The Best Internships and Volunteer Opportunities

Focus on Jewish Charities and Philanthropy (or other favorite causes)

Remote / Online / Virtual is fine

Intern or Volunteer

Here is a great opportunity for anyone interested in Jewish charities. Use your skills, enhance your resume, and make a difference with an internship at an acclaimed nonprofit.

Who Is It For?

We welcome:

• Professionals
• "Dependent Spouses" of H1-B, F1, and L1 visa holders
• Recent international graduates looking for OPT opportunities
• Graduate students and Undergraduates, including those who want a CPT opportunity
• International students living in other countries
• A small number of truly exceptional high school students

Great Experience; Unpaid

We offer a fantastic experience. Please note that we only have unpaid positions.

Where and Online

Our office is in Manhattan. We also welcome interns and volunteers who want to work remotely / online / virtually.

About Us

ChangingThePresent.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The New York Times called us an “Amazon.com of the nonprofit world.”

We work with hundreds of the most prestigious nonprofits in the country to help them capture some of the $450 billion Americans spend each year buying birthday, wedding, and holiday presents. We do this by making the experience of a donation, given in a friend’s name, feel like a rewarding gift and an appealing alternative to buying and giving yet more "stuff."

Our visitors can contribute to provide school children with their first book, preserve an acre of the wilderness, fund an hour of cancer research, etc. Wish lists and registries let them share their dreams for a better world. Personalized greeting cards make a charitable gift especially memorable. Gift cards let friends support the things they care about.

Interns and Volunteers from Around the World

We have had interns and volunteers from sixty countries around the world, including China, India, Korea, Japan, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, France, Brazil, Chile, Dubai, Mexico, Israel, and others.  

Unprecedented Opportunities for Responsibility and Leadership

Our interns get more responsibility than they will anywhere else. You will never run a copy machine, file papers, or fetch coffee here, as you might at so many other organizations. Instead, you will work in small teams and take a professional leadership role.

Focus on Jewish Charities and Donors

The team focusing on Jewish charities, schools, community centers, synagogues, and donors will work on the following:

• Expand our Board of Advisors with influential leaders
• Build and expand a group of Experts to recommend their favorites
• Get word of this opportunity for new funding to Jewish charities, schools, community centers, and synagogues.
• Reach bloggers, journalists, professional associations, and student organizations to get the word out and grow participation.
• Identify potential philanthropic funders: individuals, corporations, and foundations that support the cause.
• Promote our efforts and the cause through social media and online communities.

Any Academic / Professional Focus

We also have positions that align with a wide range of academic and professional fields, including analytics, finance, accounting, technology, web development, Salesforce, database, computer science, science, STEM, marketing, digital marketing, communications, social media, publishing, Human Resources, organizational psychology, research, education, and graphics.

Additional Causes

We also have positions that focus on each charitable cause, ethnic group, religious group, American city, or country. We cover the full range of causes, including education, hunger, women, children, cancer, human rights, environment, etc.

Additional Roles

We are also recruiting Social Media Managers for each charitable cause, College Campus Ambassadors, and High School Ambassadors. (Yes, we need college and HS Ambassadors even while school is not in session).

You Benefit

We want all our interns to get the following from their experience here:

• Make a tremendous positive impact in the world.
• Use your skills, experience, knowledge, creativity and talent.
• Assume responsibility and take a leadership role.
• Learn a tremendous amount.
• Work with people from around the world in a diverse and supportive environment, and have a great time.
• Enhance your resume with a record of professional achievement and community service.
• Receive a great letter of recommendation.

When and Where

We welcome full-time and part-time interns during the school year and/or the summer. We are conveniently located at 7^th Avenue and 33 Streets in Manhattan, and many people on our team work remotely. At the time of this posting, March 2020, we are all working remotely due to the COVID-19 virus.  

Please See These Pages

The slideshow here provides a further overview for interns and volunteers:

https://changingthepresent.org/pages/interns-and-volunteers

See what others say about their experience here:

https://changingthepresent.org/reviews

Apply Now

To apply, please send a short cover note, a resume, and your Linkedin URL to our HR team at join@ChangingThePresent.org We will get back to you very quickly.

Please Share

We hope you will share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested.

Thank you very much!

Click to see what others say about their experience here