Hi!
I am a UK resident (German citizenship) and have received a grant by a US foundation to be undertaking an internship with a NGO in California this summer. The internship will take 8 weeks and the grant is paid from the foundation to the NGO which will then pay it out to me. I am a full time undergraduate student in the UK.
I am somewhat confused about the whole J1 application. This NGO is a relatively small organisation and I do not quite understand what exactly a 'sponsor organisation' is. Since I already know who I'll intern with, do I still need to find another sponsor organisation and make them sponsor me to be interning with my NGO?
Can my NGO be my sponsor organisation or should I aks the foundation to be my sponsor organisation?
Thanks a lot,
regards
Joe

