Stand Together Fellowships

Stand Together Fellowships

Stand Together Fellowships functions as the philanthropic and charitable vehicle underpinning the broader Stand Together community, a network Charles Koch has constructed over decades to promote free-market principles and what the network terms 'principled entrepreneurship.' The entity sits alongside related grantmaking organizations including the Charles Koch Foundation and Stand Together Trust, collectively funding a decentralized ecosystem of policy groups and activist training pipelines. Unlike conventional foundations that make program-specific grants, STF concentrates on identifying, educating, and deploying talent into what it calls 'social entrepreneur' roles across its partner network. This feeds organizations like Americans for Prosperity and State Policy Network affiliates — groups that advocate for limited government, deregulation, and educational choice at state and federal levels. The entity does not operate as a traditional investment office; its capital flows almost entirely as charitable grants and operational funding to aligned nonprofit organizations rather than into fund commitments or direct deals. Day-to-day leadership sits with Brian Hooks, a veteran of the Koch network who also serves as president of the broader Stand Together organization. Governance ties back to the Koch family directly: Charles Koch chairs the network, while his children Chase and Elizabeth Koch hold board seats, anchoring succession within the family. The headquarters at 4201 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia positions the operation within walking distance of the policy and regulatory agencies it seeks to influence. Structurally, Stand Together Fellowships differs from a typical single-family office foundation by operating less as a grant administrator and more as a human-capital pipeline. The organization identifies promising individuals — often through university programs and fellowship competitions — and routes them into leadership roles across a constellation of independent yet philosophically aligned nonprofits, creating what is effectively a distributed operating company for libertarian and conservative policy advocacy.