Summer Internship Program

Since 1999, the Cleveland Foundation has conducted a summer internship program that provides undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates an opportunity to work for 11 weeks in Cleveland-area nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies.

The program’s objectives include:

• Offering first-hand knowledge of the Greater Cleveland nonprofit community, its leadership, and organizations.
• Providing meaningful career-related work experience.
• Increasing local organizations’ capacity to conduct important short-term projects.
• Stimulating interest in a career in the nonprofit or public sectors.
• Exposing students to a broad range of public sector endeavors.

Timeline

• October/November – Organizations are invited to apply to host a summer intern.
• December/January – Interns are invited to apply to the program with an early February deadline.
• March – Interviews with top candidates are conducted.
• April – Decisions are made.
• June/August – Eleven-week job experience for interns takes place.

Click here for a reflection on a decade of promoting young talent.

2012 Summer Intern Program: Now Seeking Interns

The Cleveland Foundation is now seeking undergraduate, recent college graduates, and graduate students to apply to our summer internship program. This program offers students meaningful career-related work and knowledge about the Greater Cleveland non-profit and public sector community.  Interns are paid $12 per hour for full-time work and attend a weekly seminar highlighting key organizations and programs being conducted in the local non-profit and public sectors.

The application deadline is Feb. 6, 2012. Personal interviews with select applicants will be conducted by early March. Interns will be notified of their acceptance into the program in early April. The internship program begins on June 4 and ends on Aug. 17, 2012.

The application form and additional information can be accessed through our website. For a list of 2012 host sites, click here.

If you have any questions about the program, contact Nelson Beckford, program officer at (216) 615-7259 or nbeckford@clevefdn.org 

2011 Summer Intern Program

• See the list of 2011 host sites

• See the list of 2011 interns and their assignments 
• In this blog post, Cleveland Foundation Program Officer Nelson Beckford gives more detail on what interns can expect to do at each 2011 host site.
• In this podcast, Nelson Beckford and former interns Victor Ruiz, Jessica Dillworth, and Stephen Love discuss the program and their experiences with it.

Links

• For students 
• For organizations
• List of 2011 host sites 
• Intern experiences 
• Check out the Summer Internship group on Facebook, where past and present interns meet up to network!