INTERN - Marketing and Communications

About Communities Foundation of Texas: 

The mission of Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) is to improve the lives of all people in our community by investing in their health, wealth, living, and learning. CFT works to accomplish this by growing community giving, expanding community impact, and advancing community equity. With a vision of building thriving communities for all, CFT works locally and across the state with many individuals, families, companies, foundations, and nonprofits through a variety of charitable funds and strategic grantmaking initiatives. CFT professionally manages more than 1,400 charitable funds and has awarded more than $3 billion in grants since its founding in 1953.   
 

CFT is committed to serving and understanding donor needs, expertly handling complex gifts, wisely managing charitable funds, and leveraging its community knowledge to increase charitable impact, in addition to powering several initiatives including the W. W. Caruth, Jr. Fund at CFT, the Center for Business Impact, Educate Texas at CFT, Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy at CFT, GiveWisely, and CFT’s North Texas Giving Day. CFT’s North Texas Giving Day raised more than $78 million in 2025 to help over 3,500 North Texas nonprofits, and has raised more than $712 million since its inception in 2009. Learn more at CFTexas.org.   

Intern Program Overview

This program is designed to foster a mutually beneficial relationship that promotes growth and development for Communities Foundation of Texas, our employees, and college students. This full-time, paid internship program provides a unique opportunity to enhance academic learning, apply classroom knowledge in real-world scenarios, and gain exposure to a professional work environment. Each intern is paired with a dedicated supervisor who mentors them, helps develop business skills, and oversees their work experience. Interns actively contribute as team members by setting goals, meeting deadlines, and engaging in meaningful work that helps our community thrive.

The program requires an 8-week commitment, during which interns participate in formal training, mentoring, hands-on learning, and networking opportunities with senior leaders.

• Program starts June 1, 2026, and ends July 24, 2026.
• 30 hours per week with a pay rate of $20 per hour.

Participation in the internship requires that you legally reside in Texas with in-person attendance at the Austin office, in accordance with CFT’s hybrid working model, for the duration of the program.

What we offer:

Essential tools and training for success, along with purposeful development opportunities, including:

• Hands‑on experience supporting large‑scale nonprofit and community events 
• Exposure to nonprofit marketing, donor engagement, and cause‑based campaigns 
• Opportunities to collaborate cross‑functionally with marketing, philanthropy, and external partners 
• A behind‑the‑scenes look at one of the largest giving day events in the country 

Intern, Marketing & Communications

In this role, you will provide overall marketing support to North Texas Giving Day. This role primarily focuses on social media, event coordination, storytelling, media relations, and content creation but may also involve other communication and public relations needs. This role is ideal for a detail oriented, proactive intern interested in event management, nonprofit marketing, social media, and community engagement. The intern will support multiple pillars of marketing while gaining hands on experience in large scale nonprofit event execution.

What You’ll Do:  

North Texas Giving Day Support  

• Develop a strong understanding of North Texas Giving Day FAQs and be prepared to help relay that messaging to donors and participating nonprofits through channel engagement 
• Prepare story and blog ideas highlighting participating nonprofits, referencing responses and insights from North Texas Giving Day’s PR Survey and social media activity. This may include proposing compelling storytelling opportunities for social media, website, and blog platforms.

Event Coordination 

Event Planning and Preparation, Day-of Support 

• Support event planning and logistics for NTGD signature and community activation events 
• Assist with event timelines, run‑of‑show documents, checklists, and internal coordination materials 
• Help track vendor needs, event supplies, signage, and printed materials 
• Support RSVP tracking, attendee lists, and event registration management 
• Provide day‑of event support, including setup, breakdown, registration check‑in, wayfinding, and general guest assistance

Post-Event & Administrative Support 

• Assist with post‑event wrap‑up tasks, including organizing photos, collecting feedback, and documenting learnings 
• Help update internal tracking documents and event recaps 
• Support data entry and basic reporting related to event participation and engagement

Social Media Support 

• Assist with social media content planning for North Texas Giving Day channel, proactively supporting early content creation to ensure a strong North Texas Giving Day season launch 
• Create and edit engaging short-form videos for Instagram Reels 
• Design simple graphics or carousels in Canva and/or Adobe Photoshop 
• Brainstorm and research ideas for original content for CFT and North Texas Giving Day channels  
• Assist with behind-the-scenes storytelling and day-in-the-life content for CFT and North Texas Giving Day channels 
• Assist with photo/video content shoots 
• Identify, engage, and collaborate with social media influencers and aligned brands to amplify North Texas Giving Day campaigns 
• Identify emerging social trends, formats, and cultural moments to increase engagement and reach 

Media & Public Relations Support 

• Maintain and update master media list/news contact database, including researching and verifying current contacts at reputable local and national outlets
• Draft and proofread written materials for North Texas Giving Day, including blog posts, emails, newsletters, and social media copy 

Disclaimer: The above sections contain representative examples of job duties that might be performed by employees assigned to this classification. CFT is a dynamic organization, and the environment can be fluid. Roles and responsibilities may be altered to accommodate changing conditions and objectives as well as to tap into the skills and experience of its employees. Accordingly, employees may be asked to perform duties that are outside the specific work that is listed. This is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all employees within this class.

Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position