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
Heyday Roundhouse Native California Writers
The Heyday Roundhouse Native California Writer Fellowship supports the diverse voices of Native California writers and celebrates Indigenous storytelling and culture-keeping. […]
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
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
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
Leading Edge Fellows are progressive movement leaders who are pursuing bold visions for change for Black communities and communities of […]
Manzanita 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
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
A generous donor created this fellowship in Jennifer Egan’s honor. Jennifer has chosen to direct the fellowship toward supporting writers […]
May and Jack Elinson Public Health
This fellowship honors the legacy of public health advocates May and Jack Elinson. May Elinson served as a public health […]
Judith Tannenbaum Teaching Artist
Judith Tannenbaum was a Bay Area writer and teacher who was a national leader in the field of community arts. […]
Howard and Phyllis Friedman Inclusive Economy
Bob Friedman came to the Mesa Refuge in the spring of 2017 as the Leo Barnes Fellow for Economic Writing. […]
West Marin Community
The West Marin Community Fellowships support the creative projects of people nominated by West Marin’s rich network of non-profit organizations. In these […]
Marion Weber Healing Arts
The Marion Weber Healing Arts Fellowships were created by Marion R. Weber, a healer, artist, writer and philanthropist who lives […]
Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation Health Writing
After a three-year pilot project, in 2015 the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation provided $50,000 to endow a fellowship for […]
Pamela Krasney Moral Courage
Pamela Krasney was an extraordinary woman, abounding in compassion, courage, humor, integrity, and wisdom. She had boldness, prescience, and a steady […]