Careers in Non-profit

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in non-profit? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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From a financial perspective, non-profit differs from a commercial business in that a non-profit’s surplus revenues are used to achieve its goals instead of distributed as profits. Despite this distinction, a non-profit can support one of many causes from education to research to affordable housing. With this much variety, chances are there’s a non-profit out there for a cause you support. While many non-profits have paid staff, others are staffed (sometimes entirely) by unpaid volunteers. The pay may not be amazing working at a non-profit, but you get to work for a good cause and you can get the foot in the door easily by volunteering or interning.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Non-profit

Defenders of Wildlife - Defenders of Wildlife is a Washington, DC based non-profit that aims to “protect and restore imperiled species throughout North America."

See the complete Defenders of Wildlife profile

Job Title	Location
New Mexico Outreach Representative	Washington, DC
Development Coordinator	Washington, DC
Marketing and Online Communications Coordinator	Washington, DC
Director, Rocky Mountains and Plains Program-Denver Metro Area	Washington, DC
Database Administration Coordinator-Headquarters, Washington, DC	Washington, DC

See all 9 job postings

Pulmonary Hypertension Association - Pulmonary Hypertension Association is a Silver Spring, MD based non-profit that is working to “to find ways to prevent and cure pulmonary hypertension

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Job Title	Location
Center Relations Director, East US	Wayne, NJ
Registered Dietitian	Corpus Christi, TX
Clinical Dietitian	Colorado Springs, CO
Clinical Dietitian- Peterson AFB	Colorado
Global Medical Affairs PH Scientist, Medical Info Communication	Montville, NJ

See all 21 job postings

Marine Conservation Institute - Marine Conservation Institute is a Seattle, WA non-profit that uses the latest science to identify and advocate for important marine ecosystems around the world.

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Job Title	Location
Education Department Intern (AAOA)	New Orleans, LA
OPS BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST - FWC	Jacksonville, FL
OPS F&W BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST II	Saint Petersburg, FL
Senior Associate, U.S Oceans, Southeast	Washington, DC
PROGRAM MANAGER (TECHNICAL) Job	Silver Spring, MD

See all 5 job postings

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is a non-profit that runs two separate museums: the de Young in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park.

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Job Title	Location
Public Programs Intern	San Francisco, CA
Education Internship - Videographer (Unpaid)	San Francisco, CA
Float Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse	Boston, MA
Medical Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse	Boston, MA
Surgical Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse	Boston, MA

See all 65 job postings

Levitt Pavilions - Levitt Pavilions is a Los Angeles, CA based non-profit that “partners with cities to build and transform outdoor music venues into community treasures.”

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Job Title	Location
Development Associate	Los Angeles, CA
Communications Associate	Los Angeles, CA
Communications Associate	Beverly Hills, CA
Development Associate	Beverly Hills, CA

See all 4 job postings

Chicago Botanic Garden - Back in 2008, I wrote about the Chicago Botanic Garden. I had never even visited at the time, but today I’m getting married there!

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Job Title	Location
Physician Outpatient Internal Medicine Opportunities in Chicago	Illinois
Part-Time Nanny For Two Great Boys	Glenview, IL
Catering Manager	Glencoe, IL
Endocrinology - Physician	Chicago, IL
Outpatient Internal Medicine Opportunities in Chicago	Illinois

See all 4 job postings

Smile Train - Smile Train is a New York, NY based non-profit that believes that “every child born with a cleft should have the opportunity to live a full and productive life.”

See the complete Smile Train profile

Job Title	Location
Assistant GM Billy Beez Children's Play Space	West Nyack, NY
Retail Lead or Assistant Manager	Murrieta, CA
Retail Manager - Children's Boutique	Annapolis, MD
Automotive Service Advisor	Rochester, MN
MANAGER	Shelbyville, IL

See all 1,394 job postings

Youth America Grand Prix - Youth America Grand Prix is an NYC based non-profit that offers $250,000 through “the world’s largest student ballet scholarship competition."

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Job Title	Location
Social Media and Website Consultant	New York, NY

See all 1 job postings

Group of Fifty - The Group of Fifty is a DC based non-profit made up of select “business leaders who head some of the most significant and forward-looking enterprises in Latin America."

