Even with his optimistic talk of stimulating interest in public service careers, Beilenson emphasizes one other incentive for undergraduates to work in non-profits after graduation: graduate schools love it.
"You can really separate yourself from the pack in terms of admission to Harvard Business School," Beilenson says. "They're basically looking for anybody who's different."
--Staff writer Rachel E. Dry can be reached at dry@fas.harvard.edu.