English-Danish translations for philanthropy

• filantropi
  Medicinalindustrien vil aldrig få filantropi som målsætning. The pharmaceutical industry's goal will never be one of philanthropy.
  Der skal være åbenhed, der skal være mere en ren filantropi i denne idé om virksomhedernes sociale ansvar. There must be transparency, there must be more than philanthropy in this notion of corporate social responsibility.
  Denne verden kan opdeles i "donorer" og dem, der nyder godt af "donorernes" filantropi. This world can be divided into ‘donors’ and beneficiaries of the philanthropy of these ‘donors’.

Definition of philanthropy

• Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind
• Charitable giving, charity
• A philanthropic act
• A charitable foundation

Examples

• As public funding is reduced, we depend increasingly on private philanthropy
• His tombstone lists his various philanthropies
• the Rockefeller philanthropies

Related words

• philanthropic
• philanthropist
• philanthropically
• philanthropical
• philanthrope
• philanthrocapitalism
• philanthropinism
• philanthropism