What will you contribute?

200 ideas.  $400 each.  No strings attached.

  • "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else"

    Charles Dickens

  • “I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver."

    Maya Angelou

  • "My contribution is the romance and the warmth. The love songs."

    Christine McVie

  • "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

    Aesop

  • The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away"

    Pablo Picasso

  • “The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them away"

    Dorothy Day

  • “While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary."

    Chinua Achebe

  • The mind has exactly the same power as the hands: not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.”

    Colin Wilson

  • “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has."

    Margaret Mead

  • “As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way."

    Mary Anne Radmacher

  • “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members."

    Coretta Scott King

  • "They say, 'To serve is to love,' and I think to serve is to heal, too."

    Viola Davis

About the Contribution Project

The Contribution Project was launched in 2019 by asking students what they most wanted to contribute to themselves or others.

By listening to students’ ideas, and taking them seriously, we offered students $400 to help them pursue them.

This project is driven by a belief in the power of contribution - for both contributors and those who benefit from their efforts.