The 2024 Nonprofit Internship Program participants gathered in Greensboro on July 22, 2024, to wrap up their summer experience.
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Over the past few months, 40 exceptional college students dedicated their summers to working with North Carolina nonprofits to drive positive change across the state. They tackled issues ranging from public education to conservation and gained experience in research, digital communications, public policy and more.
These opportunities were made possible through the 2024 Nonprofit Internship Program, or NPIP.
We are thrilled to announce that after 13 years of ZSR leading NPIP, the North Carolina Network of Grantmakers (NCNG) will manage the program moving forward.
Launched in 2011 and now supported by seven NC funders, NPIP pairs college students with NC nonprofits for paid summer internships. The program serves Pell grant-eligible students for whom unpaid summer internships are not feasible, which, because of the racial wealth gap in the US, disproportionately affects students of color.
NPIP aims to expand paid opportunities for students to explore the nonprofit field and diversify the pool of young nonprofit professionals in NC over time.
Here are the participating nonprofits and their 2024 summer interns:
- AMEXCAN: Luis Valdivia Diego
- Book Harvest: Leyla Svay
- Cape Fear River Watch: Ben Bocklage
- Care Share Health Alliance: Abigail Moore
- Centro Unido Latino Americano: Steven Naverrete
- Centro Unido Latino Americano: Ari Hanson
- Communities in School of High Point: Jasmine Newell
- CONNECT Community, Inc: Yamileth Espino
- Council For Children Rights: Hailey Dunn
- Dudley Flood Center: Darryl Joseph
- Educational Equity Institue: Rebeka Huitron
- Empowered Parents in Community: Madison Mitchell
- Enlace Latino Inc: Reese C. Lipka
- Enviromental Justice Community Action Network: macy floyd
- Guilford Education Alliance NC: Jessica Anguiano
- Haven House Services: Rmani Henry
- Healing Transitions: Jennifer Wilson
- Hill Family Farm: Jayvien Fenner
- Hispanic Federation: Angelica Zamora Sanchez
- LatinxEd: Luisa Cedeno Perez
- Let's Do It Together Foundation: Alyssia Shelton
- Mountain BizWorks: Alisa Cruz Mendez
- NC Community Health Center Association: Sandy Martinez Diaz
- NCGrowth: Michaela Miles
- Note In the Pocket: Amen Ayele
- Oak City Cares: Marisol Garcia Pineda
- Operation Xcel: DeNesha Daniels
- Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.: Makaleigh Moore
- Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.: Tashawna Wilkins
- Pink Butterfly Group: Kamille Cain
- Prevent Child Abuse NC: Justin Castro Vargas
- Public School Forum: Celina Ocampo
- Ready for School, Ready for Life: Francine Munoz-Gonzalez
- Sharon Community Outreach Corporation: Kaysha Wizzart
- Sound Rivers: Katrina Borgen
- Southeast Raleigh Promise: Elizabeth Condall
- Student U: Mikiya Hedgepeth
- Sustainable Sandhills: Alecya Stephens
- Webb Squared: Brittany Kimmer
- WinstonNet: Harmeni’ Jones
We are grateful to NCNG for taking the reins of this important program, and we look forward to many more years of NPIP under their leadership.
We are also grateful to the following funders, whose support, in addition to ZSR’s, make NPIP possible:
- A.J. Fletcher Foundation
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC Foundation
- Duke Endowment
- Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
- Foundation for a Healthy High Point
- Reidsville Area Foundation
If you’re interested in learning more about NPIP or participating as a funder or a placement site, please reach out to Yara Quezada Miller, NCNG Strategic Initiatives Coordinator, at yqmiller@ncgrantmakers.org.