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Internship (Graduate or Masters Associate)

CompanyOpen Society Foundations
LocationNew York
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMay 5, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The Associate will support strategy development, impact measurement, and the management of SEDF's impact investment portfolio. Key tasks include originating and diligencing investment opportunities across themes like climate action and independent media.
Internship Type
full time
Salary Range
$30 - $35
Company Size
861
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their people. To achieve this mission, we give thousands of grants every year to groups and individuals in over 120 countries that work on the issues we focus on—promoting tolerance, transparency, and open debate. We also engage in strategic human rights litigation and impact investing, while incubating new ideas and engaging directly with governments and policymakers through advocacy to advance positive change. We seek to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. We build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as corruption and freedom of information. We place a high priority on protecting and improving the lives of people in marginalized communities. The Open Society Foundations were founded by George Soros, one of the world’s foremost philanthropists, who since 1984 has given away $32 billion of a personal fortune made in the financial markets. Interested in learning more about our grants, scholarships and fellowships? Visit https://osf.to/grants. Interested in working for us? Visit https://osf.to/jobs for our open positions. Here on our LinkedIn page, we encourage comments and responses that add new information or value; that are clear, concise, and on-topic; and that are generous and constructive. We like questions and feedback, too! Community guidelines: http://osf.to/communityguidelines Privacy policy: http://osf.to/privacy
About the Role
Internship (Graduate or Masters Associate). New York. Posting Date: 05/05/2026. Deadline: 05/11/2026

Role Title: Graduate or Masters Associate

Contract Type: Fixed Term (3 months)

Workstyle Arrangement: Hybrid 

Reporting To: Director, Impact and Operations 

Department: Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF)

Location: New York

Team Name: Impact and Operations 

Role Purpose 

Reporting to Director, Impact and Operations, the Associate will work on a variety of projects to further strengthen SEDF’s strategy and operations (research, data management, events/convenings, IMM practice) and/or contribute to the scoping and management of SEDF’s portfolio of impact investments. 

Key responsibilities 

  • Support strategy development and implementation, impact measurement and management, convenings, communications, partner and stakeholder management. 
  • Support SEDF to originate, assess, and diligence impact investment opportunities across a range of themes (e.g., climate action, independent media, and others) and instruments (debt, equity, guarantees, funds/directs). 

The ideal candidate

  • Bachelor’s degree is required; graduate degree preferred 
  • Knowledge of, or experience in, (impact) investment and/or business or non-profit management or operations 
  • Experience in financial analysis and/or nonprofit experience 
  • Full knowledge of MS Office required including Excel, PowerPoint, Word required 
  • Investment and/or consulting experience strongly desired 
  • Strong communication, research, and presentation skills  particularly related to conveying complex information about business, market trends and dynamics, and the intersection between policy and the private sector 
  • Sophisticated understanding of a broad set of public policy issues, particularly as they pertain to the private sector and public private partnerships 
  • Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm 
  • Results and Impact-orientation: ability to maintain focus on achieving meaningful and measurable impact and results and to prioritize effectively towards desired outcomes in highly complex and dynamic environment 
  • Some experience with Salesforce and other CRM and project management software desired 

The hourly rate range for this role in the US is $30 to $35 per hour.

 

Institutional Profile 

Soros Economic Development Fund 

 

The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) is the impact investment arm of the Open Society Foundations (OSF). SEDF deploys patient, risk-tolerant and catalytic capital to advance OSF’s commitment to sustaining vibrant and inclusive democracies across the globe. Founded in 1997, SEDF has committed over $574M in debt, equity and guarantees to businesses, funds, platforms and nonprofits across geographies and sectors that advance the mission of the Foundations. SEDF’s current investment portfolio includes $330M in committed capital across 40+ investments.  

 

For more than a quarter century, SEDF has occupied a unique place in the impact investment world. Free from the requirements of external and commercial investors, SEDF can lean into areas of market and political failure and risk in exchange for impact – across regions and themes in support of democracy and open society. SEDF also leverages the expertise and reach of OSF and Soros Fund Management (SFM) colleagues and resources – the larger institution’s programmatic grant making, policy and advocacy efforts, and multiple grades of investment capital – to bring a full suite of resources to bear on a particular issue. SEDF works closely with external partners across the nonprofit, public and private sectors to strengthen individual investments and support OSF’s larger mission and vision.  

 

All SEDF investments seek to achieve both direct, measurable impact and contribute to longer term, systemic change, including to positively influence the behavior or practices of public and private sector actors, shape policy, or strengthen local market infrastructure. SEDF aims to de-risk investments and sectors to crowd-in additional capital. 

Competitive rates of pay apply.

Open Society Foundations is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion, and to building a diverse staff that reflects the movements, issues and communities that our mission serves. Candidates from all underrepresented backgrounds, identities and communities are encouraged to apply.   

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and colleagues with disabilities.

Key Skills
Impact InvestmentFinancial AnalysisResearchData ManagementStakeholder ManagementMS OfficeExcelPowerPointWordSalesforceCRMProject ManagementPublic Policy AnalysisCommunicationPresentation SkillsBusiness Management
Categories
Finance & AccountingEnvironmental & SustainabilityConsultingGovernment & Public SectorManagement & Leadership