PHILANTHROPY FELLOWS
The Crimsonbridge Foundation Philanthropy Fellows Program is a paid fellowship position that offers high school seniors, college students, and graduate students an opportunity to learn about the role of philanthropy and grant-making in the nonprofit sector, while providing administrative and project support to the foundation’s team members. Philanthropy Fellows work with all members of the foundation’s team as active participants in proposal review, site visits and meetings, grants management, and communications and digital content development. In addition, fellows participate as engaged and active participants and representatives of the Philanthropy Fellows Program, attending online and in-person events of foundation and nonprofit grantee partners. The Crimsonbridge Philanthropy Fellowship is administered and funded by Crimsonbridge LLC.
2025 PHILANTHROPY FELLOWS
Emily Fairbanks
Emily Fairbanks is a rising senior at the Catholic University of America, studying Theology and Secondary Education. Throughout her college career, she has been involved in organizations that promote the importance of education such as DC Reads, a tutoring program that connects college students with local urban schools to help kids with one-on-one learning. In addition, Emily is passionate about her faith and the transformative power of Catholic Education, having worked in Catholic schools and summer camps. After graduation, she hopes to be a Catholic School teacher, so she is looking forward to interacting with the administrative side of education. She is excited to be a Philanthropy Fellow at The Crimsonbridge Foundation to help advocate for the mission pillars to impact lives in diverse communities. Emily enjoys cooking for her large family, spending time with her nieces and nephews, playing pickleball and singing in her church choir.
Emily began as a Philanthropy Fellow in summer 2024 and continues to serve in this role through fall 2024 and spring 2025.
Fiona Lu
Fiona Lu (she/her) is a second-year student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) studying Public Affairs, Labor Studies, and Asian American Studies. She is passionate about community-centered policymaking for public benefits, economic development, and the social safety net. She is a youth advocate through a youth-led policy advocacy organization she co-founded, What We All Deserve (WWAD), which works towards basic needs and economic justice for all through state policy advocacy. Since its founding, Fiona has co-led WWAD to propose five pieces of student-written state policies, two of which were signed into law, that work on menstrual product access, food security, and higher education accessibility. Her work with running her youth organization has exposed her to the world of nonprofit management and structure, and the important role philanthropy plays in investing in communities and promising initiatives. She's excited to take this enthusiasm and learn more as a Philanthropy Fellow at the Crimsonbridge Foundation.
Outside of youth advocacy work, Fiona has also worked professionally across public service sectors from California to Washington, D.C. She has interned for The Children’s Partnership (TCP), the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), and on Capitol Hill for Congressmember Grace Meng from Queens, New York. In her free time, Fiona loves going on food crawls, listening to podcasts, and catching the sunset on a long hike!
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