for Felix Cove Fellowship
The Alliance for Felix Cove Fellowship supports California Indigenous/Indigenous rematriation and land back advocates, traditional ecological knowledge keepers/scientists and ancestral…
Economic Equity, Data and Policy Change Fellowship
The Economic Equity, Data and Policy Change Fellowship gives independent thinkers, strategists, and journalists support to write or produce in…
Indigenous Knowledges Holder Circles
The Indigenous Knowledges Holder Circles offers a unique opportunity for (elder) language keepers and knowledge holders and (younger) knowledge learners…
Leading Edge Fellowship
Leading Edge Fellows are progressive movement leaders who are pursuing bold visions for change for Black communities and communities of…
Manzanita Fellowship for Racial, Economic and Environmental Justice
The Manzanita Fellowship for Racial, Economic and Environmental Justice supports visionaries working at the intersections and edges of racial, social, and environmental…
Toby Symington Sacred Advocacy Fellowship
The Toby Symington Sacred Advocacy Fellowship supports writers who are advocates of truth and equity—who have a deep connection with…
Jennifer Egan Creative Approaches to Mental Health Fellowship
A generous donor created this fellowship in Jennifer Egan’s honor. Jennifer has chosen to direct the fellowship toward supporting writers…
The May and Jack Elinson Public Health Fellowship
This fellowship honors the legacy of public health advocates May and Jack Elinson. May Elinson served as a public health…
Judith Tannenbaum Teaching Artist Fellowship
Judith Tannenbaum was a Bay Area writer and teacher who was a national leader in the field of community arts.…