HRC Major Gifts Program Intern
HRC's Major Gifts program is responsible for identifying, recruiting, and stewarding donors who give $5,000 and above annually to the HRC & the HRC Foundation. The Major Gifts program has more than 750 members who are committed to the cause of LGBT equality. This group of leaders is responsible for a significant portion of HRC’s budget, and funds the work of the HRC Foundation, which includes our Workplace Project, Family Project, and Religion & Faith Program. The Major Gifts team works to make sure these committed individuals have a strong and lasting relationship with HRC.
Responsibilities:
The Major Gifts Intern will have these responsibilities:
- Stewarding donors, including preparing & mailing acknowledgments and welcome packages.
- Maintaining the database, including creating and updating records and performing data integrity checks.
- Participating in meetings and compiling summaries.
- Other assistance as necessary.
Qualifications:
- Professional & responsible demeanor
- Interest in learning the details of major gifts fundraising
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word & Excel.
- Database experience or accounting experience is a plus.
- Demonstrated interest in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues
Outcomes:
- Intern will gain an excellent overview of Major Gifts fundraising.
- Intern will observe how a Development & Membership department uses varied income streams to meet a multi-million dollar budget.
- Intern will understand how fundraising finances the political and educational work of a large LGBT rights organization.
- Intern will learn how issues in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are messaged to high level donors.
Other:
- This is an unpaid internship. Credit is available upon request.
- All internships are based out of our offices in Washington, D.C. HRC does not provide housing for our interns.
- Please send all resumes and cover letters in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
- Please refer questions to our website, http://www.hrc.org/intern.
- For any other questions, e-mail intern@hrc.org.
- NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE.
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