Dear YANA Community,

We are delighted to partner with Dwight Hall at Yale for an eighth year in supporting summer fellowships for undergraduate or recently graduated students pursuing social impact work. 

These Yale students demonstrate passion and leadership for advancing social change, a desire for a career in public service, and are unable to accept a nonprofit internship without financial support.

With your help, YANA has supported students working in organizations that are tackling challenges such as refugee and immigrant services, access to healthcare, education equity, public housing, and social justice.

This year both the student interest in social impact work through the YANA-Dwight Hall Fellowship and the funds needed for YANA to support it are greater than ever.



We need to raise $40,000 by March 22 to support six summer fellows!

Will you help?

NEW THIS YEAR: Dwight Hall is piloting an expanded program of 

full and partial fellowships to meet the needs of more students.

The YANA-Dwight Hall Fellowship:

• Provides funding for summer internships at nonprofit and social impact organizations or agencies in the United States;
• Coordinates with Dwight Hall to create support and training for the Fellows during and after their internship;
• Connects Fellows to their local YANA community to provide mentorship and other support, including housing and social networking.

For more information about the Fellowship and YANA’s past Fellows (24 in 7 years!), please read here.

Please consider a donation to the YANA-Dwight Hall Fellowship. A gift of $7,500 funds a full fellowship, $2,500 funds a partial fellowship, and gifts in any amount make an important difference. Together, we can reduce financial constraints and empower students to pursue social impact careers.

With gratitude,

Lisa Rieger '79

YANA Interim Executive Director

Looking for more?

• Check out the 2023 YANA-Dwight Hall Summer Fellows Report, which showcases what the recent cohort of summer Fellows accomplished and learned
• Watch the YANA Town Hall featuring three of the fellows
• Read a letter from Laura Haight '23 (a 2022 YANA-Dwight Hall Fellow) to learn more about her experience

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