AV Executive Fellowship

A Two-Year Journey from Success to Significance

Shaping Leaders

We live in an age of profound fragmentation, where speed is celebrated over depth, noise over clarity, and achievement over identity. Many leaders, although externally successful, often find themselves internally depleted: isolated, overextended, and unsure of how to sustain a meaningful impact.

In a world that asks, What are you building, we ask Who are you becoming?

This Fellowship creates space for seasoned leaders to slow down, reflect deeply, and be formed anew - for the sake of their families, their communities, and the common good.

What we’re looking for…

The Access Ventures Executive Fellowship is a two-year journey of whole-person formation, crafted for entrepreneurial leaders who find themselves at a meaningful inflection point. These are men and women who have achieved much, but now seek something deeper: a life aligned with purpose, rooted in identity, and lived for lasting impact.

This Fellowship is not a retreat from the world, but a redemptive return to what matters most.

Through a carefully curated rhythm of spiritual formation, emotional healing, vocational clarity, relational renewal, and embodied practice, Fellows are invited into a transformative process – one that prioritizes being over doing and becoming over mere production.

We invite 10-12 Fellows per cohort (4-6 men and 4-6 women, ages 35–50) to join this journey of restoration and formation.

We are looking for entrepreneurial leaders who:

  • Have known real success - but now sense a deeper call toward significance

  • Carry a track record of building, pioneering, or innovating for good

  • Possess the courage to engage their story - its pain, beauty, and becoming

  • Desire to align their vocation with justice, generosity, and the Gospel;

  • Are willing to invest in others, not just advance their own influence

  • Have created margin to show up fully - vulnerably, relationally, and with intention

This Fellowship is for those who are ready to do the inner work that leads to outward impact. Leaders who long not only to lead well - but to be well. To live lives that are not just impressive, but deeply whole.

Participants Receive

  • Personal Development

    Personal Development

    A comprehensive program to build and grow leadership skills and develop the strategies needed to make ideas thrive.

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    Expert Resources

    Connections to industry experts and facilitation of opportunities according to each Fellow’s needs.

  • Group meeting in a conference room with a male presenter and three participants, a table with pastries and drinks, and a screen displaying the presentation title 'New Culture.'

    Funding

    A $20,000 stipend, spread over 12 months, to allow Fellows to explore their idea and acquire resources to ensure the greatest outcome.

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    Connection

    Virtual and in-person gatherings with the cohort and industry leaders to nurture development.

Selection & Requirements

Applications are accepted annually until January 31

Selection

Applicants will be asked to submit a letter of recommendation, CV, and an abstract for the project the Fellow wishes to explore that is related to human flourishing (this can be in any field, from finance to science to the arts).

Applications for the 2025 AV Fellowship are now closed.

Our fellowship runs on a rolling application basis, so you are welcome to submit an application at any time. However, any applications submitted after January 31, 2025, will be considered for the 2026 cohort.

Applicants for the 2025 cohort will be notified of acceptance by March 22, 2025, and the new cohort will begin in July 2025, running for the next 12 months.

AV Fellowship FAQs

  • We are looking for individuals ideally who have graduated university and have begun work in their career.

  • Demonstrates the ability to navigate professional and personal challenges. Fellows should have encountered and learned from setbacks, showing perseverance in pursuing their goals.

  • A proven history of initiating projects or ventures. The ideal candidate is proactive and takes ownership of ideas, consistently working to bring them to life.

  • Eager to contribute fully to the fellowship experience.

    Fellows should be willing to engage authentically with their cohort and the program, fostering an environment of growth through vulnerability, kindness, and collaboration.

  • A deep interest in exploring an area or project aimed at improving the well-being of others. Whether the idea revolves around the arts, finance, social innovation, or any other field, candidates should demonstrate a commitment to advancing human dignity and flourishing.

  • Willingness to commit fully to the fellowship, attending all virtual and in-person gatherings, workshops, and discussions. The ability to manage the time commitment is crucial, as consistent participation is vital to the success of the program and the cohort.

  • Fellows should not only benefit from the fellowship but also be committed to paying it forward. The ideal candidate will consider how to carry the program's spirit into their future endeavors and communities, ensuring a lasting impact beyond the fellowship year.

  • We may expand to international applicants in the future but we are not able to fully support them at this time.

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