Grant Writing Intern
Position: Grant Writing Intern
Company: Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates, LLC
Pay: Hourly compensation $15 per hour
Job type: Contract
Shift and schedule: Flexible, 10 hours per week minimum
Work setting: Remote
Job Summary: Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates is seeking grant writing interns. Our team works with a diverse range of nonprofits across the country to research grant opportunities, develop proposals, submit applications, and complete reports. The ideal candidate will have strong writing and editing skills, have strong organizational and time management skills, and be passionate about a variety of social causes. Previous grant writing or scholarship applying experience is preferred. This is an ideal paid internship for students in Writing, English, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Journalism, Social Work, Marketing, and other fields.
What is a grant? It is similar to a scholarship application. Non-profits and charities apply for grants to seek funding for their mission. In practice, grants are similar to research papers combined with human interest stories and marketing to “sell” that the nonprofit’s work is worthy of funding. In general, each grant is 5 to 10 pages in length.
Grant writing is a great industry, especially for people who like to learn and write and want to make the world a better place. You get to continually learn about new things and write about them while helping nonprofits to make a difference in the world. Once you have experience in grants, the national average compensation for a full time grant writer is $75,000+ per year (this average does include people with years of experience). It is also great work for people who want to write to make money while they pursue other writing or lifestyle goals (writing a book, taking care of family, traveling, having a flexible work schedule, or as extra income “on the side”).
Millionaire Grant Lady offers the opportunity for you to learn grant writing and get paid to do it. As remote work, this is ideal for students. Interns will need to be able to attend one scheduled Zoom meeting per week for education and group supervision on grant writing skills, and the time for this meeting will be based on when interns do not have classes. Grant writing experience looks great on a resume.
Company Description: Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates provides superior grant services to non-profit clients to help them grow funding and meet their mission. The President, Alex Dunn, MSW, CFRE, has raised over $100 million in grant funding to date. We pride ourselves on superior products and aim to provide the best grant products in the nation. We are motivated by achieving funding success for our clients.
Expected Responsibilities and Duties:
- Research grant opportunities using identified database and methods
- Write grant proposals according to company templates
- Revise writing based on feedback from editor or client
- Prepare and submit applications from approved templates
- Prepare and submit reports
- Attend one group scheduled Zoom meeting per week
- Must meet agreed upon deadlines. Missing a deadline results in expulsion from the internship.
- Must not use any Artificial Intelligence, Chat GPT, etc in written materials. Our policy is to not pay for the hours of work that is generated by AI. Using AI will result in expulsion from the internship.
- Must use Notion, an online project management platform
Essential Skills and Minimum Requirements:
- Strong writing skills and a desire to learn a new type of writing.
- Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree. Preferred fields are writing, English, journalism, philosophy, psychology, sociology, marketing, and social work.
- Interest and belief in nonprofits and various social causes, ability to convey passion for a variety of nonprofit missions
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
- Strong technical writing skills, understanding of grant writing preferred
- Detail-oriented
- Excellent research skills
- Ability to work independently to meet deadlines
- Ability to communicate professionally within a team
- Strong organizational skills
- Maintain accurate records of work completed and submitted
Compensation:
- Hourly rate of $15 per hour. Projects and hours are agreed upon for each project. There is not a guarantee of a certain number of hours per week.
- 1099 position, Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates pays no taxes on subcontractor’s behalf. This means you will have to pay taxes to the federal government by tax day (April 15).
If interested, please send resume and writing sample (school paper, scholarship application, school newspaper, anything similar you have written) to nicole@millionairegrantlady.com using the subject line “Intern Position” along with the answers to these questions:
- Do you have any experience with grants or scholarships?
- What success have you had in writing?
- Are there any nonprofit causes you are most interested in?
- How many hours per month are you available for projects?