Summer 2027 Foundation Relations Intern

Graduate Intern, Foundation RelationsNRDC's Development (Fundraising) Department is seeking a graduate intern to support ongoing projects and priorities for our Foundation Relations Division. This intern will report into our Senior Manager, Foundation Strategy. This intern can be based out of our Chicago, New York, San Francisco, or Washington, DC offices. Interns are expected to be onsite 3 days per week. The Foundation Relations Intern will be supporting the Institutional Giving team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is interested in nonprofit development and climate philanthropy or wants exposure to environmental advocacy work within a large NGO. A few examples of projects they could be working on are: 1) Analyze the team's meeting trackers to surface trends and lessons learned, paying close attention to which types of meetings resulted in funding and making recommendations about how our time is best spent, 2) Supporting NRDC's new corporate giving strategy by helping develop a pipeline of prospects, research companies, and provide recommendations about what types of projects will be "fundable" with this new audience. The Foundation Relations intern will have the opportunity to engage in different areas of our work, which may also include improving data hygiene within our Salesforce database, supporting with donor engagements, or meeting with program staff to compile information about their work to help determine alignment with prospective funders. Interns are expected to be onsite 3 days per week. We will not be able to offer relocation assistance for the summer. This is a paid internship with a stipend equivalent of $10,000.00 paid bi-weekly over the course of the assignment. Application Reviews begin the week of October 26. Positions will remain open and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but we encourage you to apply early. NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.