Throughout my life, I want to give my time and talent to nonprofits that help create solutions to problems such as global warming and women’s reproductive health. Giving should reflect how I want to enact change and my giving goal is to contribute a percentage of my future income to help nonprofits and causes that align with my values. I hope to be able to give more than 10% of my income but as for now that it is the goal I’m setting as to which to give monetarily once I have a steady income.

My giving goal includes three pillars, the first being donating at minimum 5% of my gross salary per year until I retire. Second being to volunteer at least 100 hours of my time per year. The third is in retirement I hope to have invested enough money to live off of in retirement but to also give a large amount of money per year to organizations, about 20k-30k every year of retirement until my death. I would leave enough for family to cover funeral expenses but the rest of my net worth would be donated. I am passionate about building community, changing the system rather than providing aid to those impacted by the system.

My giving goal is to build better philanthropic habits by donating my time and money to organizations and causes that truly matter to me and my community. I want to work in this field someday, and I hope to feel fulfilled every day knowing I’m giving as much of myself as I can to help others and support meaningful causes.

I want my giving in future years to reflect what social issues I am passionate about and therefore feel strongly about contributing to their mission. I am creating the goal of donating a small percentage of my salary each year to these organizations that impact my community. Issues that I am passionate about, for example, include providing food security to children who come from challenging socioeconomic backgrounds and also giving them equal access to education.

Once I am employed full-time and have a stable income, I plan to donate at least 8% of my income and work my way up to at least 10% or even more when I become more frequent. I want to donate my money to organizations I truly support and care about. I also intend to do other forms of giving, such as participating in blood donations and small things, such as signing off on being an organ donor, so I can make sure to help those who need it the most. Other than just giving money, I want to be more hands-on, so I make sure that I’m helping others and actually making an impact in someone’s life. I think it’s important to constantly look out and be kind to the people you pass, such as buying food for the homeless or giving them gloves if it’s cold. Donating money is good, but I think it’s most important to help your community and to set a good example through your actions so others may do the same.

I am setting a giving goal using a portfolio approach. I plan to allocate my annual giving across three categories: 50% to organizations that correspond with my passions, like music and arts education programs; 30% to responsive giving, and 20% to experimental initiatives, supporting higher-risk or lower-funded organizations that I feel are doing important work. I think this approach will allow me to serve all my philanthropy goals. I plan to donate 6% of my salary after graduation.