• Jane's Fellowship Program. Jane's style of leadership was understated, humble and quiet. In that tradition, in 2004 the foundation launched Jane's Fellowship Program to support grassroots leaders in Tacoma and Pierce County. Each class of fellows participates in a two-year leadership experience before becoming part of the alumni network.

Currently there are 10 fellows in Class 3 of the Fellowship which began in July, 2008. To learn about each of these fellows and their work please click here.

The fellows in both Class 1 and Class 2 demonstrated exceptional creativity, courage and commitment in serving diverse needs in Tacoma and Pierce County. The fellows continue to work together as a network of Jane's Fellowship Program Alumni. To learn more about the alumni and their individual work, please click here. We look forward to the continuing impact the alumni group will have in Pierce County.

The Russell Family Foundation will begin recruitment for the next class of Jane Fellows in the fall of 2010.  Our current class of fellows will be graduating summer 2010 and this timeline will allow us to take some time between our current class and the next class in order to review, modify, and refine the program with input from the fellows who have participated in the program since it began in 2004.  The review will dictate how we proceed with recruiting the next class of fellows, so please check this website during 2010 for more precise details about timelines and requirements.

Click here to watch Leading from the Inside Out a video about Jane's Fellowship Program Class 1 [windows media player].

• Sustaining Grants. In honor of Jane Russell, the foundation makes grants to a select number of nonprofits working primarily in Tacoma and Pierce County. These modest-sized grants support work in the arts, education and human services. These organizations have been preselected by the foundation. We do not accept letters of inquiry for Jane's Fund sustaining grants.