Summer 2026 Equity & Inclusion Intern

CTR BUDGET POLICY • Washington, DC

7d • Remote

About The Position

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a high-caliber strategic policy institute that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, and build opportunity. It has a national reputation for conducting rigorous research and analysis, developing evidence-based policy ideas and strategies, shaping a broad array of policy debates at the federal and state levels, and influencing policy outcomes on a range of critical issues. It focuses on improving the lives of people with low or moderate incomes and examines how policies affect particular groups, including Black, Indigenous, and other people of color; immigrants; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ+ people. CBPP is known for its unique capacity to blend rigorous, timely analysis with effective communications that enable policymakers and the media to make use of its work.

CBPP has an opening for an intern to work with its Equity and Inclusion (E&I) core team.

At a high level, this work entails creating opportunities to expand staff capacity, supporting the implementation of new policies and organizational practices, creating organization accountability tools and strategies, and developing systems to track progress toward stated goals. A primary function of the E&I team is to provide ongoing professional development, training, and learning opportunities that assist staff in building their awareness, knowledge, and skills around adopting practices that foster greater inclusion within their professional practice and interpersonal interactions.

To expand the diversity of voices shaping organizational change and strategy in equity and inclusion efforts, CBPP's internship program seeks highly motivated candidates — particularly those with experience working within or advocating for underrepresented and marginalized communities. Ideal candidates will have a demonstrated interest in driving institutional transformation, programmatic development, and strategic initiatives that address systemic inequities and advance racial equity and inclusion within organizations and broader societal structures.

Requirements

• Creative, thoughtful, solution-oriented, innovative, highly self-motivated, and collaborative.
• Highly organized, attentive to detail, and able to manage multiple tasks for different projects/supervisors (often on a time-sensitive basis).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to advancing equity and inclusion.
• Strong facilitation skills.
• Background in participating in, leading, and/or organizing efforts to foster greater equity and inclusion for historically marginalized communities and/or identity groups.
• Ability to work effectively across cultural differences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office productivity applications, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Education: this internship position is open to current undergraduate and graduate students (including law students) as well as recent graduates.

Responsibilities

• Assist with curriculum development, content facilitation, and program management for the Racial Equity Activity and Discussion (READ) internship seminar, CBPP’s E&I learning and development initiative for interns.
• Participate as a member of CBPP’s E&I Advisory Council, representing the perspectives of CBPP interns.
• Provide programmatic and logistical support to the E&I team in working with specific departments or teams within the organization.
• Assist in the planning and execution of programming for CBPP’s affinity groups, including heritage month activities, speakers, and programs.
• Manage and build CBPP’s E&I Resource Database as an ongoing educational and training tool for staff.
• Assist with planning, designing, and managing Catalyst, which is CBPP’s annual all staff E&I community-building convening.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed