The Samuel S. Fels Fund is seeking a Communications & Storytelling Partner to help us build our communications and storytelling capacity at a moment of significant civic, social, and political change, to make movement work more legible, grounded, and responsibly engaged by funders, media, and the broader public.

The selected partner will function as Fels’ external communications team, working closely with the President to shape narrative direction through active implementation, experimentation, and iteration. The work will span strategy and execution – developing and testing narrative frames, strategically positioning our voice, producing content, managing digital channels and media engagement, and translating learning about movements and philanthropy into public-facing communications.

We are looking for a senior-led partner with strong judgment and a learning mindset, comfortable working without a fixed playbook and able to make decisions about where communications effort will have the greatest strategic value. We are especially interested in Philadelphia-based individuals or firms, or partners with deep experience in the city’s civic, nonprofit, and movement ecosystems.

The deadline has been extended. Interested applicants should sign up for a 30-minute Meet & Greet on Monday, March 23.
Proposals are due Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 5:00 PM EST.

Communications & Storytelling Partner RFP

The Samuel S. Fels Fund is seeking an Evaluation and Learning Partner to support deep learning and sense-making around our movement-building work in Philadelphia. This engagement will explore how trust-based, cohort-based grantmaking — alongside investments in leadership and wellness — is shaping movement vitality across the city, and will inform the design of our next Movement Building Cohort.

We are especially eager to hear from Philadelphia-based firms and partners with deep roots, relationships, and lived understanding of the city’s civic and movement ecosystem.

The deadline has been extended. Interested applicants should sign up for a 30-minute Meet & Greet on Wednesday, March 18
Proposals are due Monday, March 30, 2026, at 5:00 PM EST.

Evaluation & Learning Partner RFP

The Samuel S. Fels Fund is seeking proposals from qualified audit firms.
We are seeking audit firms with strong experience serving small private foundations with an endowment and mission-aligned investments (including PRI/MRI) , bring a reputation for audit rigor and attention to detail, and offer a collaborative, highly responsive working style. Firms may be located anywhere in the U.S.
Interested firms should review the full RFP and submit proposals to Uma Viswanathan, uma@samfels.org, by February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET.