My goal is to work in a firm that truly cares about Corporate Social Responsibility. I want to participate in weekly volunteering activities, and after a couple of years, start donating 2% of my gross income to causes that support women’s rights and help women in endangered communities.
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 [email protected]
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.
Alumni Reflections
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Over 4,200+ course participants have written giving goals in a demonstration of leadership!
Daniel Rottenborn
- Fall
- 2019
I pledge to volunteer locally with the time I have available to me at least twice a month. I plan to spend much of this time volunteering for organizations that work to aid migrant families or alleviate the effects of homelessness in my local community. Once I gain employment and a level of financial security, I will aim to start giving my extra income to nonprofit organizations that can put it to good use.
Corryn Sloan
- Fall
- 2019
I would like to start giving philanthropy and intentionally at a minimum of 10% of my starting salary, raising that 5% every time my salary increases, and giving a total of a minimum of one million dollars by the time I turn 55. That being said, I also intend to pursue philanthropic action, by serving on boards of nonprofit organizations in my community in my adult life, and volunteering at least 100 hours of my time per year.
Ciara Donovan
- Fall
- 2019
I pledge to commit both a significant portion of my time and my income post-graduation to helping my local community and the greater global community through philanthropy. I will determine the specific amount of time and money shared based on my job status following graduation, however, I feel confident in saying that I will be generous with both things.
Christopher Onesti
- Fall
- 2019
My giving goal is to devote a non-trivial portion of my wealth towards philanthropic causes that I feel are important at the time of my giving. I plan for the portion to increase progressively as I become more wealthy. Though I am not entirely sure as of now, I predict that relief and education will be two areas of focus related to my giving.
Cat Edmonds
- Fall
- 2019
My giving goal is to give 10% of my earnings after 50k and every 10k over that give an additional 1% until I hit 15%. Along with that, I hope to give my time and energy to non-profits in the way of working for them or being on their board.