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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.
The definition also serves to contrast philanthropy with business endeavors, which are private initiatives for private good, e.g., focusing on material gain, and with government endeavors, which are public initiatives for public good, e.g., focusing on provision of public services. A person who practices philanthropy is called a philanthropist. Philanthropy has distinguishing characteristics separate from charity; not all charity is philanthropy, or vice versa, though there is a recognized degree of overlap in practice.