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Philanthropy

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Philanthropyis doing something for the public good to improve other people's lives. A person who does that is called a philanthropist. Philanthropy often involvesdonatingmoney for things that need to be done.

The wordphilanthropycomes fromGreekwords that mean "love ofhumanity".FormerPresidentofUruguay,José Mujicadonated 90% of his salary tocharity.This is an example of philanthropy.

Today philanthropy is used forpublic good,focusing on quality of life. People owning big business donates their salary to charities such asBill Gates,Mark Zuckerberg,Lee Miglin,Chuck Feeney,Mr BeastandTed Turner.

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