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Philanthropy

Philanthropy involves the donation[?] or granting of money to various worthy charitable causes. In the United States philanthropists included some of the wealthest individuals of the twentieth century. It is seen as a way to directly effect change in society without recourse to the bureaucratic mechanisms of government.

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