Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are the “Ivy League” companies. They are high ROI, you will work with a selective group of peers, these peers will

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are the “Ivy League” companies. They are high ROI, you will work with a selective group of peers, these peers will remain an important part of your network after you “graduate”, and putting Apple etc. on your resume will make you eminently hirable or foundable. I know this list of companies from constant press exposure. I know this list of benefits from having gone to Apple from my (state) college, seeing the effect this has had on my career and opportunities, and comparing experiences with colleagues who went to name-brand schools. Is there a comparable list for non-profits and social purpose and benefit organizations? If someone wants to maximize their earnings, peer quality, technical challenge, and impact, they know where to turn. If they want to maximize their social impact instead of earnings, while still working on challenging problems with quality peers, the mainstream and technology media aren't giving them this guidance. Is there a guide for this? IWBNI the decision process for working on positive impact projects were easier than deciding to work for profit, given that one has to take a salary hit to do the former. (And maybe it is, and I just don't know where to advise that someone look.) “There's a reason they call it compensation.”