Grant Writing & Advancement InternAt — A Reason To Survive
We are looking for a Grant Writing and Advancement intern who is able to provide grant and administrative advancement support to the Advancement Coordinator. The intern supports the Advancement Coordinator in community-centric development. The person in this role is a strategic thinker who executes day-to-day organizational development activities with a special focus on researching, prospecting and writing new grant opportunities. The Grant Writing Intern will be asked to think both big picture about the larger efforts of the organization, along with performing highly detailed and creative work daily to meet the impact and development goals of ARTS.
- Professional growth opportunities such as goal-setting meetings with Teaching Artist and Advancement Coordinator and other training opportunities - Opportunities to teach other interns in intern-led huddles or events - Opportunities to learn how to use different machinery/tools and/or art education practices from professionals - Experience participating in community engagement opportunities - Gain understanding in collective funding model design and implementation - Develop grant writing and narrative development to communicate organizational impact - Development of professional and personal communication skills
- Mandated Reporter Training: Mandated Reporter Training for volunteers provides an overview of the definitions, requirements and protections of the Child Abuse & Neglect Reporting Act. - ARTS Advancement Intro: An introduction to ARTS Advancement Department team members, and department structure within the organization. Training will include a lesson on organizational goals, objectives, and policies and procedures and the role Advancement plays in moving the organization as a whole. - Grants @ ARTS: An introduction to the grants prospecting process and how grants play a critical role within a non-profit structure. Intern will be shown examples of the grant process at ARTS and will be encouraged to pursue an interest in grants through articles and textbook excerpts. - Prospecting Grants: An introduction to the Prospecting/Research component of the grant seeking process. In this training we will go over Foundation and Corporate giving partners and how to research their giving capacity and giving trends.
Students will have to complete a 30 minute assessment interview. Once offered the opportunity students will need to complete a LiveScan and TB test, as well as complete a 2 hour Mandated Reporter training for Volunteers. ARTS reimburses up to $100 for the cost of the LiveScan and TB test.
Please submit an application at the link below and note in your application that you are a student at CSUSM interested in the programs intern role: https://www.volgistics.com/appform/1348206678. We will be accepting applications between December-February.
| Hours | Duration |
|---|---|
| 90 | hours per placement |