Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.
My philanthropy is no relation to anybody else's. None. My philanthropy and what we do at the foundation speaks for itself and has no relation to anyone's.
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.
Unfortunately, the mechanism for doing philanthropy in a structured way isn't yet in place in India. I already do a fair bit and support various causes such as education, sanitation, health. But selling costly drugs at affordable prices is philanthro...
I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.
I'll get involved in philanthropy.
I'm a technologist by origin and by training, but I'm focused on philanthropy.
I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.
Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.
'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.
Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.
I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.
The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation.
With few exceptions, the leading women in philanthropy, notably Melinda Gates, are the wives or daughters of rich and powerful men.
If a man happen to take it into his head to assassinate with his own hands, or with the sword of justice, those whom he calls heretics, that is, people who think, or perhaps only speak, differently upon a subject which neither party understands, he w...
Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.
Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.
When I started teaching at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000, no field-based courses in strategic philanthropy existed.
Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.
