Internship in Fundraising

Internship Period/Type: This internship will run for 10 weeks. Interns are required to work 20 hours each week and will be paid $150 per week.

Supervision: The intern will report to The Heartland Institute's Director of Development.

Responsibilities: The internship will involve a wide variety of fundraising-related responsibilities, including donor and prospect mailings, emails, or phone calls; Annual Benefit auction item solicitation; data entry; printing; responding to emails and phone calls; and research. 

• Proofread letters to donors, prospects, and allies
• Format and initially proofread emails and letters
• Research new and current donors
• Create and implement donor survey
• Solicit auction items for events
• Other tasks as assigned

Expected Skills:

• The intern is expected to have:
• Interest in fundraising and events
• Significant experience and fluency with both Word Perfect and Microsoft Word
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, combined with a professional demeanor
• Attention to detail, organized, and ability to make reasoned judgementsCreativity and the drive to help implement new ideas

Email resume, cover letter and writing samples to Latreece Reed at lreed@heartland.org