What you’ll get:
- Paid internship compensated $500 per month, with college credit offered
- Meaningful work (you will not be filing papers and/or grabbing coffee)
- Direct supervision and the opportunity to have a mentor
- Formal evaluation with possible letters of recommendation/professional references for the future
- Access to a professional development learning system throughout the internship
Who we’re looking for:
We are looking for college students (both undergraduate and graduate level) with at least a 3.0 GPA that have prior work experience and/or extra curricular involvement on their campus. We are open to all majors but believe students studying business, communications, humanities/language, social sciences or government may be the best fit for this internship.
Mission — You are highly motivated and inspired by our mission to provide short form raw data and information relevant to pending and written government policies, laws, regulations and actions to others without any political spin, party affiliation or influence.
Self-Motivated — You look beyond the bare minimum of what’s required, strive to find more efficient ways of getting things done, and don’t require constant reminders about what tasks need to be completed.
Integrity — You take pride in having upstanding character traits and work ethics including sound judgment, honesty, dependability, and loyalty.
Interpersonal Skills — You have strong verbal and written communication skills (including strong research skills), can handle conflict, work in a team setting and bring a positive attitude to your work.
Attention to Detail — You are very thorough in your work and don’t tolerate mistakes.
Applicants should also be resourceful and have the ability to learn from rejection to be successful in this role.
What the role entails:
To research various family funds, corporations and non-profit foundations’ grant cycles and giving histories, and manage our organization’s applications for each potential funding source.
Main Responsibilities Include:
- Maintain detailed understanding of organizational programs, fundraising strategies, partnerships, and goals to create strong grant proposals that help support our organizational fundraising targets.
- Research new grant opportunities that align with our mission, vision, and values.
- Enter and monitor data to maintain a list of new grant opportunities, constantly ensuring information is up-to-date.
- Prepare grant proposals by determining concept, gathering and formatting information, writing drafts, incorporating feedback, and obtaining approvals.
- Determine proposal concept by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs, studying requests for proposal (RFPs), and attending strategy meetings.
- Meet proposal deadlines by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, approval, and transmittal.
- Coordinate with relevant team members and contribute proposal status information to team meetings.
- Write, revise, and edit drafts including executive summaries, funding proposals, conclusions, and organization credentials.
- Maintain quality results by using templates; following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone.
- Obtain approvals by reviewing proposals with key managers.
Why Is Grant Writing Important?
To obtain consistent funding to help sustain our daily operations.
What is the goal of Grant Writing?
To obtain consistent funding to help sustain daily operations and support our organization’s mission.
