Fund a fellowship
Help underwrite compensation, benefits, training, and the support that makes a full year possible.
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Fund one year that changes two futures.
Your support helps a graduating senior start a life of useful leadership while a community organization gets the capacity to finish something important.
Explore supporting the cohort ↗Four useful commitments
Give money, access, or judgment.
Support the cohort
Make a flexible gift toward program leadership, host development, evaluation, and the operating structure behind the fellows.
Sponsor the program
Explore institutional support for a learning series, cohort experience, or first-year program need.
Mentor a fellow
Bring an hour a month, practical experience, and a willingness to help someone think through real work.
Launch funding
One target. One verified gap.
The first-cohort budget is still being finalized. We will publish the board-approved target and documented commitments together, then update the remaining need as gifts are accepted.
Planning estimates are not commitments. We will replace this status with one verified funding tracker.
What the launch must fund
The fellow is only one part of a good fellowship.
The launch budget will make each of these costs visible.
Compensation & benefits
A credible paid year, with role-level terms disclosed before applications open.
Host & project support
Role design, supervisor preparation, project scoping, and hands-on troubleshooting.
Learning & mentorship
Cohort sessions, senior mentors, convenings, and practical career support.
Program backbone
Selection, safeguarding, operations, evaluation, finance, and public reporting.
Mentor
One useful hour a month.
Mentors will be matched around relevant experience, meet with a fellow roughly monthly during the program year, and help the fellow think—not take over the work.
- Listen before solving
- Offer practical judgment and candid feedback
- Respect host confidentiality and program boundaries
- Raise concerns through the Foundation, not around the fellow
Support interest
Start a giving or mentor conversation.
Tell us how you would like to help. We'll respond with program details and, when appropriate, secure giving instructions.
Online gifts are not yet being accepted.
This form starts a conversation; it does not process a payment, create a binding pledge, or complete a tax-deductible gift. Use it to request secure giving instructions once giving opens, or email tgroenke@ardenclark.com. Please do not enter card, bank, Social Security, or other sensitive information.
Giving details
A few important things to know.
Tax status
Arden Clark Foundation is a Minnesota nonprofit corporation and an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. EIN: 41-3638688. Contributions support the fellowship and related charitable leadership-development programs and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Unless stated otherwise, no goods or services are provided in exchange.
Program preferences
Preferences are nonbinding. The Foundation retains control and discretion over contributed funds and uses them to further its charitable purposes. A legally restricted gift is accepted only through a written agreement signed by the Foundation.
Sponsorship benefits
If a sponsorship includes goods, services, or other benefits, only the amount above their fair-market value may be tax-deductible. Any benefits and their estimated value will be disclosed before payment.
Supporting fellows
Please do not earmark a tax-deductible gift for a named person. The Foundation independently selects fellows and cannot guarantee that a gift will benefit any particular individual.
Acknowledgments
After an accepted gift clears, the Foundation will provide a charitable acknowledgment stating the gift amount and whether any goods or services were provided. Please consult your tax adviser about your circumstances.
Mentor interest
Submitting an interest form does not guarantee a match. Mentors may be screened and must follow Foundation policies. The value of volunteer time is not tax-deductible; some unreimbursed expenses may be.