philanthropy
Other forms: philanthropies
If you donate money to a charity or volunteer to help people in need, you can call your good deeds philanthropy.
Philanthropy is made up of two parts — Greek phil, "loving" and anthrop, "mankind." It refers to the desire to help people or the actual deeds a person does to benefit mankind. Philanthropy most often refers to the large amounts of money the wealthy donate to causes such as world hunger or organizations like museums or animal shelters. A private organization that promotes the welfare of people can also be called a philanthropy.
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voluntary promotion of human welfaresynonyms: philanthropic gifttype of:aid, economic aid, financial aidmoney given or loaned to support someone, especially a student in higher education
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