Once my student loans are paid off, I pledge to give 10% of my income to charitable causes. I also intend to give of my time and talents by volunteering with local or international organizations and working in areas with great need.
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.
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Over 4,200+ course participants have written giving goals in a demonstration of leadership!
Anonymous
- Fall
- 2018
Once financially stable, I plan to mindfully and intentionally give 10% of my income regularly.
Anonymous
- Fall
- 2018
My parents have always donated money to causes while I was growing up. Now that I am graduating college and will be a working individual, it is time for me to think about giving myself. In the future, I hope to give 5-10% on my income to philanthropic causes. I would like to donate to causes in the community which I live or to foundations that raise money to causes close to my heart. In addition, I will challenge my friends and family to donate to causes. Depending on my financial situation, I can adjust the 5-10% as needed.
Anonymous
- Fall
- 2018
My goal is to give a tithe of 10% to whatever local church I am a part of, and then to give above and beyond that tithe to other organizations and people both in the form of my time and money. Ideally, while I certainly will want to use my income to improve my own standard of living, I hope to prioritize investing in businesses that benefit the community that I live in and giving generously to non profits that serve the community over prioritizing increasing my standard of living. I think a great baseline would be to continue to sponsor at least one Compassion child at $45 a month, and to start out giving an additional 5% of my income to local nonprofits. I think this would be a great set of giving goals to enable me to give generously early on, and potentially increase the amount I give with time if I were to make more money later in life or find some successful investment opportunities. Overall, I’m most concerned with developing a generous heart that seeks to share what God has given me with others, in Christ’s name, for the glory of God and the good of others.
Anonymous
- Fall
- 2018
In the future I pledge to give at minimum 10% of my bi-weekly income through the purchase of non-perishable food items. I also hope to live out my passion and be able to find work at a non-profit poverty organization…