If helping is the reward, then you could get a day job so you can work on helping when the workday is done. To put it another way, your passion is not different

If helping is the reward, then you could get a day job so you can work on helping when the workday is done. To put it another way, your passion is not different from dancing, or model trains, or disc golf. It's special because it is the street you live on, but that's the boundaries of it. I mean there's nothing wrong with waiting tables enough hours to rent a mobile home, keep beer in the fridge, and the internet connected so you are free to pursue the problems that interest you. Good luck.