Grantmaking as a High-Impact Career Path

In short, a grantmaker’s job is to spend money on behalf of a foundation. More specifically, grantmakers decide where best to distribute money in line with their foundation’s goals by giving grants to relevant organizations and initiatives. When given responsibility over large sums of money in impactful cause areas, grantmaking … Read more

Development Economics as a High-Impact Career Path

Development economics is a subfield of economics that focuses on the economic conditions and well-being of people in low and middle-income countries. Development economists work in governments, NGOs, think tanks, and academia, trying to incorporate and improve evidence-based policies and programs. We believe this can be a promising path for … Read more

Nonprofit Entrepreneurship as a High-Impact Career Path

Nonprofit Entrepreneurship is the founding of new nonprofits with the goal of solving important problems. It is a career path that has the potential of creating enormous positive impacts—though carries a high risk of failing (and in some cases, even doing harm). It requires a lot of investment and sacrifice, … Read more