Internship Wrap Up

As the semester ends so do our internships and I have enjoyed my time with Bridging AZ. One of the recurring themes I have heard from them is the same that echoes from class, if you want to get into the non-profit business and there are other groups like yours don't even bother doing your own thing and take your skills to the other group to make a larger impact. To many small nonprofits working on the same mission will get nothing done and that defeats their purpose. I have learned some good skills while working here mainly looking at management of a nonprofit and the what goes on behind the scenes. On top of this I learned the process and helped file paperwork that helped the owner create a for-profit side of his non-profit service.

I would say I met my goals of learning something new in management and how the operations of a nonprofit work. I also learned as I stated how to file tax forms for new businesses and all other relative paperwork. In my time there I went on pickup runs, sat in the office working on tax papers and other legal forms, and I also set up a inventory management system for them. I learned many valuable skills both in how to manage and handle clients and partners and also all the little tedious things that going into running and managing a small non-profit which actually seems like more work than a large non-profit because resources are slimmer for you.