IU Health Foundation Philanthropy Summer 2026 Internship – Graduate Students Only

• Support the tracking and documentation of progress across the Foundation’s 10 strategic pilot projects

• Assist with maintaining project status updates, milestones, and key deliverables

• Help evaluate and summarize ROI and impact of pilot projects, including qualitative and quantitative indicators

• Support synthesis of learnings to inform future decision‑making, scaling, or refinement of initiatives

• Contribute to materials that help leadership and teams understand progress and outcomes related to strategic priorities

• Support internal‑facing communications requests across the Foundation, such as documents, tools, or resources intended for internal team use

• Assist in formatting, organizing, and enhancing internal materials to ensure they are clear, professional, and easy to use

• Serve as a resource for internal projects where teams want materials to be functional and visually polished

• Conduct research on donor‑facing communications, including social media, websites, and peer organizations

• Help assess what is working well, where there are opportunities to improve, and emerging best practices

• Summarize insights related to messaging, channels, formats, and engagement trends to inform future communications strategies

• Provide supplemental support to the communications team as needed, including filling short‑term gaps or supporting special projects

• Assist with organizing resources, templates, and documentation that support consistency and efficiency

• Support Foundation‑wide efforts to document standard operating procedures across teams

• Continue and advance SOP work initiated by a previous intern, ensuring continuity and completion

• Help ensure teams clearly understand: 

     - What needs to be done

     - How it should be done

     - Where templates, tools, and resources are located

• Assist with organizing SOP templates and documentation in shared locations

• Support basic check‑ins or tracking to help reinforce accountability and adoption of documented processes

• Provide project‑based support for grants work across both pre‑award and post‑award activities

• Assist with prospect research, proposal development support, and internal coordination

• Support organization of grant materials, documentation, and impact tracking

• Help ensure consistency and clarity in grant‑related processes and resources

• Must be enrolled in a master's program in Philanthropy or related field.  IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy students are encouraged to apply.

• Strong written communication skills, including editing and proofreading

• Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and comfortable managing multiple projects

• Interest in philanthropy, nonprofit operations, communications, strategy, or healthcare

• Ability to work independently while collaborating across teams

• Comfort using Microsoft Office tools and learning new systems

• Curious, proactive, and willing to ask questions to understand how work connects across the organization

• Total internship commitment of 150 hours over the summer

• Schedule is flexible; intern may determine weekly hours and pacing, provided the total 150 hours is achieved

• Internship duration and scheduling may be adjusted based on mutual availability and project needs

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