Who we are

TransitCenter is a private foundation that works to secure a more just and sustainable future with abundant public transportation options. TransitCenters philanthropic work began in 2013, and in 2024, it completed a strategic planning process to position itself as a catalyst in growing and expanding the movement of advocates to change how America moves. To achieve our mission, and as we prepare to spend our endowment by 2036, we need to build a movement working to transform how transportation is currently funded, and how resources are spent.

Our focus areas include:

• Powerbuilding:Strengthen local organizing, mobilize key constituencies, and build a base for transit advocacy by broadening the stakeholders for transit.
• Mobilizing philanthropy:To increase the philanthropic funding dedicated to transit
• Narrative change:To shift the narrative so that many more people see transit as an essential service deserving of more funding

What you will do

As the Powerbuilding Associate, you will support the Director of Powerbuilding (DoP) and other TransitCenter team members in strengthening the transit movement by meeting regularly with grantees and other fiel…