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

STAND TOGETHER; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 5,500 - 7,500; Full time

Job summary

Stand Together invites applications for the Koch Internship Program (KIP), a paid experiential learning opportunity for early-career professionals nationwide. The internship focuses on NTUF research, budget and tax reform analysis, and contributes to issue briefs and content for NTUF's website.

This role is open to remote or onsite candidates; successful interns will engage with NTUF partner organizations and Stand Together Fellows staff, gaining professional development and leadership training

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Assist with NTUF research, analysis, and outreach efforts focused on budget and tax reform.
• Track and analyze policy proposals and budget data; contribute to issue briefs and NTUF website content.
• Engage with NTUF's other projects as needed during the internship.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Attention to detail

Public policy interest

Research skills

Writing skills

Communication skills

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 UnionFoundation is 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.

Candidates may also be asked to engage with NTUF's other projects, including:

• 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.

Ideal candidates will possess:

• 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.

$5,500 - $7,500 a year

Stand Together Fellowships pays participants a stipend of either $7,500 for full‑time participants working approximately 32 hours per week at the partner organization, or $5,500 for part‑time participants working approximately 24 hours per week at the partner organization. Attending the entirety of the online and on‑site KIP programming is required for both full and part‑time participants.

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.