Social Impact

Welcome to the Loeb Center Social Impact page.

Social impact work creates measurable, values-driven outcomes that address socioeconomic challenges and promote equal opportunity and equity.Here, you’ll find a wealth of resources to help you explore or pursue a career in social impact and public service. Engaging in this field fulfills the human impulse to serve both society and oneself—a cornerstone of a strong, democratic republic.

About 10% of the American workforce is employed in the nonprofit sector, largely in small organizations with fewer than 100 employees and budgets under $100,000. Federal, state, and local governments—including subcontractors—employ another 7% of the pre-COVID workforce of 150 million.

We invite you to join this small but influential community of changemakers.

Projects for Peace

Do you have an idea to build peace and community, promote economic opportunity in under-resourced communities, bring cohesion among disparate groups of people, or advance the wellbeing of humanity? If so, the Projects for Peace Project’s $10,000 grant might be a great opportunity to deploy an impact program.

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Interning for Democracy

Curious about how to translate your interest in strengthening democracy into a professional path? The Democracy Fellows Program seeks students to join a summer cohort of interns that will be engaged in advancing democracy. Attend an information session to learn more. 2026 applications are currently closed.

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Rosenberg Senior Grant

The Rosenberg Senior Grant is offered to graduating seniors and recent alumni who choose to enter the government or nonprofit sector of the workforce upon, or soon after, graduation. The value of public service to the general welfare of society has numerous benefits that the Rosenberg Senior Grant seeks to encourage.

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Civic Impact Infographic

Participating in civic impact initiatives allows you to influence the fabric of communities through civic engagement or provide vital social services to those in need. This includes careers in public and private education, experiential learning, social work, mentoring/counseling, youth development, and administration of organizations that provide these types of services.

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Environmental Impact Infographic

Environmental impact careers are exceedingly diverse, encompassing everything from office to field to classroom work, conducting research in a lab, designing air, water, or other pollution control equipment, organizing a community to action, advocating in a courtroom, managing a plant, or teaching in a classroom

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Humanitarian Efforts & Social Impact Infographic

The human rights and social impact field is comprised of a broad spectrum of governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental organizations that focus on alleviating human suffering and protecting and promoting human rights.

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Resources

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