Summer Intern (Undergraduate Student)

Robin Hood Foundation • New York, NY

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Robin Hood is constantly searching for innovative approaches to poverty fighting. This position is a critical part of our research, development and grantmaking endeavors. Undergraduate interns act as members of the program department; assisting Robin Hood’s team leaders in the completion of discrete projects and initiatives. They will also be involved in conducting analyses and due diligence across several issue areas. Undergraduate interns will work in partnership with program department staff to support the needs of the organizations we fund. This may include conducting needs assessments and providing input on recommendations on a variety of decisions, investments or field-building and management assistance efforts that we are considering. The undergraduate intern will have robust exposure to strategies for poverty alleviation, proposal assessments and grant-making determinations, and a variety of nonprofit management issues.

Potential initiatives include assessing organizations or interventions we could support or launch, solving operational challenges for community partners, tackling, and presenting evaluation matters and results through examining and analyzing data, or creating a new methodology to measure or forecast Impact or helping to project manage efforts already in place. There may also be strategy projects or assessment projects for Robin Hood and its community partners, including exploring the success of a post effort, or investigating new approaches to revenue generation, asset management or cost analysis. Past projects have included assessing new funding opportunities in the community college system, the public housing system, and the ed/tech field, examining the successes and challenges of earned income efforts, developing a pilot program in the shared economy, building a tool for sharing our program metrics with stakeholders and facilitating a merger among our portfolio organizations.

Summer intern program will take place for 10 weeks from June 8, 2026 – August 13, 2026. Interns will be required to work from the office three days per week with Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays as the mandatory “in-office” workdays.

Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. candidate with commitment to social justice, human services and urban affairs and an interest in focusing on strategy development, research and analysis and policy matters and/or administration in social services, non-profit and government sectors.
• Strong project management abilities
• Ability to structure and analyze qualitative and quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions. Ability to synthesize and present, in written and verbal form, persuasive and compelling arguments using information from multiple, diverse sources.
• Strong abilities in critical thinking, succinct writing and oral presentation.
• Probing curiosity. Interest and aptitude for projects involving social ventures.

Responsibilities

• Developing a detailed work plan, laying out the optimal activities and a timeline to facilitate Robin Hood’s decision-making over the course of the assignment.
• Envisioning, designing, and executing a data collection strategy including surveys, interviews, focus groups, financial analysis and secondary research.
• Synthesizing findings and developing recommendations with a clearly articulated rationale, including benefits/costs or rate of return information.
• Supporting the development of action plans with next steps and timelines.
• Preparing and presenting final work product.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern