This research examines the role that myths play in sustaining the institutional position of
philanthropy in a context of sector reinvention during the COVID-19 recovery. Specifically …

There is a whole range of motivations behind giving–from 'a love of humankind'and a desire
to promote human 'well-being'to political and ideological motivations. These motivations …

This article explores the ways in which new philanthropic practices and grant-making
patterns changed Jewish diaspora philanthropy. Based on an in-depth exploration of the …

This article explores the ways in which new philanthropic practices and grantmaking
patterns changed Jewish diaspora philanthropy. Based on an in-depth exploration of the …

The very existence of philanthropy as a sector is a sign and result of an unequal society that
allows certain individuals or groups of individuals or organizations to accumulate inordinate …

Objects can do many things: attract and repel, kill and cure, help and hinder, benefit and
disadvantage, problematize and solve. Sometimes they can do these things simultaneously …

Philanthrocapitalism, an increasingly dominant strand within philanthropy, emphasises
private sector business methods as solutions to social problems. Philanthrocapitalists have …

Beginning in the nineteenth century, a plethora of western Christian and secular
philanthropies introduced" top-down" philanthropic initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa to …

Westerners have long represented Africans as “backwards,”“primitive,” and “unintelligent,”
distortions which have opened the door for American philanthropies to push their own …

At first sight, proposing an ethical-critical analysis of food charity might seem somewhat
surprising. If we consider all the cultures of the world, one by one, it is highly likely that …