Call for Proposals

We invite you to become part of a quiet but powerful movement. By contributing to the Shola Fellowship Endowment Fund, you help spark ideas, support changemakers, and sustain grassroots action where it matters most. Even a modest grant can unlock potential, set a journey in motion, and build long-term impact rooted in equity, ecology, and empowerment. Your support ensures that this legacy continues—enabling more fellowships, more stories of change, and a deeper collective commitment to a just and sustainable future.

Over the years, the Shola Fellowship Endowment Fund has extended support to communities, collectives, and individuals working at the intersection of equity, ecology, and empowerment.

Many of these grants have lit the first spark—small, timely interventions that enabled enduring journeys of change. Since the fund started in 2006, we have given out 17 small grants and fellowships till 2025.

This document has captured a glimpse of that spirit: a quiet trust in people and their potential, a belief that even modest support can seed something lasting. As we carry this work forward, we remain guided by the values and vision of those who inspired it—and by the growing community that continues to shape and strengthen the Fellowship’s path.