When I begin working full-time and have a comfortable source of income, I want to be able to donate around 10% of my income to a Christian Church and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee. These two non-profit organizations have helped me get to where I am today and continue to support me and other individuals in achieving greater things in life. I wanna support organizations like these because the future is everything, and they have shown me they are here to help people shape a better future for themselves.
What is a Giving Goal?
Often, the idealism of youth is lost as one achieves success and acquires material possessions later in life. What was originally considered to be “enough” or even “beyond my wildest dreams” can become just another milestone on one’s quest…
Capturing your current vision of how you wish to give of yourself and your resources in the future could help you plan to give more meaningfully. Revisiting this vision in ten or twenty years could provide a reminder of the ideals of your youth that may shape or re-shape your future actions.
If you have already posted your Giving Goal and would like to update your email for future reminders, please contact info@thephilanthropylab.org
Step 1
Have a healthy and vigorous dialogue in your class on the general idea of having a personal Giving Goal as a college student.
Step 2
Set a Giving Goal concerning your future giving plans.
Step 3
Share a brief statement of your Giving Goals on The Philanthropy Lab’s portal as a way to inspire others to do the same. You may post anonymously to the public if you wish.
Step 4
Share your permanent email address and phone number with The Philanthropy Lab, for the sole purpose of the reminder mechanism, so we can remind you of your goal in 5 year increments for 20 years into the future.
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Anonymous
- 2025
- Fall
My giving goal is to support my local churches and missionaries in the work that they do. I believe that one of the most important things that God has called christians to do is go out and share the word, but it can be a very expensive and taxing mission. I want to distribute 10% of every paycheck to this cause.
Anonymous
- 2025
- Fall
What am I passionate about in changing the world: I am passionate to tackle poverty and hunger. To be more specific, I am specifically passionate in helping the people/community in indonesia who are struggling with poverty and hunger. I was born and raised there, and I’ve noticed that many people are struggling with poor access to education, healthcare and clean sanitation as well as hunger. During my last years of high school, I had the chance to give free food and donations to people in need. Those experience has opened my eyes to the struggles that many low income families faced in indonesia What I think can help improve or change the issues or problems I care most about: I believe that by providing basic needs and neccestiies sch as clean water, access to good healthcare and education and finally foods can improve their lives especially for the low income families. I also believe that it can tackle one of indonesia’s main issue which is stunting for many children. I think that programs and donations funded my both non profit entities and the government that empower the society and create jobs can resolve the problem. What I am doing or will do through my giving to support involvement or change: As of right now i will continue volunteering and organization donation drives that could help them in the most meaningful way possible even if its not that much. However as i grow older and get into the world of business my goal is to form a non profit company or to develop a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program in my company that will support and change the community Time period for my actions ahead: In the short term/my time at college, i will organizer donation droves every time i go back to indonesia for breaks. However after i gradate in the next 5-10 years, i hope to establish a non profit company/CSR program as i continue my family business i also hope to expand my impact by gaining connections and partnerships with local and global non profit entities. At the end of the da, my goal is t make a difference for those people in need in Indonesia
Anonymous
- 2025
- Fall
I want to think about giving as something that should begin not with generosity or good intent, but with listening and understanding. I hope to live with philanthropy in my future, surrounding myself with an ongoing exchange of empathy and effort. I want to give in ways that affirm people’s humanity—whether it’s through donations, time, or labor. I want to commit to giving at least 5% of my income to philanthropy, and hope that number will grow as I do. I also want to commit to spending at least 15 hours a month to spending actual time and work to philanthropy.
Anonymous
- 2025
- Fall
My giving goal for the future is to give 0% of my income; however, when I die, I only want to leave around 10% for my family and the rest to charity. By the end of my life, I think I will have a good amount of money, also perhaps when I am retired, I while donate 10% of my income per year. I would rather grow the money into more money and then donate it. I think donating $100,000 will have a much larger impact than donating $10,000. I am very good at growing my money.
Anonymous
- 2025
- Fall
My giving goal is to continue to volunteer my time with at least one nonprofit organization each year. Currently, I participate in 3, and I want to continue giving my time to at least 1 organization in the following years. The nonprofits I participate in are relatively similar in regard to my interests. I want to continue volunteering/giving to causes I am passionate about but also branch out and try something new too. After graduating school and beginning my full-time job, I want to be able to donate to at least one non-profit each year as well, it being a different one than the one I volunteer at.