Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program 2027

Since 1999, the Cleveland Foundation summer internship has connected emerging professionals with career-launching opportunities in the nonprofit and public sector. The program provides talented undergraduate students, recent college graduates and first-year graduate students an opportunity to work within Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations for an 11-week paid internship experience.

Program Objectives

Expanding local organizations’ capacity to conduct important short-term projects
Providing a full time, paid internship opportunity ($18 per hour) and meaningful career-related work experience
Creating pathways to careers in the nonprofit or public sectors, particularly within Greater Cleveland Exposing interns to a broad range of nonprofit/public sector organizations, leaders, and partnerships, building their first-hand knowledge of the Greater Cleveland nonprofit community and public sector initiatives
Facilitating opportunities to support alumni and empower local leaders, fostering connections, discussion, learning and collaboration within our region

Eligibility and Candidate Application

Be a college junior or senior in fall, a graduating senior in spring or first-year graduate student in spring, based on the current calendar year
Attend a college or university in or be a permanent resident of Cuyahoga, Lake or Geauga counties
Exhibit interest in the nonprofit or public sectors Applicants cannot be relatives of a member of Cleveland Foundation staff or the Foundation’s board of directors.

Applications are accepted via the application gateway.

Existing account holders can sign in; new users should follow the prompts to create an account. Please create only one account.

The application requires you to upload supporting documents for each mandatory field before submission.
The application requires a resume and up to two recommendation letters.
The application submission process can take up to 45 minutes to complete.