NLFieldshaper Program
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Why this is on the board
In one year you decide where 1 million dollars in grants ends up: you find opportunities yourself in farmed animal welfare, global health or the infrastructure of effective giving, and you check them thoroughly before any money goes to them. Afterwards you have mastered a skill that seems scarcer than money: whoever can choose well between organisations decides where sums go that are far larger than what a single job produces by itself.
About the role
A one-year intensive programme developing grantmakers to deploy $1,000,000 in capital and shape their chosen field. - Deploy $1,000,000 actively across a sub-field (animal welfare, global health, or philanthropic infrastructure) by sourcing opportunities and building ecosystem impact. - Complete six-week bootcamp covering ecosystem thinking, opportunity creation, complex judgment, and coordination in grantmaking. - Build a pipeline of ~20 funding opportunities, conduct due diligence, and presen…
Requirements
| Language | English is enough |
|---|---|
| Work authorisation | Unclear |
| Screening | Not mentioned |
| Where you work | Remote · Remote |
| Level | Entry level |
| Stipend | Not stated |
| Posted | 2 October 2026 |
| Closes | 30 October 2026 |
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What do you make of this?
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