Deadline: November 23, 2026
Applications are open for the Morgridge Acceleration Program (MAP) Fellowship 2027. The Morgridge Acceleration Program (MAP) Fellowship is a six-month consulting and leadership program for early- to mid-career professionals ready to step beyond their day-to-day work and take on something that matters.
Selected MAP Fellows are matched one-on-one with an accomplished nonprofit leader and spend approximately 80 hours tackling a real strategic challenge for their organization. Fellows bring their experience, ideas, and outside perspective to the work while gaining meaningful leadership experience, dedicated funding, national connections, and mentorship from someone who has built a career leading through complex challenges.
The Morgridge Family Foundation created MAP to invest in rising professionals and nonprofit organizations at the same time. Fellows gain the experience, relationships, and resources to accelerate their careers, while nonprofit leaders gain fresh thinking and dedicated capacity to move important work forward. Now in its seventh year, MAP has grown into a national community of more than 130 fellow and mentor alumni whose relationships and impact extend well beyond the six-month fellowship.
Benefits
- The Morgridge Family Foundation covers travel and lodging associated with the required Kick-Off and Culmination events. Fellows also receive $2,000 in site visit funding and $2,500 in professional development funding, and each participating nonprofit receives $3,200 to support project advancement.
Eligibility
- MAP is designed for early- to mid-career professionals who are ready to stretch beyond their day-to-day work and commit fully to a six-month experience. As a general guide, most former MAP Fellows have less than 12 years of professional experience, but this is not a firm cutoff. They have welcomed fellows with more experience, and encourage applicants to consider where they are in their career, what they hope to gain from the program, and whether the experience would meaningfully stretch their leadership and skills.
- Fellows must be based in the United States, dedicate approximately 80 hours over six months to their nonprofit challenge, attend the in-person kickoff in Winter Park, Florida, March 2–5, 2027, and the culmination in Washington, DC, August 30–September 1, 2027, visit in-person with their mentor, and participate other required in-person and virtual gatherings throughout the Fellowship.
- Fellows are also expected to collaborate closely and consistently with their mentor organization and bring curiosity, initiative, openness, and follow-through to the work.
Application
For more information, visit Morgridge Acceleration Program Fellowship.