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Job Title	Location
FBR Licensed Credential Outpatient Therapist, Johnstown PA Clinic	Johnstown, PA
FBR Licensed Credential Outpatient Therapist, Indiana PA Clinic	Indiana, PA
Release Engineer	Waltham, MA
Systems Engineer, Senior Job	Kentwood, MI
SENIOR MENTAL HEALTH CLIENT SPECIALIST	Santa Cruz, CA

See all 893 job postings

City Parks Foundation - City Parks Foundation is a New York, NY based non-profit that creates “programs in parks throughout all five boroughs of New York City.”

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Job Title	Location
Executive Director, Sustainable/Active Transportation Advocacy	San Francisco, CA
Travel Dialysis Nurse Opportunity - Travel Patient Care Technician needed in Maine	Maine
Summer Tennis Instructor	New York, NY
Director of Academic Programs/Associate Dean of College of Engineering, Idaho Falls	Falls, ID
Sports Medicine Physician	Torrance, CA

See all 268 job postings

National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition - National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition is an Alexandria, VA based non-profit started in response to the US Surgeon General’s conference on infant mortality.

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No current job openings.

Lend for America - Lend for America is a New Brunswick, NJ based non-profit that helps "college students change the lives of their communities’ low-income families" through microfinance.

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Job Title	Location
Analyst, NAM Distributor Business Practices and Compliance	Torrance, CA
Financial Advisor	Long Island, NY
.NET Developer Jobs	Baltimore, MD
Modelling Analyst	Long Island City, NY
Vice President – Barclaycard Basel	Long Island City, NY

See all 793 job postings

iMentor - iMentor is an NYC based non-profit that “builds mentoring relationships that empower students in low-income communities to achieve their ambitions.”

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Job Title	Location
Ohio College Guides - Mentoring & Retention - Cleveland, OH	Cleveland, OH
Director of Communications	New York, NY
Program Coordinator	New York, NY
Managing Director of Talent	New York, NY
Managing Director, iMentor New York City	New York, NY

See all 10 job postings

Chicago Architecture Foundation - Chicago Architecture Foundation is a non-profit organization that is “devoted to celebrating and promoting Chicago as a center of architectural innovation.”

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Job Title	Location
Business and Administration Systems Database Administrator - Chicago	Chicago, IL
C++ Software Programmer	Chicago, IL
Sitecore Developer (OOP, .Net, C#, SQL Server)	Chicago, IL
Lead VB.Net Engineer	Long Beach, CA
Technical Research 2	Evanston, IL

See all 117 job postings

FIRST - FIRST is a Manchester, NH based non-profit that uses robotics to create "a world where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders.”

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Job Title	Location
Client Service Specialist	Waite Park, MN
Technical Editor	Houston, TX
Campus Safety Officer, Part-time	Cheyenne, WY
Summer Sales and Marketing Internship	Newton, MA
LIFEGUARD - SUMMER CAMP	Mayer, AZ

See all 227,512 job postings

The Rockefeller Foundation - The Rockefeller Foundation is based in New York, NY and is putting its $3+ billion endowment to work promoting "the well-being of humanity throughout the world.”

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Job Title	Location
Sr. Business Analyst	New York, NY
Regulatory Associate	New York, NY
Research Technician II	New York, NY
Research Coordinator	New York, NY
Research Specialist	New York, NY

See all 150 job postings

FACETS - FACETS is a Fairfax, VA based non-profit that helps “parents, their children and individuals who suffer the effects of poverty.”

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Job Title	Location
Account Executive	San Francisco, CA
Senior Digital Designer - Wireless Products	Sunnyvale, CA
SRAM Design Engineer (#TTI_A_2013_14)	Austin, TX
Materials Planner	Radnor, PA
Events Manager	Stanford, CA

See all 15,937 job postings

The Trust for Public Land - The Trust for Public Land is a San Francisco, CA based org that was “founded in 1972 with goals of protecting land in and around cities and pioneering."

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Job Title	Location
Executive Director - Worcester Common Ground	Worcester, MA
Executive Director	Annandale, VA
Telecommunications Analyst	Washington, DC
LAN/WAN Design Network Analyst	Washington, DC
Cyber Analyst/Network Security Analyst-Threat Intrusion Detection	Winchester, VA

See all 186 job postings

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - The NYC based Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum promotes “the awareness and understanding of history, science and service" through collections and exhibitions.

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Job Title	Location
Operating Room Operating Room Technician	Warrenton, VA
Open Heart Operating Room Operating Room Technician	Arlington, VA
Maintainer - Engineering Department	New York, NY
PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT -SKILLED NURSING FACILITY	Washington, DC
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ASST -SKILLED NURSING FACILITY	Washington, DC

See all 101 job postings

Parent Revolution - Parent Revolution is a Los Angeles, CA based non-profit that is aiming to “transform public education based on what is good for children, not adults."

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Job Title	Location
Unpaid Internship	Los Angeles, CA
Lead Organizer	Los Angeles, CA
Medical Assistant Instructor	Hammond, IN
Staff Accountant	Los Angeles, CA
Compliance and Regulatory Licensing Paralegal	Overland Park, KS

See all 32 job postings

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy - Rails-to-Trails is a Washington, DC based non-profit that is aiming “to create a nationwide network of trails from former rail lines."

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Job Title	Location
Content Strategy Manager	Washington, DC
Online Media Manager	Washington, DC

See all 2 job postings

Bunny World Foundation - Bunny World Foundation is a Los Angeles, CA based non-profit “dedicated to combatting animal cruelty, illegal animal sales, exploitation and neglect of all animals."

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No current job openings.

Community Wealth Ventures - Community Wealth Ventures is a DC based consulting firm that helps “leaders innovate, grow and sustain social change organizations that build a better world.”

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Job Title	Location
Intern	Menlo Park, CA
Marketing Director	Atlanta, GA
Government Banking Dept Manager	Sacramento, CA
Wealth Management Division Credit Manager	Oakland, CA
CEO	Youngstown, OH

See all 16 job postings

Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary - Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary is a Red Lodge, MT based non-profit that houses "native animals that cannot be returned to the wild due to injury or habituation to humans.”

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No current job openings.

American Littoral Society - The American Littoral Society is a Highlands, NJ based non-profit that “promotes the study and conservation of marine life and habitat, protects the coast from harm."

See the complete American Littoral Society profile

Job Title	Location
Quality Assurance Manager	California, MD
Policy Advocate	Highlands, NJ

See all 1 job postings

Irish Arts Center - The Irish Arts Center, a New York, NY based non-profit that is "dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of Ireland and Irish America for the 21st century."

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Job Title	Location
Event Management intern: Events Intern	Chicago, IL
Web & Multimedia Strategist	Princeton, NJ
Practice Connecticut Adult Psychiatry	Connecticut
Urology	Georgetown, KY
Connecticut Adult Psychiatry	Connecticut

See all 5 job postings

National Academy for State Health Policy - The National Academy for State Health Policy is a non-profit that helps “states achieve excellence in health policy and practice” by working with each other.

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Job Title	Location
Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner	Arlington, WA
Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner - Trauma Resident	Murray, UT
Assistant Nurse Manager, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Days (RN, CICU)	Wilmington, DE
Physician Assistant, Neurosurgery, Days (PA, Pediatrics, OR, Peds)	Orlando, FL
Advanced Practice Professional (PA Np) Transplant Center	Ann Arbor, MI

See all 510 job postings

Seattle Tilth - Seattle Tilth aims “to inspire and educate people to safeguard our natural resources while building an equitable and sustainable local food system.”

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Job Title	Location
Seattle Tilth 21 Acres Camp Assistant	Woodinville, WA

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Food & Friends - Food & Friends is a Washington, DC based non-profit that cares for people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other illnesses by preparing and delivering meals.

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Job Title	Location
Occupational Therapist - Skilled - (OT)	Cloverdale, CA
Case Management Nurse - Case Manager - (CM RN)	Kansas City, MO
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse - (NICU RN)	Kansas City, MO
Perioperative Nurse - Operating Room Nurse - (OR RN)	Kansas City, MO
Pediatric Cardiovascular Operating Room Nurse - (Peds CVOR RN - Pedi CVOR RN)	Kansas City, MO

See all 7,842 job postings

American Student Assistance - American Student Assistance is a Boston, MA based non-profit that empowers "students and alumni to successfully manage and repay their college loan debt.”

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Job Title	Location
Interdsciplinary Museum Educator (Art focus)	Anchorage, AK
Communication Specialist	Boston, MA
Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) - Outpatient Ortho/Sports Med- New Grad Mentorship & OCS Programs!	Harrisonburg, VA
Product Specialist	Boston, MA
Physical Therapist Asst	Houston, TX

See all 2,253 job postings

The Pablove Foundation - The Pablove Foundation was formed. It’s a Los Angeles, CA based non-profit that is “fighting childhood cancer with love.”

See the complete The Pablove Foundation profile

No current job openings.

City Hall Fellows - City Hall Fellows is a San Francisco, CA based non-profit that engages “diverse, talented young people in the work of cities.”

See the complete City Hall Fellows profile

Job Title	Location
Asst, Assoc, or Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation - 36525	Kansas City, MO
VIP Marketing Host	Las Vegas, NV
Educator Outreach Director	New York, NY
Senior Graphic Designer	Las Vegas, NV
Police Officer	Santa Clara, CA

See all 30 job postings

Educational Alliance - The Educational Alliance is a New York, NY based community organization that “currently serves 50,000 New Yorkers annually via 39 programs.

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Job Title	Location
Instructional Designer	Phoenix, AZ
Intern DPS	Duarte, CA
Physician Assistant	Boston, MA
Community Outreach Coordinator (520197)	Tucson, AZ
Senior Policy Analyst	San Francisco, CA

See all 972 job postings

SightLife - SightLife is a Seattle, WA based non-profit that is "solely focused on eliminating corneal blindness in the U.S. and around the world”

See the complete SightLife profile

Job Title	Location
Clinical Records Review-Medical Review Coordinator	Seattle, WA
Transplant Donor Coordinator	Seattle, WA

See all 2 job postings

The New Press - The New Press is an NYC non-profit that “publishes books that promote and enrich public discussion and understanding of the issues vital to our democracy."

See the complete The New Press profile

Job Title	Location
Internal and Corporate Communications Specialist	East Lansing, MI
Communications Coordinator	Lansing, MI
Equipment Technician	Irvine, CA
Web Content Writer	Winooski, VT
Sales Representative	Denver, CO

See all 6,919 job postings

Reasoning Mind - Reasoning Mind is a Houston, TX based non-profit that uses web technology to help kids learn math, and they're hiring lots of new grads.

See the complete Reasoning Mind profile

Job Title	Location
Experienced Facility Mechanic (Electrical and Mechanical Repair)	Carlstadt, NJ
Controls & PLC Technician	Carlstadt, NJ
Senior Solutions Engineer - Voice Operations (Irving, Texas)	Irving, TX
Electro Mechanic with 5+ Years of Experience	Carlstadt, NJ
Human Resources Manager	Escondido, CA

See all 291 job postings

Hot Bread Kitchen - Hot Bread Kitchen is a New York, NY based non-profit that sells a multi-ethnic line of breads that are inspired by the people whom they are training for jobs.

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Job Title	Location
Baker - eatZi's Market & Bakery	Grapevine, TX
Cook I / Driver	Los Angeles, CA
BUSPERSON - GRAND WOK	Las Vegas, NV
Commercial Cooking Equipment Technician	Harwood, MD
BUSPERSON - GRAND WOK	Las Vegas, NV

See all 149 job postings

Better Government Association - The Better Government Association, a Chicago, IL based non-profit that “works for integrity, transparency, and accountability in government."

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Job Title	Location
Senior Policy Analyst	Washington, DC
Marketing Specialist - Hospitals and Health Systems	Redlands, CA
Senior Business Leader, Partnership Marketing Team Lead Job	Foster City, CA
Process Analyst 1/2	North Charleston, SC
Test & Evaluation Engineer 1/2	El Segundo, CA

See all 236 job postings

Youth For Understanding USA - YFU USA is a Bethesda, MD non-profit foreign exchange “committed to preparing young people for their responsibilities and opportunities in a changing world.”

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Job Title	Location
Program Officer International Programs	New York, NY
President & Chief Executive Officer	Indianapolis, IN
Consumer Strategist, Millennial Generation	Minneapolis, MN
Biaag Research Data Analyst	Washington, DC
President and CEO	Kansas City, KS

See all 21 job postings

The Wildlife Center of Virginia - The Wildlife Center of Virginia is a Waynesboro, VA based org that “was formed to provide quality health care, often on an emergency basis, to native wildlife.”

See the complete The Wildlife Center of Virginia profile

Job Title	Location
Park Ranger (W)	West Virginia
Senior Environmental Compliance Coordinator- Bath County Hydro Power Pumped Storage Station- Warm Sp	Warm Springs, VA
Student Pastor	Stafford, VA
Wildlife Rehabilitation Summer Externships	Waynesboro, VA
Center Director	Corolla, NC

See all 42 job postings

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