turning a city into a home


Our Mission:
To create opportunities for employment and community
involvement in Philadelphia for recent graduates of local
colleges and universities and strengthen the city’s
cultural, educational and social service agencies with
talented, motivated employees.
About Philly Fellows:
The Philly Fellows program offers one-year, post-
graduate fellowships to selected seniors at partnering
colleges and universities in the region.
•Philly Fellows offers top grads the opportunity to
choose between a diverse variety of positions with
Philadelphia’s arts/cultural, educational and social
services agencies.
•Philly Fellows provides participants with housing,
together with other fellows in one of Philadelphia’s
vibrant communities, and help facilitate the Fellows'
involvement in the community and the city by
sponsoring their participation in events, activities and
services projects.
•Each Philly Fellow is a member of the
AmeriCorps*VISTA program and receives a living
stipend and education award, health insurance,
transportation, furnishings, and a variety of
opportunities to experience Philadelphia's exciting
culture.
•Along with their full-time positions, the fellows dedicate
a portion of every week to participating in leadership
and professional development training and helping to
engage more students and young people in the
Philadelphia community.
•The Philly Fellows program aims to accomplish the
three-fold goal of engaging top-graduates and future
leaders in the Philadelphia community, strengthening
the city's non-profit agencies with educated, motivated
employees, and promoting Philadelphia’s vibrant
communities and bountiful opportunities to the
thousands of students who attend Philadelphia area
colleges and universities.
“The Knowledge Industry is
a key factor for setting a
new economic course for
the Philadelphia region.”
-Greater Philadelphia
Regional Review, Spring
2003
CLICK HERE to read
the fellows' full job
descriptions