KIP Spring 2025 - Development Intern - Act

The Koch Internship Program (KIP) is a paid, 10-week experiential learning program run by Stand Together Fellowships that offers meaningful work experience at non-profits all over the country tackling some of our nation’s most pressing challenges. Throughout your internship with a partner organization, Stand Together Fellowships hosts virtual professional development sessions every Thursday from 1-5 pm ET, wherein you will be mentored by seasoned professionals as you craft a capstone project on the topic that matters most to you.  Interns will receive either a $5,500 or $3,300 stipend from Stand Together Fellowships depending on whether they are participating full-time (40 hours/week) or part-time (28 hours/week).

Successful candidates will interview with both our non-profit partner organizations and Stand Together Fellowships staff, so we strongly encourage you to apply in advance!

Act is a Christian, legal non-profit that works to make neighborhood safety a normal reality for everyone. To do this, we equip underserved residents to fight crime on their street using the civil justice system. We seek to cultivate a culture of freedom and responsibility that yields effective results from our team members’ best work. We value building a team that is committed to diversity, equity & inclusion. Act currently serves multiple neighborhoods in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The organization operates as a 501(c)3 with 30+ full-time employees and a $4 million-dollar annual budget.

Act’s Advancement Team is looking for an amiable and adaptable intern to support their team through research on foundations and potential grants that may be a fit for the organization. In addition, they would help with research on topics that relate to our work - studying trends in things like the effect of violence on the social determinants of health, economic mobility and educational outcomes, as well as the costs of crime and violence to communities. 

The intern will report to the VP of Advancement and serve on the Advancement team. This team creates connections and awareness for our work and raises the necessary funds to support it. This team creates connections and awareness for our work and raises the necessary funds to support it. Advancement hosts our service opportunities and networking and education events. They produce our collateral, like our documentaries & monthly newsletters, and they support our advisory committees. They also build edifying, sustainable relationships with individual and corporate donors.

As our development intern you will gain: ongoing training and education in development skills and tools; first-hand experience in managing a portfolio from the bottom up, from Salesforce data entry to big-picture strategy; experience planning and executing events, etc; and receive guidance on crafting a career plan and connecting to opportunities after the internship.

Stand Together Fellowships believes that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. Our admissions office treats all program participants and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.