Thank you for your interest in becoming an Impact Intern this Fall!
The Do Good Institute is excited to offer immersive undergraduate and graduate intern experiences with 7 purpose-driven organizations this semester. Learn more about each opportunity and submit your application materials below.
Undergraduate Opportunities
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) of Prince George’s County is a volunteer-based organization that partners with the juvenile court to improve the lives of children living in foster care who have suffered from abuse and neglect. With a strong commitment to diversity, CASA/Prince George’s County trains and supervises volunteers from the community who advocate for the best interest of children, recognizing and respecting each child’s individual needs.
CASA/Prince George's County is seeking an intern to assist its Marketing Team by developing a variety of written pieces such as press releases and text for social media posts. Intern will also interview CASA volunteers and write volunteer spotlights based on the interviews to be used on CASA’s website and in other information pieces.
**This position is open to undergraduate students.**
Read the full position description here. And, submit your application materials here.
The Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) is a nonprofit that works to make issues of domestic and international hunger a priority to policymakers in the U.S. government, and to raise a new generation of leaders to fight against hunger and poverty. Their mission is to train and inspire leaders who work to end hunger, and to advocate public policies that create a food secure world, striving to be a leader in the movement to ensure access to food as a basic human right for all people.
The Impact Intern will work with the Hunger Center’s Development team on implementing its revamped fundraising strategy for the organization. This role will involve assisting with fundraising outreach through written and verbal communication to the Hunger Center’s donor base, assisting in event planning logistics for the Hunger Center’s annual fundraiser and designing fundraising messages for the 2020 End of Year Giving Campaign.
**This position is open to undergraduate students.**
Read the full position description here. And, submit your application materials here.
Based in Prince George’s County, Maryland, IMPACTdmv Inc. is a grassroots nonprofit organization that helps 14- to 30-year old’s accomplish their creative, academic, and career goals. From workshops to creative programming, our captivating events strengthen academic, professional and interpersonal skills, and foster critical connections that leave a lasting impact.
The Marketing Intern will obtain useful experience while using their creative abilities to strategic plan and execute various media and marketing campaigns and goals in order to spread organizational awareness across the DC metropolitan community.
**This position is open to undergraduate students.**
Read the full position description here. And, submit your application materials here.
The Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC) provides free, holistic, and comprehensive advocacy, case management and legal services to victims of all types of crime regardless of income. NVRDC seeks to empower crime victims in the District of Columbia by meeting them where they are and, in doing so, provide vital services in order to achieve justice and encourage self-determination.
The Network for Victims' Recovery of DC is looking for an intern to provide new program support by continuing to survey DC-area gynecologists and medical providers’ policies relating to trauma-informed care. This includes following-up with medical providers regarding NVRDC’s survey and assisting NVRDC with drafting training and promotional materials. The intern will support NVRDC’s nPEP project, which seeks to expand DC survivors’ access to HIV-prevention medication.
**This position is open to undergraduate students.**
Read the full position description here. And, submit your application materials here.
Graduate Opportunities
Calvert Impact Capital invests to create a more equitable and sustainable world. Through its products and services, the organization raises capital from individual and institutional investors to finance intermediaries and funds that are investing in communities around the world for a financial return and an intentional, measurable, social and environmental return.
Calvert Impact Capital is seeking an intern to support the Strategy, Communications, and Impact team with execution of a key project related to its impact management and measurement efforts. The intern will help develop and share compelling case studies.
**This position is open to graduate students.**
Read the full position description here. And, submit your application materials here.
Based in Prince George’s County, Maryland, IMPACTdmv Inc. is a grassroots nonprofit organization that helps 14- to 30-year old’s accomplish their creative, academic, and career goals. From workshops to creative programming, our captivating events strengthen academic, professional and interpersonal skills, and foster critical connections that leave a lasting impact.
The IMPACTdmv Grant Writing and Editing Services Internship affords the intern the opportunity to learn valuable writing, communications, fundraising and leadership skills while leading several projects and making an IMPACT in their community. Responsibilities include working collaboratively with members of its creative, communications, experiential, fundraising and digital marketing teams, conducting full range of activities required to prepare, submit and manage grant proposals and more.
**This position is open to graduate students.**
Read the full position description here. And, submit your application materials here.
The Nonprofit Village is a nonprofit serving the Washington, DC region by providing training and development programs that increase the sustainability of nonprofits, as well as affordable shared workspace. We envision a community where nonprofits possess the knowledge and business practices needed to serve more, collaborate more, and increase impact in the community.
Nonprofit Village is seeking an intern to identify, develop, and execute media and digital strategies to deliver long-term strategic value for the organization throughout the region and potentially across the country.
**This position is open to graduate students only.**
Read the full position description here. And, submit your application materials here.
Application and Selection Process
We have extended our deadline! If you would like to be considered for an internship, application forms should be submitted by Sunday, August 16 at 11:59pm. Applications may require additional materials, such as an updated cover letter, resume, and/or writing samples.
By filling out an organization's application form, you are placing yourself in a pool of applicants to potentially be paired with an organization. The strongest 3-5 candidates for each position will be shared with the host organizations to interview. Filling out an application form does not guarantee your placement.
If you are selected as a top candidate to interview, you will be notified by August 18.
Most internships will be conducted from mid-September to mid-December.
We at the Do Good Institute are thrilled you are interested and look forward to reviewing your application materials.
For any additional information pertaining to this program, please email Megan Masterson at meganjm@umd.edu.
