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Philanthropy is at least as old as recorded human history and most likely began near the same time that humans began to organize into social groups. There are many charitable aspects to most organized religion. For example, Christ was recorded to have cured the ill and fed the hungry. However, philanthropy and charitable giving are not universally global phenomena across all countries and cultures and there are many factors that must be considered; in the U.S., they have origins in religion, in the idea of mutual assistance, in democratic principles of civic participation, in the acceptance of decentralized and varied approaches to problem solving, in individualism, and in limited government (Billiteri, N.d.).
As a result of the culmination of factors that can be used to underpin the historical foundations of philanthropy, each culture and civilization must be considered independently. In most cases there are cultural influences that affect how people and institutions aggregate, deploy, and discuss money and the notion of wealth itself can be a cultural construct; for example, some Native American or indigenous peoples operate in a "gift economy" in which people give valuable goods and services to others without any explicit agreement for immediate or future rewards (Alexander, 2011). Thus with the establishment of a monetary...
Many people take for granted that the economic system is a part of life, however there are alternative examples to be found.
Private and Public Foundations
Many people instinctively believe that there are distinct divisions between non-profits, and public and private philanthropic organizations. However, these divisions are probably less distinct than most people realize. For example, many contemporary observers have commented on the blurring of these sectors since nonprofits earn revenue, companies produce environmentally beneficial products, and the government invests in social innovation (Bernholz, 2012). Many of the activities that these institutions will do on a daily basis will appear identical even though they represent different types of organizations.
There are other ways in which the traditional lines are also being blurred. For instance, there are also commercial vendors of charitable giving products, nonprofit producers of some of the world's most widely used software products, and networks of mobile phone crisis responders who don't fit into any circle and the creation of new corporate forms for good and the impact investing…
Works Cited
Alexander, D. (2011, May 16). Understanding How Money Works in Different Cultures. Retrieved from The Chronicle of Philanthropy: https://philanthropy.com/article/Understanding-How-Money-Works/196039
Bernholz, L. (2012). Public Good Politics. Retrieved from Stanford Social Innovation Review: http://www.ssireview.org/book_reviews/entry/philanthropy_in_america_a_history_olivier_zunz
Billiteri, T. (N.d.). A Brief History of Philanthropy in the United States. Retrieved from The East Bay Community Foundation: http://www.ebcf.org/brief-history-of-researching-philanthropy/
CDC. (2015, February 4). 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa. Retrieved from CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/
Schearer, B. (1995, October 16). The Role of Philanthropy in International Development. Retrieved from Rockefeller Foundation: http://www.synergos.org/knowledge/95/philanthropyininternationaldevelopment.pdf
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