FirstWho’s Social Impact Hiring Institute (SIHI) provides resources to nonprofits and public benefit companies to promote evidence-based methods for attracting and selecting leaders who create meaningful social impact.
A Hires A: Maintaining Start-Up Talent helps founders preserve the high standards of their earliest hires as they scale beyond their personal networks.
The FirstWho initiative champions a skills-based hiring approach that replaces traditional credentials with evidence of real-world ability, supporting employers with tools and guidance to build fair, scalable systems that unlock a wider talent pool.
Next Stop: Tech Talent empowers transit agencies to build in-house digital capacity, so they can deliver the reliable, rider-friendly experiences needed to grow ridership and make public transit the first choice—not the last resort.
In Steady Hand: ESOPs and Co-Ops Hiring, the quiet revolution of employee ownership meets the high-stakes game of talent selection, where every hire isn't just a role filled — it's a future co-owner chosen.
The Board Recruitment Tech Lab brings structure and strategy to nonprofit board recruitment by replacing informal, relationship-based selection with data-driven tools and behavioral assessments to build more diverse, effective, and mission-aligned boards.
Fellowship Forward equips academic fellowship programs with modern tools to move beyond traditional markers of prestige and better identify true potential through structured, skills-based, and inclusive selection practices.
The Mimbar Shift is an initiative to empower Muslim communities across America to recruit, develop, and support a new generation of spiritually grounded, culturally fluent leaders who can guide their communities with compassion, relevance, and vision.