Social Impact Intern

About Us

At TBD Investors, we believe exceptional entrepreneurs build extraordinary businesses. We back and support founders transforming industries, from building a national ice cream brand to redefining pediatric therapy services.

We believe enduring businesses are built by people who take responsibility, care about their customers and employees, and make things better every day.

Learn more about this opportunity and future openings on our LinkedIn page or website.

About the Role

We are looking for a thoughtful, creative, and mission-driven Social Impact & Community Intern to help our portfolio companies build stronger relationships with the people and communities they serve.

Across the portfolio, our companies work with patients, parents, caregivers, clinicians, students, employees, customers, local organizations, and other stakeholders. Understanding these communities—and developing programs that genuinely respond to their needs—is essential to building enduring businesses.

You may work primarily with one portfolio company or support projects involving several businesses. Potential assignments could include healthcare access, patient and family engagement, employee programs, local partnerships, educational initiatives, community events, or industry-wide initiatives.

This is not an observational internship. You will take ownership of defined projects and help turn community needs and feedback into practical programs, partnerships, resources, and recommendations.

What You’ll Do

Depending on portfolio needs and your experience, responsibilities may include:

• Researching the needs of patients, families, customers, employees, and local communities
• Conducting interviews, surveys, focus groups, and listening sessions
• Developing community-engagement strategies and recommendations
• Building relationships with schools, nonprofits, healthcare providers, advocacy groups, and local organizations
• Supporting educational programs, community events, webinars, and roundtables
• Creating practical resources for patients, parents, caregivers, or customers
• Helping portfolio companies improve communication with the communities they serve
• Collecting and sharing stories that illustrate a company’s impact
• Supporting initiatives designed to improve healthcare access, education, safety, or quality of life
• Measuring participation, engagement, and program outcomes
• Creating repeatable systems for managing community relationships and partnerships

Projects could include:

• Developing programming for a national pediatric-therapy industry initiative
• Interviewing parents and clinicians to understand barriers to pediatric care
• Building a partnership pipeline of pediatricians, schools, and family organizations
• Developing a community-engagement strategy for a new healthcare location
• Creating educational resources for patients, caregivers, or families
• Supporting community outreach for a mental-health, primary-care, or specialty-medical company
• Developing an employee or customer community program for an essential-services business
• Measuring the impact of a portfolio company’s community initiatives
• Coordinating an event involving families, clinicians, community leaders, or industry experts

Who Should Apply

We welcome undergraduate and graduate students from a wide range of academic backgrounds, including:

• Social impact or nonprofit management
• Public health or public policy
• Social work
• Psychology or child development
• Education or special education
• Communications or journalism
• Community development
• Sociology
• Healthcare administration
• Business
• Other related disciplines

Prior healthcare or community-building experience is helpful but not required. We care more about empathy, initiative, communication, sound judgment, and a genuine interest in helping organizations better serve their communities.

Strong candidates will be:

• Passionate about helping people and strengthening communities
• Natural relationship builders
• Strong writers, communicators, and listeners
• Thoughtful and respectful when gathering or sharing personal stories
• Creative in developing programs and partnerships
• Able to translate community feedback into practical recommendations
• Organized and attentive to detail
• Comfortable working independently in a remote environment
• Proactive, dependable, and eager to take ownership

What You’ll Gain

• Ownership of social-impact and community-building initiatives
• Experience engaging patients, families, clinicians, employees, companies, and community organizations
• Exposure to businesses across healthcare, education, essential services, and other industries
• Hands-on experience developing programs, events, resources, and partnerships
• Experience measuring the effectiveness of community initiatives
• Direct interaction with portfolio-company leadership
• A portfolio-quality community or social-impact project
• Mentorship and regular feedback from experienced operators and investors

How to Apply

Please apply through the job posting on the TBD Investors LinkedIn page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/tbd-investors/

Follow the page to receive updates about this role and future opportunities at TBD Investors and across our portfolio.

Candidates should include a resume and a short explanation of why they are interested in the Social Impact & Community Internship, along with their availability and preferred start date.