Join the world’s largest social-impact job board
With 1.3 million monthly visits, Idealist is the ultimate platform for reaching experienced and mission-driven professionals.
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More than 2 million users
Idealist users are highly-qualified, mission-driven, and have an average of eight years of experience.
Expert hiring resources
Access tips, guides, and reports about hiring in the social-impact sector, written by Idealist experts.
Support from real people
No robots here—our support team boasts a 97% approval rating and is here when you need them.
Streamline the recruitment and hiring process
When you post on Idealist, we’ll send you a curated list of qualified candidates straight to your inbox. Recommendations are also accessible through your organization’s dashboard.
Coupled with Idealist’s free applicant tracking system, it’s never been easier to find, recruit, and screen applicants for your team’s open positions.
Idealist is one of our go-to places to post open positions of all kinds. Our talent metrics tell us that it yields a mix of qualified, diverse candidates who have a desire to make an impact in the community.
Leaha Wynn, The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Choose the right plan for you
Nonprofits, government agencies, recruitment firms, consultants/vendors to nonprofits, social enterprises, and for-profit companies with social-impact positions are all welcome to post on Idealist. Learn more here.
Find your next social-impact hire in three easy steps
Create your account
Submit your name and email address, then check your inbox for an Idealist verification email and link.
Add your organization
Fill out a profile for your organization. Our Support Team will process your submission within two business days.
Post your listings
Once approved, you're ready to share your job, internship, and volunteer opportunities with our 1.3 million monthly visitors.
What is really unique about the Idealist platform is that it gives nonprofits like ours the opportunity to engage a targeted segment of candidates. We surely would recommend Idealist to other programs looking to increase the awareness of their roles.
Anton Taylor, Reading Partners
