Eligibility
Qualified Organizations
The candidate’s employing organization must be a nonprofit charity/501(c)(3) that provides services within Maricopa County (for a minimum of 10 years) in the areas of human services, health, education, arts and culture, or religious organizations. The employing organization must:
- Fully support the candidate’s request to participate in the Piper Fellows program/self-designed/professional development plan and confirm that the organization can operate effectively during the Fellow’s participation in Fellowship activities.
- Guarantee all salary and benefits and continue full-time employee status of the candidate during absences.
- Priority is given to grantees and nonprofit organizations providing services within Piper Trust’s six core areas of grantmaking: arts and culture, children, education, healthcare, older adults, and religious organizations.
Candidates
Strong candidates* are leaders who have significant responsibilities for a nonprofit organization serving Maricopa County in the areas of human services, health, education, arts and culture, or religious organizations. A candidate for the Piper Fellows program should:
- Be an outstanding leader who has a demonstrated track record of leadership within the organization and service to the community.
- Be responsible for a significant level of management of the organization’s programmatic or operational activities.
- Desire and commit to participate in periodic activities during the Fellowship year, and in subsequent years, to build on individual and shared experiences, foster continued professional development within the Piper Fellows Community, and spark potential collaboration among the Piper Fellow organizations.
- Have worked a minimum of seven years in the nonprofit sector as a paid, full-time employee of the nonprofit(s), though not necessarily for a single organization. Candidate must be an employed leader of the applying organization for a minimum of three years.
- Be a full-time employee of the applicant organization and reside in Arizona.
*Not Eligible — individuals in the following categories are not eligible to apply for a Piper Fellowship:
- Employees of standard grantmaking foundations.
- Employees of business associations, industry groups, chambers or similar association/membership-type organizations.
- Employees of public sector entities; this includes public schools, state and local governments, quasi-government organizations, and positions focused on in classroom/virtual P-20 teaching or in tenured positions.
- Current or former consultants/contractors; current or former employees or Trustees of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust and their respective family members.
MORE INFORMATION
Questions? Please contact Karen Leland at kleland@pipertrust.org.
