Great mission - Program Assistant Ford Foundation Employee Review

Direct exposure to climate justice philanthropy; Exposure to high-level international climate work; A respected name on the résumé.

More time on grantmaking research and internal memos than hands-on climate policy or technical analysis; If you're expecting fieldwork, government-facing policy drafting, or deep modeling, this internship might feel indirect.

Ford Foundation bends over backwards to take care of staff. Leadership is generally very good and management too. The work is important.

There is a separation between Operations and Programmatic staff with little opportunity for operations to truly understand what the program staff do.