Development Intern

Position Title: Development Intern

Reports To: Development and Database Manager

Start Date: July 7 2025 (Start Date is Flexible)

Status: Paid Internship

About Austin Parks Foundation

Austin Parks Foundation (APF) is dedicated to partnering with our community to enhance peoples lives by making our public parks trails and green spaces better through volunteerism innovative programming advocacy and financial support. A nonprofit established in 1992 APF fills the citys funding and resource gap needed to develop maintain and enhance the areas 300 parks trails and green spaces.

Job Summary

Austin Parks Foundation seeks a versatile organized detailoriented and technologically proficient Intern to help manage APFs daily fundraising operations. This role facilitates the efficient use of systems and data to identify solicit steward and thank donors. Responsibilities include gift processing gift acknowledgement database management reporting data manipulation fundraising process improvement and administrative tasks such as mailings and communications.

Interns will gain handson experience in nonprofit fundraising operations data management and event planning while working with a collaborative and missiondriven team.

Required Skills/Competencies

A key support role the Development Intern supports the development team provides excellent service to constituents and collaborates with accounting and marketing teams as well as partner organizations. Organization willingness to learn technical systems and solid (internal and external) customer service skills are required. Professionalism is essential across all communication.

Essential Functions

• Update donor records using Little Green Light APFs donor database/CRM
• Maintain and monitor development inbox with Development Team support
• Fulfill weekly and seasonal stewardship initiatives including but not limited to Groundbreakers welcome packages monthly Perennial Partners packages holiday cards and donor thank you notes and phone calls
• Prepare prompt personal acknowledgement letters and donor correspondence
• Track expired credit card payments in the database and follow up with donors to update their card numbers
• Provide excellent customer service to donors providing tax receipts and giving histories as requested
• Support the Development team in planning and of APFs annual fundraiser Party for the Parks; assist in managing registration sponsor ticketing and making inkind donation asks
• Support the Development team in identifying and researching individual and corporate donor prospects
• Provide support for Corporate Volunteering projects as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements and Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited community college college/university and pursuing an associate degree or higher
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
• Solid verbal written and interpersonal communication skills
• Trustworthy and dependable
• Selfmotivated and an internal drive to produce highquality work
• Ability to effectively managing multiple priorities while thriving in a fastpaced environment
• Strong decisionmaking and customer service skills

Preferred Qualifications

• At least one year of work experience in a professional volunteer or customer service setting
• CRM or relational database experience

Physical Demand and Work Environment

• Physical demands are minimal and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations may be required to move materials weighing up to 30 pounds
• Hybrid remote and Inoffice work
• Required to work some evenings and weekends

Diversity Equity & Inclusion and Equal Opportunities Commitment

We value collaboration innovation dependability and inclusiveness. We embrace diversity and equal opportunity and we are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regard to race creed color national origin sex age religion veteran status or sexual orientation.

Compensation Transparency

This internship is compensated at $17.00/hour (paid semimonthly) for a total of 1520 hours per week.

Duration: July 2025 December 2025.

How to Apply

Please submit a resume and cover letter at phone calls please.