They invited charities to apply for grants of $25,000 in five broad humanitarian categories, with the application process demanding the kind of information that they had been seeking. In this way, a substantial part of the money they had raised would go to the most effective charity in each category, while simultaneously encouraging transparency and rigorous evaluation.
但是，马上就很清楚这一工作要求的不止是业余时间。第二年，卡诺夫斯基和海森菲尔德在从同事们那里筹集了三十万美元后辞去了工作并且开始全职为善举组织及其附属的叫做明晰基金的赠款组织工作。他们邀请慈善组织申请两万五千美元的赠款用于五大人道主义领域，而申请程序要求提供他们所一直要求提供的信息。如此，他们所筹集的一大部分钱将会捐给在每一领域最为有效的慈善组织，与此同时鼓励透明和严格的评估。