Charlie Bresler and I could both definitely earn significantly higher salaries in the private sector (especially since Charlie is unpaid in his role as TLYCS’s Executive Director). However, neither of us is in a place in life where we’re particularly passionate about or interested in maximizing our earning potential (even if the motivation were earning to give). So it’s not clear how much of our work should be considered “giving in kind.”
I should also point out that our business experience has opened up a lot of doors for us, helping us get in front of investment clubs, high net worth donors, media appearances, etc. As a simple example, Charlie is giving a talk tonight for Harvard and MIT business school students, and his background prompted the local EA groups who arranged the talk to invite student groups interested in retail/apparel. So I feel it’s important that this sort of background is represented in the effective giving outreach community so we can take advantage of these opportunities.
OK cool. For what it’s worth I think people should be most interested in your potential growth and ultimately plateau but I appreciate that’s the hardest to both know and convincingly describe. Check this out if you haven’t seen it:
How much if any do you think staff are donating to TLYCS in kind, in the form of lower salaries than they could earn in another job?
Charlie Bresler and I could both definitely earn significantly higher salaries in the private sector (especially since Charlie is unpaid in his role as TLYCS’s Executive Director). However, neither of us is in a place in life where we’re particularly passionate about or interested in maximizing our earning potential (even if the motivation were earning to give). So it’s not clear how much of our work should be considered “giving in kind.”
I should also point out that our business experience has opened up a lot of doors for us, helping us get in front of investment clubs, high net worth donors, media appearances, etc. As a simple example, Charlie is giving a talk tonight for Harvard and MIT business school students, and his background prompted the local EA groups who arranged the talk to invite student groups interested in retail/apparel. So I feel it’s important that this sort of background is represented in the effective giving outreach community so we can take advantage of these opportunities.
OK cool. For what it’s worth I think people should be most interested in your potential growth and ultimately plateau but I appreciate that’s the hardest to both know and convincingly describe. Check this out if you haven’t seen it:
https://80000hours.org/2015/11/take-the-growth-approach-to-evaluating-startup-non-profits-not-the-marginal-approach/
Thanks Rob. I definitely agree with the thrust of the article, and we’re basically taking that approach with Giving Games.