I now do (almost*) all my donations through a donor-advised fund which has tax and convenience advantages I discussed in this post. It automatically keeps a record of all my donations. It’s not a public record, just for my info. [Edited to clarify that Giving What We Can offers you a “dashboard” to record donations, but unlike whether you have taken the pledge the exact donations you have recorded are not public].
*I occasionally donate to facebook fundraisers or other “one off” donations that I don’t do through the DAF and these I don’t track anywhere.
Thanks for the insight. I didn’t know that the GWWC pledge tracker is something that you can share publicly. I thought it was just your personal dashboard to keep track of it.
Do you share your GWWC pledge tracker with others or do you keep it private? I’d be curious to hear what your reasons for either option are!
Sorry, I was unclear! GWWC’s list of members who have taken the pledge is public but yes the dashboard is (as far as I can tell) just for you to record donations privately.
I now do (almost*) all my donations through a donor-advised fund which has tax and convenience advantages I discussed in this post. It automatically keeps a record of all my donations. It’s not a public record, just for my info. [Edited to clarify that Giving What We Can offers you a “dashboard” to record donations, but unlike whether you have taken the pledge the exact donations you have recorded are not public].
*I occasionally donate to facebook fundraisers or other “one off” donations that I don’t do through the DAF and these I don’t track anywhere.
Thanks for the insight. I didn’t know that the GWWC pledge tracker is something that you can share publicly. I thought it was just your personal dashboard to keep track of it.
Do you share your GWWC pledge tracker with others or do you keep it private? I’d be curious to hear what your reasons for either option are!
Sorry, I was unclear! GWWC’s list of members who have taken the pledge is public but yes the dashboard is (as far as I can tell) just for you to record donations privately.