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Description
The Development Intern provides support for all aspects of Riverkeeper's fundraising operation, including data entry, filing, prospect research, coordination of fundraising events, mailings, and composing of correspondence and reports to funders.
Responsibilities:
1. Membership Management:
- Open direct mail responses, photocopy checks and enter gifts into database
- Send donor membership gifts
- Order merchandise for membership premiums and special events
- Research individual members for additional cultivation
- File gifts and maintain up-to-date member files
2. Special Events:
- Assist with mailings of invitations, Save-the-Date cards, and other event related materials
- Take and confirm attendee responses
- Research event participants and potential corporate sponsors
- Assist with scheduling planning meetings
3. Grants Management:
- Assist in the preparation and mailing of grant reports, proposals, and other materials
- Assist in gathering information for, and writing, grant proposals and reports
- Research foundation and government granting agencies
4. General Administration:
- Assist with clean-up of database records
- Order department supplies
Requirements:
Applications will be accepted from high-school, college and graduate students. Candidates should have a strong work ethic and the ability to commit to working with the department for the term of the internship. Candidates should also have strong verbal and written communication skills, be highly organized and detail oriented, respect and maintain the confidentiality of donor information, and be able to work independently and on multiple projects under deadline. Proficiency in Word and Excel is required; experience with databases is desirable.
The Development Internship provides an excellent opportunity to work with an energetic, deeply committed and goal-oriented team of fundraisers, environmental attorneys, policy strategists and community organizers and to learn how not-for-profit organizations sustain their programs.