Idealist in 6 slides

A social-impact job board listing nonprofit jobs, internships and volunteer roles, including a dedicated section for remote jobs.
- Nonprofit job board
- Remote job boards
- Based in New York, United States
What you do on Idealist
How the money is made: job listings
- Browse openings
- Apply
- Get hired
- The employer pays you
Idealist lists jobs, internships and volunteer opportunities at nonprofits and other social-impact organizations, with a separate remote jobs section that showed 421 remote listings. Listings show job type (full time, part time, contract) and often salary ranges, and searches can be saved. No job-seeker fee is shown, and posting costs apply only to organizations. Idealist says it has posted more than 1.2 million jobs…
Founded 1995 · next to 47 other remote job boards
Work and topics
What Idealist takes
Guess first: how much of every $100 you earn does Idealist take?
No job-seeker fee listed
From the published fees above, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges.
How it scores
Strong on fees and access.
- Fees5.0
- Getting paidNot enough facts
- Access4.0
- Track record4.0
- Proof of earningsNot enough facts
- Open worldwide
- Clear fees
- Low cut
- 10 years running
- 20 years running
How much we know
We have 6 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- Plain-English overview
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Countries it accepts
Still missing
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Payment protection
- Join requirements
- Real earnings figures
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts