Leland Host Organization Application

Leland Host Organization Application: Fellowship Year 2023 - 2025

Before completing this application, please read carefully the Host Organization Application Guide: https://hungercenter.org/what-we-do/leland-fellowship/hosts/#apply

Please note that this application form will not save your work prior to submission. We recommend that you compile your responses elsewhere (including the required Expression of Interest document, linked below) and complete this application form in one sitting.

Host Organization Information

Organization/ Agency Name*

Division/Department Name

Is this organization a Federal Agency or Department of the United States government (e.g., USDA FNS, USAID BHA)?*

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Organization/Agency Address*

Organization/Agency City

Organization/Agency State

Organization/Agency Country*

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Organization/Agency Zip Code

Organization/Agency Postal Code

Organization/Agency Phone*

Phone

Organization/Agency website*

Organization/Agency Twitter handle

Organization/Agency Facebook page

Organization/Agency Instagram handle

Other/Additional social media presence (please specify):

Organization/Agency Contact First Name*

Organization/Agency Contact Last Name*

Organization/Agency email address*

Getting Your Application Ready

This application is intended for the potential Hunger Fellow supervisor. If the anticipated supervisor is unable to complete this form directly, please ensure that they are fully aware of the proposed content.

Have you reviewed the Host Organization Application Guide?

https://hungercenter.org/what-we-do/leland-fellowship/hosts/#apply

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In order to proceed

You must read the application guide

https://hungercenter.org/what-we-do/leland-fellowship/hosts/#apply

Fellowship Placement(s) & High-Level Scope of Work

At the Hunger Center, we know that ending hunger will require policy solutions and that good policy must be grounded in the daily reality of people experiencing hunger. Accordingly, we require that each two-year fellowship gives the fellow experience in community-based work in the Global South and in policy formulation. This unique two-placement structure gives fellows a critical breadth of experience with the sector and the systems that govern it as they support partner organizations with skilled capacity.

Please note that most often, Year 1 corresponds with community-level work in the Global South and Year 2 with policy-level work at an HQ or regional office. Our preference is for year 1 to be in the Global South. Please let us know if you have a strong preference for the policy year to be the first fellowship year and explain your rationale.

Primary subject of proposed fellowship placement.

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If other is selected, please elaborate.

Are both years of the proposed fellowship placement with a single organization or partnership between two different organizations?*

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How would you like the fellow's work with you to be ordered?*

Year 1: Community-based; Year 2: Policy-based

Year 1: Policy-based; Year 2: Community-based

Both years will include community and policy work in equal parts

Organization name- Year 1*

Type of organization- Year 1*

Primary work plan activities for Year 1*

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If other was selected, please elaborate.*

Preferred placement location for Year 1*

Organization name- Year 2*

Type of organization- Year 2*

Primary work plan activities- Year 2*

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If other is selected, please elaborate*

Preferred placement location- Year 2*

File Attachments*

Please download, complete, and upload this Expression of interest:

https://congressionalhungercenter.box.com/s/gdvpgx3nuzaauka5ss3e3z0unbsgszx6

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We have high-level clarity on what we would like the fellow to accomplish over the two-year placement.*

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The fellow will fill a critical gap for our organization or on a specific project.*

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All staff in (all countries) who would be supervising or working with the fellow are aligned in their desire to host a fellow.*

Fellowships are most successful for hosts and fellows when there is a broad commitment to and strong interest in having a fellow on the team.

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The fellow's Year 1 and Year 2 supervisors will be available and responsive to Hunger Center processes and requirements.*

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The HR department of the organization is aware and supportive of hosting a Leland Fellow.*

If your organization does not have an HR department, please select N/A.

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Please check the box if your organization will be able to direct, manage and finance the process of acquiring the appropriate visa or work permit for the fellow.*

If you answered no to the previous question, please elaborate.

Can you list any challenges specific to COVID-19 that could affect the future of this fellowship placement?

Has your organization previously hosted Leland fellows?

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If easily available can you provide a list with relevant names of any recent fellows?

Your Organization's Commitment to Racial Equity

The Leland Program applies a racial equity lens to its work in ending hunger. We aim to work with Host Organizations that embrace this lens and have an ongoing commitment to structural change.

Please assess your organization based on the following:

Keep track of the number of answers you said "yes" to and include the amount in the total tab available below for the following four (4) questions.

The organization has a deliberate plan to develop and promote leadership of staff of color.*

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Has your organization held trainings and discussions at the staff and/or board levels about removing barriers to opportunity and reducing racial disparities and disproprtionality?*

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Are removing barriers to opportunity/access and disparity/disproportionality reduction based on race explicit goals of many of your organization’s programs and/or policies?

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Do the design and implementation of programs/policies at your organization reflect an explicit knowledge and understanding of barriers to opportunity and embedded racial inequities?

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Please select the number of questions you answered "yes" based on the previous four (4) questions.*

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We value all forms of diversity within our classes of fellows and host organizations. Please describe the policies or practices your organization has developed that would contribute to a positive work environment for fellows of color, fellows with lived experience with poverty, and LGBTQ+ fellows.*

Maximum: 200 words

If this is a partnership application, please describe the policies or practices your organization has developed that would contribute to a positive work environment for fellows of color, fellows with lived experience with poverty, and LGBTQ+ fellows.*

Maximum: 200 words

Has the organization taken concrete steps toward anti-racism work within programs and policies, including trainings and discussions at the staff and/or board levels about removing barriers to opportunity and reducing racial disparities and disproportionality? Please explain.*

Maximum: 200 words

If this is a partnership application how has the organization taken concrete steps toward anti-racism work within programs and policies, including trainings and discussions at the staff and/or board levels about removing barriers to opportunity and reducing racial disparities and disproportionality? Please explain.*

Maximum: 200 words

Does the design and implementation of the organization's programs/policies reflect an explicit knowledge and understanding of barriers to opportunity and embedded racial inequities. Please explain.*

Maximum: 200 words

If this is a partnership application, does the design and implementation of the organization's programs/policies reflect an explicit knowledge and understanding of barriers to opportunity and embedded racial inequities. Please explain.*

Maximum: 200 words

Important Notices & Host Organization Fees

Host Organization Fees: What is your organization's annual budget?*

Host Organizations pay a program fee based on organizational budget size (see bullets below). The fee must be submitted to the Congressional Hunger Center at least 30 days prior to the start of each fellowship year.

Annual budget under $10M : $22,000//per year
Annual budget $10M - $25M: $24,000/per year
Annual budget $25M - $50M: $26,000/per year
Annual budget $50M - $100M: $28,000/per year
Annual budget over $100M: $30,000/per year

Note: Budget refers to the host organization's total budget, not to a specific country office or other office of the host organization. All budgets and fees are in U.S. dollars.

Note: If this is a partnership application, please answer separately for each organization.

If you have any questions or concerns about the host organization fee please list them here.

Contractor Status: Per Public Law 110-246, Leland Fellows are not employees of the Hunger Center or their host organizations. Fellows are classified as 1099 contractors. As contractors, fellows are subject to self-employment taxes and need to procure health coverage on their own.

Have you supervised a private 1099 independent contractor in the past?*

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Lobbying Prohibition: During the course of their Fellowship, Emerson Fellows are prohibited from lobbying. For more information about the difference between lobbying and advocacy, please visit http://bit.ly/advocacyvslobbying

Do you acknowledge that, should your organization be selected to Host a Leland Fellow, the Fellow/s may not engage in lobbying?*

If placed with your organization, will the fellow/s be required to participate in a background check/security clearance or a similar process?*

This will not be considered as part of the decision-making process but it is helpful for Program staff to know in advance.

Are you ready to submit your completed application? If yes, please select yes below.*

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