Once I become financially independent, I hope to donate at least 15% of my time and 5-10% of my income to sustainable and effective non-profits in issue areas related to accessibility and quality of healthcare. Specifically, I hope to donate my expertise as a physician to certified free clinics as much as possible and give in ways that are identified by the organization(s) with whom I work.
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!
Anonymous
- Spring
- 2018
My giving goal is to always be involved with more than 9 hours of service of semester!
Anonymous
- Spring
- 2018
I want to spend my time and effort on building a company that achieves its goals of reducing socioeconomic inequality and implicit bias.
Anonymous
- Spring
- 2018
Give at least 10% of our income to the Christian church. Always at a church whose mission includes helping people most in need, such as drilling wells for villages without access to clean water. Giving an additional 2% of our income to missionaries we (my wife and I) personally know. Giving at least 10% of our time to working with the Church or its associated charities (such as Living Water). Transitioning vocational work toward more philanthropic goals. Eventually giving of our time and income anything in excess of what we need to live somewhere close to comfortable.
Anonymous
- Spring
- 2018
At the moment, I’d like to give my time, at least a couple hours a week, to helping on-campus activities that benefit the general community. Once I have a stable income, I’d like to give somewhere between 5-10% of my income to charitable causes that are important to me.
Anonymous
- Spring
- 2018
As an aspiring physician, in the future I hope to use my medical education to work to solve health disparities in the world. I plan to volunteer in medically underserved regions of the world and raise money for initiatives to improve global health