Yawkey Community Service Fellowship

Internship Overview

Students need to propose the summer internship that they will be working and provide details on the potential employer, their interest and the potential job. Nothing needs to be secured in order to apply.

• Student Eligibility: All current Yale students (first- years, sophomores, juniors and seniors) are eligible.
• Position Eligibility: Community based nonprofit in New England, particularly Massachusetts and Connecticut. Nonprofits within Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine will also be considered; 8 week, 30+hour week internship.
• Application Portal: Yale Students Grants Database (keyword: Yawkey).
• Application Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2025,        1 PM EST.
• Internship Requirements: All fellows must:
  • Schedule a pre departure advising appointment with Jorimel Zaldivar.
  • Submit one social media post about their internship.
  • Submit an end of summer reflection report via CareerLink Summer Experience Survey.

Yawkey Community Service Funded Internship

• Proposed opportunity must be a community based nonprofit in New England, particularly Massachusetts and Connecticut. Nonprofits within Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine will also be considered.
• Mission of the nonprofits must be strongly aligned with the Yawkey Foundation’s six Areas of Giving (Health Care; Education; Human Services; Youth and Amateur Athletics; Arts and Culture; Wildlife and Conservation).
• Preference going to internship proposals that serve the most disadvantaged/underserved areas/communities in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
• The internship does not need to be secured before the Yawkey Community Service Funded Internship application deadline. Most nonprofit internships are not determined until middle-to-late spring.

Application Process

• Applicants will apply through Yale Students Grants Database. Log into the database and search Yawkey to read the entire application process and requirements.
• Applicant can detail up to three different internships to ask the committee to consider. For multiple proposed internships, rank their preference in the project proposal.
• All of the following components of the application must be submitted by the deadline, including the letter of recommendation. Otherwise, your application will not be read by the committee:
  1. Project Proposal
  2. Personal Statement
  3. Resume
  4. Letter of Recommendation
• For questions, please contact Jorimel Zaldivar jorimel.zaldivar@yale.edu.