Forest Foundation fosters the next generation of non-profit leaders through paid

summer fellowships in Boston, including a 10-week internship at a non-profit and

proprietary programming. You will make a difference in the lives of others while

learning about the larger non-profit sector and your role in it. You will join a

cohesive community of young people who, like you, want to change the world.

You gather with this community throughout the summer for days of networking,

workshops, reflections, and professional development. You form a team with

other interns and write real grants to actual Greater Boston non-profits. You will

build on your summer experiences with enhanced work training and industry

connections that will lead to meaningful resume entries and possible future

employment opportunities.

Summer Fellowship Includes:

●   Full time summer internship at a non-profit organization in the greater

Boston area starts late May, 2025 for 10 weeks. Interns must be willing to reside

in or within commuting distance of Boston for the duration of the summer

program. Housing is not subsidized.

●   Interns are paired with a partner non-profit agency whose mission and/or job

requirement matches the intern’s skill set and areas of interest

●   Intern receives $7,500 (pre-tax) compensation for the 400 hour Fellowship

which includes: internship plus series of workshops and independent projects

over the summer. Forest Foundation grants this money to the host non-profit

which in turn pays the intern directly. Interns are considered employees of their

host agency and are responsible for reporting any income tax. There may be a

slight delay between the beginning of the internship and the intern’s first

paycheck, so please be sure you can self-sustain for a couple of weeks if need be.

●   Interns will engage in general operations of the host non-profit while

completing tasks that help advance the organization’s work in the community

●   Interns are required to attend all in-person and virtual leadership and

professional development workshops planned by Forest Foundation. We bring in

outside leaders in the non-profit world to instruct and share their experiences in

the sector. The workshops and activities empower our interns to become diverse

agents who can effectively address the fiscal and structural challenges facing our

communities, nation and world. 

●   Within the summer long internship and series of programs/workshops,

students are required to complete a grant-writing project as part of the program:

Interns are placed in small teams, receive grant-writing training, and then write a

real grant for an actual non-profit organization. Grants are presented to Forest

Foundation’s Board of Trustees for review.