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Philantrophy is defined as "the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes." This is a little different than charity which is defined as "generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless". Various dictionaries may offersome what different definitions, but these two definitions capture the fiffeence between the two words. Charity has a long history. We are nor sure about most ancient civilizations, but but it was a well established convention in all three Abrahamic religions. Mohammed even made it one of the pillars of Islam. nd the focus almpst exclusivly was on the poor and needy. This has continued into the modern worldm except that charity in Islam has shifted fron the poor and needy to political groups, including groups using terror tactics and perpetrating massive human rights abuses. Muslim donors are also generally only interested in efforts to benefit fellow Muslims. Christian and Jewish groups coninue the focus on the poor and needy and pursue many cross denominational causes. This sharp diverhence can be seen when national charitable donations are toted up in national disasters like the Indonesian Tusnami and the Haitian earhquake, America certainly did not invent charity, bit no other people have been more to charitable giving and supported such a wide range of charitable causes. This was especilly the case in the great disasters and tragedies of the 20th century. Nothing exemplifies Amnerica's charitable spirit than the outpouring of charitable effort during World War I and World War II. Philanthropy is a much more modern and largely American phenomenon, although America has helped introduce the practice to other countries. Philntrophy includes charitable efforts to help the poor and needy, but wides the comcept to include many other gppd causes to improve society in general. Mpthing could illustrate this more than the Carneghi Foindation which played a huge role in expanding the American public library system. Other major foundtions like the Ford and Rockefeller foundations have supportd a wide range of programs designed to promote cultural, economic, and social causes.

Charity

Charity is defined as "generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless". Charity has a long history. We are nor sure about most ancient civilizations, but but it was a well established convention in all three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). Mohammed even made it one of the pillars of Islam. nd the focus almpst exclusivly was on the poor and needy. This has continued into the modern world except that charity in Islam has shifted fron the poor and needy to political groups, including groups using terror tactics and perpetrating massive human rights abuses. Muslim donors are also generally only interested in efforts to benefit fellow Muslims. Christian and Jewish groups coninue the focus on the poor and needy and pursue many cross denominational causes. This sharp diverhence can be seen when national charitable donations are toted up in national disasters like the Indonesian Tusnami and the Haitian earhquake, America certainly did not invent charity, bit no other people have been more to charitable giving and supported such a wide range of charitable causes. This was especilly the case in the great disasters and tragedies of the 20th century. Nothing exemplifies Amneric's charitable spirit than the outpouring of charitabe effort during World War I and World War II.

Philanthropy

Philantrophy is defined as "the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes." This is a little different than charity. Various dictionaries may offersome what different definitions, but these two definitions capture the fiffeence between the two words. Philanthropy is a much more modern and largely American phenomenon, although America has helped introduce the practice to other countries. Philntrophy includes charitable efforts to help the poor and needy, but wides the comcept to include many other gppd causes to improve society in general. Mpthing could illustrate this more than the Carneghi Foindation which played a huge role in expanding the American public library system. Other major foundtions like the Ford and Rockefeller foundations have supportd a wide range of programs designed to promote cultural, economic, and social causes.

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