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General Application: Strategic Philanthropy Course

Thank you for your interest in the Strategic Philanthropy Course, developed by Polycapital Academy in collaboration with Green Templeton College, University of Oxford.

The course runs over 11 weeks. Each week you'll watch short videos (estimated to take 10 to 30 minutes each week) introducing that week's concepts, then join a live 90-minute session with a small, select group, facilitated by Sid Efromovich, Founder and CEO of Regeneration Group. In the live sessions, you will be invited to wrestle with key topics in the field of philanthropy. Whether you’re actively giving, advising people in their giving, or preparing to engage more seriously in the field, you will work through exercises, concepts, and practices that will equip you to contribute more strategically across all your philanthropy and impact work.

The course is taught in English, and we recommend advanced or proficient English ability.

Is the course right for you?

The course is designed for wealth holders, inheritors, advisors and philanthropy professionals. What matters most is curiosity: a willingness to question your own assumptions about giving.

What you'll work through

Over 11 weeks, the course takes you through a structured process:

The core concepts of impact. You'll learn how to think about counterfactuals, where in a system to intervene, and how to work with uncertainty.

Start with your values. You will learn to identify what you care about, the traps that distort values, and how to connect them to real decisions.

Comparing causes and interventions. You'll practice weighing different options against each other, including hands-on work with a prioritisation tool.

Working with experts. You'll learn how to find the right experts and how to use their judgment well.

Putting it into practice. You'll go through a values- and evidence-based decision process from start to finish.

Join a community. You'll do this alongside a small cohort of peers wrestling with the same questions, with access to the Polycapital Academy network after the course ends.

Before you apply

We review every application carefully and cohort places are limited.

We recommend drafting your answers in a separate document (Word, Google Docs, Notes) and pasting them here once finalised. This protects your work from being lost and helps you keep track of word count.

If you have questions, submit them here and we’ll be in touch.

Course fee:  £5,000

Instructor:  Sid Efromovich, Co-Founder and CEO of Regeneration Group

Application deadline: Sunday, August 30, 11:59 p.m.  

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