Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention organization, is seeking a Summer 2026 Everytown Labs Intern. Everytown Labs is an innovation hub within Everytown For Gun Safety Support Fund that accelerates promising technology, including artificial intelligence, to support our gun safety mission. In this role, the Intern will contribute to researching new technologies, leveraging AI to surface new insights on gun violence and policies, developing our digital products, and providing technical expertise to the team.
Location: New York City (hybrid) 3 days/week in office, 2 days/week at home.)
Schedule: 40 hours/week
Internship Duration: May 26 to Aug 14 (12 weeks)
The minimum hourly rate for this role is $18.00.
Primary Responsibilities:
You will work closely with the senior director of Everytown Labs and members of the Everytown Labs team on various activities to support our work. Some examples:
- Support improvements to our existing AI-powered digital products, e.g.
- Write code to help upgrade key features
- Work on minor bug fixes and enhancements
- Document technical specifications and processes
- Help with weekly vetting of gun violence data and automating manual processes to keep our AI-powered digital products up-to-date
- Draft blog posts for our Everytown Labs website, highlighting insights from our AI-powered digital products.
Qualifications:
- Current enrollment in college studies, including computer science-related courses
- Experience working with any AI coding tools is a plus, even at a beginner level
- Basic understanding of APIs or willingness to learn how to integrate data sources using API documentation
- Interest in use of AI for good
- Ability to work independently with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good communication skills in presenting work to a non-technical audience
- Interest in nonprofit advocacy organizations.
About the Hiring Process
We are accepting applications on a rolling basis and will review them and reach out to the candidates who meet the requirements of the position.
- Candidates must submit a resume AND a cover letter (max 1 page) to be considered
- Candidates moved into the recruitment process will be invited to a 30-minute phone interview with a member of the hiring team.
- Candidates who advance to the final stage of the recruitment process will participate in a 30-45 minute virtual interview with the Director of Everytown Labs.
DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND OPEN CULTURE
Candidates who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply to Everytown. A diverse workforce and open culture are at the heart of our organization and vital to our success.
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
ABOUT EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (the “Everytown Support Fund”) is the education, research and litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly 11 million supporters and more than 700,000 donors. The Everytown Support Fund seeks to improve our understanding of the causes of gun violence and help to reduce it by conducting groundbreaking original research, developing evidence-based policies, communicating this knowledge to the American public, and advancing gun safety and gun violence prevention in communities and the courts. Learn more at www.everytownsupportfund.org.
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