American Heart Association · 20 hours ago
Intern, Development & Community Events-Sacramento, CA
Sacramento, CA
Internship
Hybrid
Intern
$23/hr - $23/hrThe American Heart Association is a leading voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. They are offering an internship opportunity on their Development Team, where the intern will support fundraising campaigns, particularly the Heart Walk campaign, and contribute to planning, execution, and follow-up of events.
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Responsibilities
Responsibilities include assisting with the development and implementation of fundraising activities and administrative support for the Sacramento/Stockton-Modesto market
Work with staff and volunteers to support fundraising campaigns. The focus is on Heart Walk campaign and increasing participation and engagement with the Sacramento and Stockton-Modesto Heart & Stroke Walk events
Conduct external visits, calls and emails to help with recruitment, engagement, management, and stewardship of current and prospective donors and volunteers
Support the development and updating of marketing materials for campaigns including save the dates, invitations, social media posts, volunteer rosters, and other needed collateral to assist in campaign promotion
Assist with volunteer management including prepping for and attending externally facing meetings (both in-person and virtual.)
Conduct prospect research to generate new leads and compile information for fundraising campaigns
Qualification
Required
Candidates who are seniors or graduate students pursuing a degree in business, communications, nonprofit management, or event management
Must be comfortable with outreach (phone calls & emails to current and prospective participants
Experience/interest in promotion, sales, or fundraising
Demonstrated skills in effective one-on-one and group communications and comfort with working professionally with all levels of community leaders, volunteers, and staff
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities involving multiple entities
Intermediate to excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office programs – Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
Strong proficiency in Canva
Required: reliable WiFi connection and reliable transportation
Minimum availability of 20 hrs/wk, M-F between the hours of 8:30am-5pm
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship, now or in the future
Benefits
Professional Development
Healthcare Benefits
Company
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary health organization.
Founded in 1924
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.62MKey Investors
Stupski FoundationAmeriCorps Public AlliesCity Furniture
2025-08-14Grant· $0.1M
2024-07-09Grant· $2.7M
2024-06-06Grant· $0.69M
Leadership Team
Jennifer Hall
Chief, Data Science and Analytics
Lynne Braggs
National, Sr. Director Digital Content Production, Creative (Marketing)
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