Wharton Summer Public Interest Fund

Welcome to Wharton's Summer Public Interest Fund

The Summer Public Interest Fund (SPIF) supports first-year Wharton MBA students pursuing internships in the public and social sectors. Founded by students in 1998, SPIF is the biggest annual fundraiser among Wharton first-years.

For the third year in a row, the Wharton Program for Social Impact will generously support SPIF with a $30,000 challenge grant, matching donations dollar-for-dollar up to $30,000.

For Student Applicants

Find the application here.

For Student Supporters

SPIF’s donor week will be in late April – stay tuned!

Additional Information

Learn about SPIF

Frequently Asked Questions

Social Impact at Wharton

"I worked for the Schwab Foundation as a Summer Venture Associate and was staffed with a social entrepreneur named Albina Ruiz and her organization, Ciudad Saludable, in Lima, Peru. I was in charge of creating an economic model of Ciudad Saludable’s revenue and cost structure. I also performed value-chain and product-line profitability analyses to discover the key drivers of these revenues and costs for the organization."

Shreyans Parkeh, WG'10