Social Class turns nonprofits' donor bases and community channels into brand marketing engines — through paid cohort-based fellowships that deliver real campaigns, tech systems, and storytelling capacity.
Real fellows. Real campaigns. Real capacity for organizations that matter.
Social Class is built and operated by JDM & Partners, a media-tech partnerships studio in NJ/NYC.
Social Class is a cohort-based fellowship for students at county colleges, state universities, and HBCUs — placed with nonprofits that need stronger brand marketing, clearer storytelling, and more reliable tech systems.
Apprentices are paid to do the work — real deliverables, real organizations, real output. They build editorial calendars, run donor communications, set up basic CRMs, and produce content that turns a nonprofit's existing audience into a long-term fundraising and brand asset.
Most nonprofits are already sitting on their most underused asset: their audience. Social Class fellows help partner organizations turn newsletters, community lists, and digital channels into content marketing infrastructure — building repeatable systems that compound over time.
This isn't a workshop series. It's a paid fellowship — with a real community and lasting organizational capacity built in.
Social Class connects three groups who need each other: early-career students who want paid, meaningful work; nonprofits that need brand marketing capacity and technology support without a full internal team; and sponsors ready to invest in the next generation of social impact leadership.
County college, state university, and HBCU students who want to earn while they learn — doing real, paid fellowship work for nonprofits while building the skills, networks, and career foundation for a life in social impact.
Nonprofits that need better campaigns, clearer donor communication, stronger storytelling, and basic tech systems — without building a full internal growth team. Social Class fellows work directly with partner organizations.
Companies and foundations that want to fund practical, paid pathways for early-career talent — and earn visible, values-aligned brand presence across nonprofit content networks in the process.
Each cohort runs 6–12 months, pairing paid fellows with nonprofit partners for hands-on marketing and tech work — built around five curriculum pillars.
The actual architecture of how professional relationships are built, maintained, and activated in the social impact space.
How nonprofits actually get funded — grants, individual donors, corporate partners, and the development infrastructure behind it all.
Turn newsletters, community lists, and social channels into content marketing infrastructure — editorial calendars, brand-aligned content, and sponsored placement pathways.
CRMs, donor platforms, basic automation, and digital communications — practical and applied directly to partner organization needs.
Career paths inside mission-driven organizations and how to build a stable financial foundation while doing meaningful work.
Fellows earn while they work — producing real deliverables for real nonprofit partners. Graduates enter a lasting community of social impact operators across the JDM network.
Social Class will expand to include cohorts for independent TV and film creators, as well as music and audio producers — working with nonprofit partners to develop branded documentary content, donor storytelling, and audio campaigns.
Social Class is actively seeking founding nonprofit partners in the NYC and North NJ area — organizations ready to pilot a new model of brand marketing capacity, built through paid early-career fellowships.
Become a Founding PartnerNonprofits with active audiences — donor lists, newsletters, community channels — but limited brand or tech capacity.
Students who want paid, meaningful, portfolio-building work in social impact.
Sponsors who care about credible, long-term pathways for talent — not just event logos.
Organizations with no capacity to host fellows or give feedback.
Students who only want short, unpaid shadowing.
Sponsors seeking one-time visibility without sustained engagement.
Whether you're a student ready to earn real income doing real work, a nonprofit that needs brand marketing capacity, or an organization investing in the next generation of social impact leaders — there's a seat at this table.