LP4Y USA Donor Management Activities Volunteer

Location: New York City (with some hybrid flexibility)

Position Summary

LP4Y USA is seeking a part to full-time volunteer to support donor management activities. Working in close collaboration with the Board Member for Donor Engagement and the Global LP4Y Partnerships and Communication teams, this individual will play a key role in identifying key donors, strengthening corporate partnerships, and ensuring meaningful connections between donors and their impact on the field. This role also offers flexibility to contribute to other strategic initiatives or organizational priorities, depending on LP4Y’s evolving needs and the volunteer’s interests.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary support of the LP4Y USA Board Member leading donor management initiatives.
• Identity, research, and prioritize key donors and corporate partners aligned with LP4Y’s mission and geographical footprint.
• Build and maintain a comprehensive donor and corporate partner database to support outreach and engagement activities.
• Assist in crafting and refining a compelling donor narrative that highlights LP4Y’s mission, field impact, and youth success stories.
• Manage regular follow-ups with donors, providing them with impact updates, success stories, and ongoing opportunities to support LP4Y.
• Work closely with LP4Y’s Global Partnerships and Communication teams to align donor messaging, strategies, and reporting across all regions.
• Support and occasionally lead donor-related events, meetings, and strategic follow-ups as part of the LP4Y fundraising calendar.

Ideal Profile

• Flexible, highly motivated, and an excellent communicator; existing donor or corporate connections are a plus but not essential—priority is given to candidates eager to build relationships and actively support LP4Y’s mission.
• Experience with nonprofits or public/private partnerships; familiarity with the US donor landscape.
• Awareness of or affinity with LP4Y’s mission to support excluded youth through entrepreneurship and professional integration.

Commitment

• Part-time to full-time, volunteer position: minimum 20 hours per week, with increase in donor follow-up after flagship events like the annual Gala in March and flexibility upon personal commitments.
• Attendance at key annual and donor events (Together We Art, White Night, Gala, Youth Inclusion International Forum).

What LP4Y Offers

Joining LP4Y offers a unique opportunity to develop high-impact, transferable skills and build meaningful professional networks in a purpose-driven, entrepreneurial environment. Benefits of our volunteer positions include:

• Access to high-level philanthropic, corporate, and CSR networks across the impact-driven leadership ecosystem.
• A start-up style of work allowing significant independence, agility, and room for personal initiative and leadership.
• Ownership of donor engagement projects with the chance to shape strategy, lead new initiatives, and develop corporate, philanthropic, nonprofit, and institutional partnerships.
• Development of core project management, communications, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• An opportunity to directly contribute to systemic change for excluded Youth and to be part of an international movement for youth inclusion.
• Exposure to LP4Y’s global ecosystem, including connections with the United Nations, CSR leaders, corporate partners, and youth inclusion actors across 14 countries.
• Opportunities to visit the field (depending on interest, organizational needs, and available resources) to strengthen understanding of LP4Y’s local impact.

Interested? Please send your resume and a short statement of interest to ob.usa@lp4y.org.