About The Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation is one of the top 20 private philanthropic foundations in the United States and the only one focused exclusively on expanding opportunities for people with low income in American cities. With an endowment of approximately $4 billion and a staff of over 100 employees, the foundation deploys grants and social investments across arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, and community development. The foundation’s state-of-the-art headquarters maintains an array of energy-efficient, water-conserving and health-promoting systems. The foundation also operates an office in Detroit’s Midtown district.
About the Health Team
The Kresge Health program uses grants, social investments, technical assistance, convenings, strategic communications and evaluation to help build equity-focused systems of health that allow all people to achieve well-being. We champion community-led solutions, working closely with our partners to make sure that people with low wealth in America’s cities have access to safe, affordable housing, fresh food, clean air, primary care, and economic opportunities.
We aim to influence the practices and investments of health care institutions, advance policies and develop dynamic leaders with the ability to transform systems. We work across sectors to support partnerships between health organizations, human services agencies and other nonprofits that advance social and economic mobility and improve the health and well-being of people and communities.
We organize our work within three focus areas: Community-Driven Solutions, Community Investments for Health Equity, and Community Health Ecosystems. The Health program also collaborates with other Kresge programs to support work that addresses multiple program priorities at the intersections of different fields of practice. The team is deeply committed to advancing racial equity and works to ensure that our grants, investments, contracting, and other activities work toward this goal.
About the Position
The Health Team Intern will support the team both via operational support and within at least one priority project to be jointly defined before the position starts. The priority project will involve one of these key programmatic initiatives/portfolios: Climate Change, Health & Equity; PHEARLESS Initiative; Community Safety; Equitable Food Oriented Development; or Advancing Health Equity Through Housing.
Primary Responsibilities Include:
- Analysis of our current grant portfolio to identify major trends and potential gaps, particularly as it relates to supporting BIPOC-led organizations;
- Initial assessments of funding request to determine strategic fit, values alignment and potential for community impact;
- Assist with planning and execution of virtual and/or in-person grantee convenings;
- Operational support for the Health team;
- Identification of key lessons and impacts from interim and final reports submitted by Health program grantees;
- Composing or contributing to at least one public-facing blog post, column or presentation.
Qualifications
- Current graduate student or recent graduate (finished in last 1-2 years) within an accredited Public Health (including Health Administration) program, Public Policy program with a public health emphasis; undergraduate seniors who are planning to enroll in an MPH program in 2023 will also be considered;
- GPA of 3.0 or above;
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of applications and experience working with data management, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, etc.
- Commitment to health equity and racial justice.
What we offer our Interns
- A pay rate of $30/hour for Graduate students
- Housing stipend of $350 per month
- A paid week of vacation when the Foundation is closed from July 1-5, 2024.
- The opportunity to participate in a volunteer event or group activity.
- Breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily for a minimal charge from our cafeteria
This internship will be in Troy, Michigan and currently has a hybrid schedule. Tuesday and Wednesday are the standard in-office days; however, there may be times when you will have to adjust the days based on work needs. The Foundation highly encourages applications from metro-Detroit university students or students who will be local to the metro Detroit area over the summer.
The application deadline for this position is Midnight EST on January 7, 2024.
The Kresge Foundation COVID -19 Vaccination Policy requires all employees to be “up to date” on the COVID-19 vaccination. The Foundation defines “up to date” as having received two primary doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna vaccine or one primary dose of the J&J vaccine and any booster dose(s) when eligible. Proof of vaccination must be provided prior to the first day of employment. If you believe you need a disability or religious accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding the vaccination policy, you are responsible for requesting an accommodation prior to your first day of employment by notifying Human Resources. Employment will be contingent upon the outcome of the accommodation review process.
Kresge is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ applicants. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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