Philanthropy
WordNet
noun
(1) Voluntary promotion of human welfare
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind, especially by charitable giving
- As public funding is reduced, we depend increasingly on private philanthropy.
- A philanthropic act
- His tombstone lists his various philanthropies.
- A charitable foundation
- the Rockefeller philanthropies