APPLY: 2025 Rising Leaders Cohort

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Application Timeline & Process

Filling out the application: This application is expected to take no more than 1 hour to complete. You are able to save your progress and come back to the application at any time.
Reviewing your Application: You are able to fully review your application before submitting.
Application Deadline: The deadline to apply is Friday, November 1, 2024. If you have questions before applying, contact Kate Seely at kseely@ncg.org.
Participation: Submitting your application does not confirm your participation. All applicants will be notified of their application status by November 22, 2024, after we have reviewed all applications.
If you are accepted, next steps will be shared before the first session together.

Expectation Setting

By completing this application, you are agreeing to the following:

Schedule Availability: By submitting your application, you agree to be present for all sessions, the dates of which are located on the website here.
Additional Availability: I am able to meet virtually in between sessions with my peer group, also known as “brain trusts.”
Overall Engagement: This experience is highly interactive. Over the course of the 6 months, you will be engaged in your own reflection, learning, and sharing with others. The expectation is that you are able to engage across the breadth and depth of the cohort, including not missing sessions, having your camera on whenever possible in virtual engagements, and sharing to the best of your ability on a given day.
Communication and Commitment: Our ability to have a rich experience together hinges on our collective participation and engagement. Our intention is to create a space & culture committed to learning and care for one another. Please check here if you’re willing to stay committed to showing up throughout the duration of this cohort. And, please communicate if things come up in your personal lives and in the global context that impact your ability to participate.

More About You...

1. What motivates you to apply to the Rising Leaders Cohort? (250 words max)

2. Please describe your current roles and responsibilities within your organization and how you’d like to grow? (250 words max)

3. We live in a world blessed with possibility, and also plagued by conflict - genocide, climate collapse, rising fascism, failing democracy. What does leadership, in today’s context, mean to you? (250 words max)

4. What motivates you to work in the philanthropic sector? (250 words max)

5. In your view, what is philanthropy’s leadership responsibility in today’s world?

6. What are your career goals or aspirations for the next 3-5 years? (250 words max)

7. What are the skills and experience you most need to support these goals?

8. What are your expectations of participating in this cohort? (250 words max)

9. How do you envision contributing to the cohort, both within our time together and beyond? (250 words max)

10. If accepted, would you require a scholarship to participate? (If so, we will follow up to discuss this more.) (250 words max)

11. How did you hear about the Rising Leaders Cohort? (250 words max)

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12. Do you have any access needs for gathering throughout this cohort (in-person + virtually)?

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