KIP Spring 2027 - Associate Policy Analyst Intern - National Taxpayers Union Foundation

Standtogether; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 24,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Job summary

Stand Together Fellowships is hosting the Koch Internship Program (KIP), a paid experiential learning opportunity for early-career professionals across the United States. The role supports NTUF research on budget and tax reform, with duties including tracking policy proposals and contributing to website content.

Candidates may work remotely or onsite during the program. This internship offers exposure to non-profit policy work and interaction with partner organizations and Stand Together staff,

Qualifications

• Basic quantitative skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong research, communication, and writing skills.
• Interest in public policy issues, specifically budget, tax, and regulatory matters.

Responsibilities

• Track and analyze policy proposals and budget data.
• Contribute to issue briefs and other content for NTUF's website.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Attention to detail

Research skills

Writing skills

Communication skills

Education

Undergraduate student

Graduate student

Law student

Recent graduate

Job description

The Koch Internship Program (KIP) is a paid experiential learning program run by Stand Together Fellowships that offers professional development, leadership training, and meaningful work experience at non-profits tackling some of our nation's most pressing policy challenges all over the United States. Early-career professionals including undergraduate/graduate/law students and recent graduates are encouraged to apply. Eligible candidates will be geographically located in and authorized to work in the United States through the duration of the program. Successful candidates will interview with both our non-profit partner organizations and Stand Together Fellowships staff, so we strongly encourage you to begin the admissions process early!

About National Taxpayers Union Foundation

National Taxpayers UnionFoundationis a non-partisan research and education organization dedicated to showing Americans how taxes, government spending, and regulations affect them. Through data collection, analysis, and commentary, we empower citizens to engage in the criticalpolicydebates of our time and hold elected officials accountable. To educate our target audiences, we perform incisive research and analysis on a wide range of policy issues with a particular focus on tax, technology, interstate commerce, legislative scoring, and trade. We also have a newly launched public interest litigation project that has extended our work into the judicial sphere.

About the Role

Assist with NTUF research, analysis, and outreach efforts focused on budget and tax reform. Responsibilities include tracking and analyzing policy proposals and budget data, and contributing to issue briefs and other content for NTUF's website.

This role is open to remote or onsite candidates.

• Taxpayers’ Budget Office: Support efforts to improve fiscal transparency, strengthen cost estimates, eliminate budget gimmicks, reduce wasteful spending, and expose costly government perks.
• Free Trade Initiative: Support initiatives that educate Americans about the economic benefits of trade.
• Center for State Competitiveness: Collaborate on efforts to resist the growing trend of states seeking to tax and regulate outside their borders, disrupting interstate commerce.
• Basic quantitative skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• An interest in public policy issues, specifically budget, tax, and regulatory matters.
• Strong research, communication, and writing skills.

Stand Together Fellowships believes that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. Our admissions office treats all program participantsand applicantswith honesty, dignity, respectand sensitivity.

We welcome all qualified applicants regardless ofcolor,race,religion,religious creed,sex,genderor gender identity,gender expression,sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy(including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions),military andveteran status,genetic information,maritalor familialstatus, political affiliation,or any other legallyrecognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.