Form - Internship Application - Young America's Foundation

If you have any questions, please contact Bre Marsh at headquarters at 703-972-5413, Sofia Medina at the Reagan Ranch Center at 805-957-1980, or Kyle Ferrebee at the Reagan Boyhood Home Center at 872-USA-1776.

Application deadlines

Spring 2026: November 21

Summer 2026: February 13

Fall 2026: August 7

Applicant Information

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Cell Phone(Required)

Date of Birth(Required)

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Mailing Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

College Name(Required)

College Location(Required)

City State / Province / Region Country

Expected Graduation Date(Required)

Major(Required)

Please share any relevant social media handles

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Internship Preferences

Interested location(s)(Required)

National Headquarters (right outside Washington, D.C.) Reagan Ranch Center (Santa Barbara, CA) Reagan Boyhood Home Center (Midwest in IL by Chicago)

National Headquarters (right outside Washington, D.C.)

Reagan Ranch Center (Santa Barbara, CA)

Reagan Boyhood Home Center (Midwest in IL)

Top preferred location

If you're applying to more than one location please choose your top preference.

Which intern class are you applying for?(Required)

Spring 2026

Summer 2026

Fall 2026

Spring 2027

What dates are you available to intern for Young America's Foundation?(Required)

Example: May 20, 2026 - August 15, 2026

Do you have a drivers license and can legally drive?(Required)

Yes

Will you most likely have access to a vehicle during the internship?(Required)

Yes

Work Interests (select up to 4)(Required)

Previous YAF Involvement

What has been your involvement with YAF to date? Please be specific.(Required)

Do you have family members who have been involved with YAF in any capacity (alumni, supporter, speaker, etc)?(Required)

Professional Goals and Ideals

Do you consider yourself a conservative? Why?(Required)

How do you advance conservative ideas on your campus?(Required)

What are your long-term professional goals?(Required)

Why do you want to intern at Young America's Foundation?(Required)

What do you believe are the top three issues in the Conservative Movement students should focus on and why?(Required)

What leader do you most admire?(Required)

What are the qualities you think we're looking for in an intern? What do you think your role/responsibility should be as an intern?(Required)

Additional Information

Are you applying to other internship programs? If so, which?(Required)

If you are applying to other internship programs, is YAF your first choice?

Yes

Additional comment

If there's something unique or important to you for YAF to know, please list it succinctly below.

Documents

Upload Cover Page & Resume

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Upload Two Writing Samples(Required)

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Reference 1

Please provide 3 references

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First Last

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Relationship to You(Required)

Reference 2

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First Last

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Email(Required)

Relationship to You(Required)

Reference 3

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Relationship to You(Required)

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YAF Internship Application

Applicant Information

Internship Preferences

Previous YAF Involvement

Professional Goals and Ideals

Additional Information

Documents

Reference 1

Reference 2

Reference 3

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Get Involved

Become a Member

YAF Chapters

Events & Conferences

Host a Speaker

Campus Activism

Programs

Young Americans for Freedom

Center for Entrepreneurship

National Journalism Center

Reagan Ranch

Reagan Boyhood Home

Campus Lectures & Activism

Defending Student Rights

Middle School Programs

High School Programs

College Programs

YAF on Capitol Hill

News & Issues

All Media

Articles

Videos

The New Guard

About

About Us

Staff Members

Our Boards

Careers

Financials