Advancement Intern

The Greater Boston Food•Boston, MA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Advancement Intern will be responsible for a set of specific deliverables that support GBFB’s philanthropic fundraising efforts. In particular, the Intern will help to accelerate and grow GBFB’s engagement of fundraising volunteers and generous donors consistent with FY26 Advancement goals to expand our brand footprint throughout our service area.

Requirements

High level of detail orientation and ability to keep track of different kinds of information related to different projects
Highly organized; able to manage multiple projects on different timelines and with different stakeholders
Clear and concise writer
Strong sense of judgment and discretion; ability to maintain confidentiality
Currently enrolled in good standing at an accredited higher education institution
Resident of any one of the six New England states during the internship period
Demonstrates the required digital competencies that result in the effective usage of the full range of digital technologies at GBFB.

Responsibilities

Volunteer fundraiser resources
Using an existing Volunteer Handbook as a guide, develop, improve and/or update customized written resources (talking points, email copy, social media posts, etc.) volunteer fundraisers can use when encouraging others to donate to GBFB
Formalize a planning timeline and template volunteer fundraisers can use for planning their own events to benefit GBFB, with specific appendices for common event types (peer-to-peer fundraisers, golf outings, house parties, etc.)
Explore and advise on ways to support volunteer fundraisers within GBFB’s existing tools such as website pages, LinkedIn groups, and cloud file storage
Coordinate with staff members to oversee the ordering of physical materials (such as handouts, pop-up banners, etc.) that promote donating to GBFB
Prospect research profile books
Manage the compilation of giving profiles of GBFB’s most generous corporate and foundation donors. Other donor categories may be added if time.
Partner with Prospect Researcher to develop a standard template with consistent information within each donor category.
Receive training to conduct basic prospect research using internet-based resources of publicly available donor information.
Perform an audit of top donor records in Advancement’s donor database (Salesforce) to ensure all profiles are current and available and that there is data consistency between profiles and donor electronic records.
Other projects as needed and time available.