Development InternAt — Anaheim Family YMCA

The Development Intern will support the Anaheim YMCA’s fundraising and donor engagement efforts through administrative and outreach task. This position is ideal for a student or emerging professional interested in nonprofit management, fundraising, communications, philanthropy, and community impact.

The intern will play an important role in helping the Development Department. They gain hands-on experience through administrative tasks, database management, and preparing outreach materials.

Availability: Monday - Friday from 9:00am – 4:00pm; morning or afternoon shifts available upon discussion. Some weekends may required.

Tasks:

• Database management: manage and maintain donor records within the organization's donor database, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
• Preparing fundraising materials
• Support the development and execution of annual fundraising campaigns, sponsorship initiatives, and special events.
• Preparing donor materials
• Prepare donor communications, acknowledgment letters, fundraising appeals, stewardship reports, and campaign materials.
• Assist with donor cultivation, stewardship, and solicitation activities to support fundraising goals and community impact initiatives.

Training:

• The intern will shadow the director of annual development.
• Introduction to nonprofit fundraising principles, donor engagement strategies, and philanthropic best practices.
• The director of annual development will provide one-on-one mentoring.
• Guidance on preparing professional donor communications, fundraising appeals, impact reports, and stewardship materials.
• Regular feedback, coaching, and performance evaluations to support the intern's learning objectives and professional growth.
• The intern gets hands on experience
• Training on donor database and constituent relationship management (CRM) systems, including data entry, gift processing, reporting, and record maintenance.
• Training on prospect research methods, donor identification, and philanthropic trend analysis.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the academic internship, the student will be able to...

• Build relationships with donors
• Organize nonprofit fundraisers
• Perform administrative tasks such as preparing letters and promotional materials
• Gain experience in donor database management through data entry, record maintenance, gift processing, and reconciliation activities.