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

Summary

Stand Together Fellowships runs the Koch Internship Program, a paid experiential learning program providing professional development, leadership training, and work experience with nonprofit organizations addressing policy challenges. The Associate Policy Analyst Intern will assist the National Taxpayers Union Foundation with research, analysis, and outreach focused on budget and tax reform, including tracking policy proposals and budget data and contributing to issue briefs and website content.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

Skills

• 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
• Qualified candidates must submit a cover letter detailing their interest in the position and NTUF's mission and may include this in the "Additional Information" field seen after clicking the "Apply for this Job" button
• 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

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 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
• Qualified candidates must submit a cover letter detailing their interest in the position and NTUF's mission and may include this in the "Additional Information" field seen after clicking the "Apply for this Job" button
• 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

Benefits

• Paid experiential learning program
• Professional development
• Leadership training
• Meaningful work experience at non-profits tackling policy challenges across the United States
• Remote or onsite work options