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Find Non-Profit Jobs and Fellowships

What is a fellowship? Many non-profit organizations across the country offer short-term (one or two years) opportunities to new and recent graduates. These fellowships provide a valuable experience to someone attempting to enter the non-profit field in a variety of issue areas.

Are fellowships paid opportunities? Yes! Fellowships generally offer a stipend or salary, health benefits and an education award.

Let these tools assist you in your fellowship search:

The following provide extensive and up-to-date listings ...

  • Browse our list of fellowships to consider (below)
  • The Idealist's fellowship page
  • Attend Internship/Fellowship Day (This event, usually held in the fall, provides information about dozens of one and two-year non-profit positions in a variety of issue areas. You can find work in organizations focusing on poverty, education, human rights, the environment, and more... Do something that makes a difference and get a paycheck!)
A few fellowships to Consider
Focus Organization Website Location
Advocacy/Social Justice AIDS Action Pedro Zamora Public Policy Fellowship www.aidsaction.org Washington, DC
Advocacy/Social Justice Families USA Wellstone Fellowship & The Villers Fellowship www.familiesusa.org Washington, DC
Advocacy/Social Justice Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy Internship www.idealist.org/en/internship/114036-88 Boston, MA
Advocacy/Social Justice State PIRGS Fellowship www.pirg.org Various States
Advocacy/Social Justice Kip Tiernan Fellowship www.rosiesplace.org Boston, MA
Advocacy/Social Justice HRC Faith Fellowship www.hrc.org Washington, DC
Advocacy/Social Justice The Jeremiah Fellowship www.pjalliance.org San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Advocacy/Social Justice Public Allies Fellowship Program www.publicallies.org/eaglerock/ National
Public Service AmeriCorps / A*VISTA / A*NCCC www.americorps.org National
Public Service Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship www.hungercenter.org Washington, DC
Public Service Everett Public Service Internship Program www.everettinternships.org Washington, DC, New York City, NY
Public Service NYC Urban Fellows Program www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/employment/urbanfellows.shtml New York City, NY
Public Service Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship www.scoville.org Washington, DC
Public Service Population Connections www.populationconnection.org Washington DC
Public Service Peace Corps www.peacecorps.gov International
Public Service Samuel Huntington Public Service Award www.nationalgridus.com International
Public Service Coro Fellows Program www.coro.org Various
Science & Technology Simons Fellowships in Design Engineering http://www.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/designengineering.html New Haven, CT
Science & Technology Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship www.aphl.org Washington DC
Science & Technology Advancing Science, Serving Society, Mass Media &  Science  Engineering Fellows Program www.aaas.org Washington DC
Education Citizen Schools www.citizenschools.org Boston, MA
Education Match Corps www.matchschool.org Boston, MA
Education NYC Teaching Fellows www.nycteachingfellows.org New York, NY
Education National Endowment for Financial Education www.nefe.org Denver, CO
Education Teach for America www.teachforamerica.org National
Education KCK Fellowship www.teachinkck.org Kansas City, KS
Environmental Echoing Green Foundation Public Service Fellowship www.echoinggreen.org National
Environmental Green Corps Field Organizer www.greencorps.org Boston, MA
Environmental The Greenlining Institute www.greenlining.org/sections/view/fellowships Berkeley, CA
Environmental New England Wildflower Society www.newfs.org Framingham, MA
Environmental Student Conservation Association www.thesca.org National
Environmental Environmental Fellowship www.environmentcalifornia.org/jobs/career-positions/environmental-fellowship2 Various in USA

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