Application Guidance

Echoing Green receives over 2000 applications a year. While we do not have the capacity to meet with potential applicants to discuss their projects individually, please use the guidance materials here for further assistance in preparing your application.

Resources

2012 Short Answer Questions

To download the questions with help text, click here. (pdf)
To download a worksheet with questions only, click here. (Microsoft Word doc)

*For short answer questions, all character counts include spaces.

While the first phase of the online application does not open until December 5, 2011, the application's short answer questions are available in advance to help applicants get a head start. The short answers are just one portion of the online application, which will also require answers to basic contact and demographic information as well as a copy of your resume or CV.

Short answer questions are the same for both the Echoing Green Fellowship and the Black Male Achievement (BMA) Fellowship.

Tip: In the online application, we recommend using the above worksheet to compose your answers offline and then copy and paste them into the online application form. This can then serve as a backup document in the event of technical or Internet connection problems and prevent information loss.

Webinar Recordings

General Information Webinar
If you missed our 2012 Fellowship informational webinars, click the above link to this one hour-long presentation and question and answer session, recorded live October 27, 2011. The presentation features both Echoing Green staff and 2007 Fellow Rafiq Kalam Id-Din. To view the slides only, click here to download a pdf of the document.

As part of Echoing Green's effort to increase the pool of talent and bold ideas we see each year, we facilitated four new webinars specifically designed for women, African-Americans, U.S.-based Latinos, and local leaders from developing countries. Please find these recordings through the following links:

Webinar for Female Social Entrepreneurs, featuring 2009 Fellow Sarah Hemminger

Webinar for African American Social Entrepreneurs, Featuring 2006 Fellow Anthony Jewett

Webinar for Latino Social Entrepreneurs, featuring 2010 Fellow Jason Aramburu 

Webinar for Local Leaders from Developing Countries in Social Entrepreneurship, featuring 2010 Fellows Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner