The International Community Foundation seeks an enthusiastic, driven and independent intern to provide support to the foundation’s program officers. 

Specific Responsibilities:

     Assist with international grantmaking:

• communications,
• filing, data entry,
• award letters,
• grantee due diligence
• fund statements
• develop friends of fund brochure
• update proposal guidelines in both English & Spanish
• update reporting guidelines in both English & Spanish
• site visits to Baja California nonprofits as needed
• Assist in updating grant related information on the foundation’s website
• Assist with Spanish translation of the foundation’s website.
• Other duties as needed.

    Assist with the Oaxaca Fund Initiative:

• Identify communities in California and other U.S. states where a large concentration of Oaxacan migrants reside.
• Identify community foundations working in those regions.
• Develop database of community foundations, including key-contact person (i.e. President/CEO, program director or program officer), mailing address, e-mail, phone number.
• Revise soft-sale letter to send out to all California community foundations.
• Identify potential institutional funders for initiative.
• Polish information on Oaxaca Fund Initiative website
• Other duties as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree candidate related to international relations, social sciences, public policy, or other related fields, with a focus on Latin America.
• Proficiency in English and Spanish
• Excellent research, and written skills
• Excellent computer skills (i.e. Word, and Excel) and able to navigate and learn new programs quickly (i.e. FIMS, ICF-Xchange)
• Capacity to simultaneously work on multiple tasks and projects, and set priorities for a challenging workload
• Able to delivery assignments on time.

Interested Candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to Julieta Mendez, Program Officer-Health & Human Services at Julieta@icfdn.org.

Other information:
About the International Community Foundation
ICF is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 and committed to working with donors to expand charitable giving internationally. While we are currently focused in Mexico and Central America, we are committed to expanding U.S. charitable giving internationally, by working with donors to increase their commitment to make a difference abroad. 

• We Assist U.S. donors to make tax deductible gifts to qualified nonprofit organizations throughout the Americas with an emphasis in Mexico;
• We provide fiscal sponsorship for Mexican nonprofits seeking to establish a “Friends of Fund” to receive donations from third party U.S. donors;
• We Undertake the required due diligence and follow up site visits to ensure that individuals, companies and family foundations wishing to make charitable gifts internationally can do so legally and get the highest return on their social investment.

For more information, please visit our website at: www.icfdn.org.

About the Oaxaca Fund Initiative
The Oaxaca Fund Initiative is a two-year bi-national fundraising effort between the Fundación Comunitaria Oaxaca (FCO-Oaxaca Community Foundation) and the International Community Foundation.  The Initiative aims to address the root causes of Oaxaca’s ongoing political crisis by attending to social inequalities and improving the quality of life for its marginalized citizens.
International Community Foundation and FCO believe that the only way to cultivate productive communities, curtail out-migration, and build democracy in regions like Oaxaca is by fostering grassroots economic development opportunities in the most marginalized and remote areas of the state.  For more information visit our website: http://oaxaca.icf-xchange.org/.