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[Linkpost] “Request for Proposals: Effective Careers” by Melanie Basnak🔸, Kearney Capuano 🔸

Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Description

This is a link post.

We are excited to announce a new Request for Proposals (RFP) for effective career organizations, defined as initiatives devoted to providing mentorship, advice, and opportunities to help people pursue highly impactful careers. Through this RFP, we aim to identify and support additional efforts in the effective careers space and streamline the application process for potential grantees.

Motivation

The Effective Giving & Careers program supports a variety of effective career organizations across multiple countries and demographics. Examples of current grantees include High Impact Professionals, Impactful Policy Careers, and Probably Good.

Effective careers currently comprises around ~20% of our portfolio. We are excited about increasing this percentage and have been positively surprised by the growth potential of the effective careers ecosystem. We believe that there are more organizations, projects, and individuals doing work that would fit our portfolio. Through this RFP, we hope to:

Invite and encourage new and existing effective career organizations to apply for funding
Pitch potential organizations and programs we would be excited to see in the space
Simplify and standardize the application process for both applicants and our internal review team
Better understand the current funding needs and gaps within [...]

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Outline:

(00:38) Motivation

(01:45) Eligibility

(02:12) Additional Considerations:

(02:37) Potential ideas wed be excited about:

(04:22) Funding amount and grant structure

(04:52) Selection criteria and evaluation process

(05:30) Application logistics

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First published:
March 16th, 2026

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/K7wAR8LfYq5rHAYuw/request-for-proposals-effective-careers