UUCSJ Experiential Internship Equity Fund 2025 Application

UUCSJ Experiential Internship Equity Fund

2025 Application Form
The goal of the UUCSJ Experiential Internship Equity Program is to support experiential learning opportunities in support of faithful justice organizing. We will provide support to UU-affiliated organizations interested in hosting learning interns but who don’t have the budget to pay a fair wage. UUCSJ is offering stipends of $1,000 a month for one intern for up to three months per fiscal year (July - June) - for a total of up to $3,000.

Learn more about this program at uucsj.org/internships.

Eligibility Requirements
Organizations are invited to apply for this funding if their organization/ internship programs possess the following criteria:
- Be UU-affiliated or UU-adjacent
- Provide intern with engaging justice related tasks for a minimum of two months
- Internships should be intentionally experiential, engaging, and reflective in nature
- Agree to provide direct support to interns in the form of regular check-ins to speak about their learning, as well as any personal, spiritual, activism, and/or professional goals.
For more information review our FAQs at uucsj.org/internships.

UUCSJ has limited funding for this program and thus not all qualifying requests may be funded during each fiscal year.

Complete the application below in order to be considered for the Experiential Internship Funding Program. Organizations will not be considered until this application is complete and submitted. Please allow two to three weeks for UUCSJ to process and review your application before being notified of next steps.

If you have any questions, please contact Deva Jones, djones@uucsj.org.

Contact Information
Full Name

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Email
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Phone Number
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Organization/ Program Information
Organization/ Program Name
Is your organization a UU affiliated organization? At this time UUCSJ is only able to provide funding to UU-affiliated organizations and programs.

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Your Title/ Organization Affiliation
Organization/ Program Location

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What is the mission of your organization or program?

Internship Information
What are the internship's projected start and end dates?
Internships may be longer than 3 months; however, UUCSJ will only provide $1,000/month for 3 months.
Have you already selected your intern?

Yes, and they have already started the internshipYes, but they have NOT started the internshipNo, but we're in the process of lookingNo, we haven't started our search yetOther
Do you plan to supplement this funding provided by UUCSJ?

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Please describe the work of the internship in detail. Feel free to copy and paste a job description if you have one. Make sure your description includes a) how this work supports the mission of your organization or program and b) estimated hours per week the intern is expected to work.
Describe how your intern will be supported beyond the work they provide to your organization/ program. What is your plan to provide mentorship, spiritual grounding, professional support, etc.?
Will the intern have opportunities to interact with others within your organization? If so, describe.
Is there anything else you would like to add to describe the internship experience your organization/ program has created/ will create?
FINAL THOUGHTS: Do you have any lingering questions about the funding program? Feel free to jot down any questions here.

Acknowledgement & Submit
Please review the information below and check that you understand each of the statements.

I/ a representative of the organization/ program will be required to signed a memorandum of understanding before the distribution of the fundingIt is not required that interns be selected before applying for this funding; however, funding will not be distributed until the intern as accepted your program's internship offer.If anything relevant to the information provided in this application changes after the application is submitted, I will notify UUCSJ of updates in a timely fashion.
By clicking Submit, I affirm that I have read through my application and understand the eligibility requirements for this funding opportunity, and confirm that the information provided above is true to the best of my knowledge.
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UUCSJ Experiential Internship Equity Fund

Contact Information

Organization/ Program Information

Internship Information

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