Philanthropy with a Vision
Darren Walker
GEORGE SOROS DIDN’T JUST WAKE UP in the middle of a mid-life crisis and invent modern philanthropy. He’s part of a long line of enormously wealthy Americans who have chosen to take their wealth and do good in the world. Yet Soros’s way of giving is different from the path taken by his predecessors, and along the way he has reenvisioned what philanthropy can accomplish.
Philanthropy is a vastly important and often misunderstood element of how the United States functions. Often viewed as acts of charity, philanthropy at its best is about using money to advance social goals, education, equity, justice, science, health, and culture.
George Soros became a philanthropist in middle age because he had a great ...
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