I decided to do a “deep search” with Perplexity. It largely determines that charitable workers come from privilege. This does seem to focus on charities that pay less than EA ones do, but I’d flag that even EA ones are very often significantly worse than similar corporate positions.
“The evidence strongly suggests that certain clusters within the nonprofit sector—particularly executive leadership, board positions, fundraising roles, and positions in smaller or resource-constrained organizations—disproportionately draw individuals from backgrounds of wealth and privilege. This pattern stems from structural factors including compensation practices, opportunity cost considerations, networking requirements, and the relationship between financial independence and leadership autonomy.”
I decided to do a “deep search” with Perplexity. It largely determines that charitable workers come from privilege. This does seem to focus on charities that pay less than EA ones do, but I’d flag that even EA ones are very often significantly worse than similar corporate positions.
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/do-a-bunch-of-research-on-the-XUyjcqCdQGKHoyl1LCrgZA