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Philanthropist redirects here. For other uses, see Philanthropist (disambiguation). Philanthropy (from Greek ÏÎ¹Î»Î±Î½Î¸ÏÏÏÎ¯Î±) means etymologically, the love of humanity, in the sense of caring, nourishing, developing, and enhancing what it means to be human.
It is derived from the Greek words philos, which means loving and anthropos, which means humankind. A person who practices philanthropy is called a philanthropist . The purpose of philanthropy is to improve the wellbeing of humankind by preventing and solving social problems. Philanthropy is not the same as charity. Charity focuses on eliminating the suffering caused by social problems, while philanthropy focuses on eliminating social problems.