Philanthropy

In our discussion about philanthropy today, the main thing that I learned was the difference between charity and philanthropy. When you give to charity, you just give an item, or money. When you are a philanthropist, you give money and create more of a system, or long term idea that will benefit people for a while. Charity is giving a cans in a can food drive, philanthropy is being the person who created the can food drive.


This picture describes philanthropy perfectly, philanthropy is long term, and reaches more people than just one. Philanthropy is more "big picture", as charity is just donating for an immediate cause.