Hi Rebecca! As always, grateful for your support of people in the community and helping them get their finances sorted!
We do encourage people to give regularly as part of the pledge, and would generally encourage people who are using DAFs as part of their giving strategy to disburse funds from it regularly so that they are actively contributing to doing good in the world now, rather than later. I do think that itâs possible for people to strongly believe that waiting for a particular moment in time might be the best use of their funds, i.e. development or approval of a particular technology like a vaccine which could be consistent with The Pledge. People with different worldviews and reasoning might feel very differently about this so we generally leave some room for interpretation (In fact, thereâs a whole forum topic on donation timingwith many years of discussion on this). My personal view is that people should give regularly, and allowing âdonation debtâ to build up for more than a couple of years is not ideal.
Hi Rebecca! As always, grateful for your support of people in the community and helping them get their finances sorted!
We do encourage people to give regularly as part of the pledge, and would generally encourage people who are using DAFs as part of their giving strategy to disburse funds from it regularly so that they are actively contributing to doing good in the world now, rather than later. I do think that itâs possible for people to strongly believe that waiting for a particular moment in time might be the best use of their funds, i.e. development or approval of a particular technology like a vaccine which could be consistent with The Pledge. People with different worldviews and reasoning might feel very differently about this so we generally leave some room for interpretation (In fact, thereâs a whole forum topic on donation timing with many years of discussion on this). My personal view is that people should give regularly, and allowing âdonation debtâ to build up for more than a couple of years is not ideal.
Might also be relevant for people to read our FAQ on why give now rather than later? as well!