Philanthropy: The Career Built Around Changing the World

Most people hear the word philanthropy and think it's someone else's world. The world of billionaires and big cheques. Tori Grimes is here to tell you it's not.Philanthropy and fundraising sit at the intersection of purpose, people and pressure. It's a career where you spend your days building relationships with people who care deeply about changing something in the world and then asking them to put their money behind it.Tori's path here was anything but direct. A gap year in Africa at 18 changed everything. Witnessing real poverty on the ground gave her a clarity about her career that no careers counsellor or job description ever could. She came back knowing she wanted to spend her professional life making a difference.In this episode Tori breaks down what philanthropy actually looks like from the inside. The relationship building, the targets, the pressure of asking someone for money, and why she believes more people could do this job than think they could. She also gets honest about the hard parts the emotional weight of working on problems that can never be fully solved, and the personal cost of a role that follows you outside of working hours.And her advice on the skill she wishes more young people would develop? It might surprise you.Twenty minutes. One person. One real career. No filter.