The Rosenberg Foundation selected eight movement leaders in California for the newest formation of Leading Edge fellows for the next three years. The Leading Edge Fund supports emerging movement leaders by providing unrestricted funding and leadership development, so they can pursue the bold visions for change that lasting transformation demands. Fellows receive $270,000 in general support over three years. With support from the Leading Edge Fund, the fellows will advance workers’ rights, replace incarceration and criminalization with community-based care, reduce reliance on immigration detention facilities, build narrative power for movements, advance power-building for transgender people, and more.

Since its launch in 2016, the Leading Edge Fund has invested more than $10 million. In addition to the eight new fellows, there are 25 alumni fellows pursuing their vision for change. Founded by the Rosenberg Foundation in partnership with the Hellman Foundation, the fund is also supported by the Meadow Fund, the Heising-Simons Foundation and the San Francisco Foundation.