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    Vanessa H., Donor and Volunteer

Internships

Throughout the year, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles offers a variety of unpaid internships to provide opportunities for students and recent graduates, aged 18 or older, to receive academic credit and/or valuable work experience in the nonprofit field.

Our internship program aims to cultivate students from many fields and disciplines. We offer interns a substantive learning experience that affords them the opportunity to contribute to our work, and the knowledge, skills and tools they may need to continue in the nonprofit field.

Complementing their individual departmental placement, interns are collectively engaged in a comprehensive program that explores the Make-A-Wish mission through the agency's structure as a whole and its role in a wish child's life.

All of our internships are unpaid. Applicants in need of financial aid to support their internships are encouraged to explore potential funding sources through the career services or alumni offices on their campus. Many colleges offer their students scholarships, stipends, or off-campus work-study to facilitate participation in public-interest internships.

Internship Calendar and Application

Interns are accepted on a continual basis throughout the year, depending on internship availability. Generally, there is a minimum of an 8-week commitment of at least 15 hours per week; certain internships may have different requirements. (Other arrangements can be made for a shorter commitment or fewer hours, but it will not be an official internship.). Application is made by sending a current resume with cover letter to Mindy Myers, Volunteer Coordinator, at . Please indicate which internship you are applying for, the time frame available and any curriculum requirements.

Types of Internships Available

We currently offer five types of internships. (Multiple applicants may be accepted into each. Detailed descriptions attached below).

  • Volunteer Services interns focus on developing management and administrative tools, resources, organizational technology, and systems, all with a focus on volunteer coordination, communication, and management, in support of our wish children.
  • Development interns focus on fund-raising, with possible experience in event planning, donor solicitation, data management, and individual and corporate donations.
  • Programs interns focus on Wish Granting, with services to and for our wish children and their families.
  • Public Relations and Communications interns focus on media and public relations for wish children and events, new and social media, the visual media library and data management. 
  • Finance and Accounting interns focus on assisting the finance department by conducting analyses, preparing reports, entering data and helping with special projects. 

We are currently accepting applications for the following internships:

  • We do not currently have any openings at this time.
Downloadable Resources
download Programs Internship.doc
download Nonprofit-Volunteer-Management Internship.doc
download Development-Events Internship.doc
download Finance-Accounting Internship.doc
download PR-Communications Internship.doc