Applications are open for the 2024 cohort of Leadership Tomorrow, Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City’s paid summer internship program.
Leadership Tomorrow immerses local Jewish college students in Kansas City’s nonprofit community. Internships in top-rated nonprofit organizations are designed to provide learning opportunities and position students for future success.
Interns can earn up to $3,300 working in fields such as fundraising, public affairs, strategic planning, project management and more.
Leadership Tomorrow offers students the opportunity to network with other Jewish college students, receive one-on-one mentoring from community leaders and professionals and gain real-world work experience.
In a 2022 survey of Leadership Tomorrow alumni, 85% of respondents said the experience had a significant impact on their learning and development, and 92% would recommend the program to other college students.
“One of last year’s interns shared with me that their mentor helped them narrow down what they wanted out of a career, which was really powerful to hear,” said Sierra Debrow, facilitator of Leadership Tomorrow. “Leadership Tomorrow is such a great program because it offers opportunities to college students of all stages. Some know exactly what they want to do after they graduate, and some just finished their freshman year and have no idea.”
In addition to their internship placements, the interns will work in groups to research, construct and present a grant proposal for a selected Kansas City nonprofit. Last year, donors allocated $15,000 to three local nonprofits; the amount of money received was influenced by the quality of the presentations. The recipients were the Child Abuse Prevention Agency (CAPA), LevelUpKids Inc., and reStart’s youth services program.
Leadership Tomorrow was founded in 2013 by a group led by Irv Robinson to expose students to different ideas around entrepreneurship, leadership and philanthropy and to encourage strong Jewish leadership in future generations.
To date, there have been 94 students involved and almost 27,000 hours of work provided to the community across over 40 different area nonprofits. The program has awarded over $110,000 in grants to 22 area nonprofits.
“I’ve heard feedback from nonprofits across the Kansas City area that Leadership Tomorrow interns provided invaluable support to these organizations over the 10 years the program has existed,” Debrow said.
More information is available at jewishkansascity.org/leadershiptomorrow or by contacting Debrow at .
