Both Uses of
philanthropy
in
Invisible Man by Ellison
- A Bostonian, smoker of cigars, teller of polite Negro stories, shrewd banker, skilled scientist, director, philanthropist, forty years a bearer of the white man's burden, and for sixty a symbol of the Great Traditions.†
Chpt 2
- the strength of philanthropic dollars
Chpt 5 *philanthropic = given as charity from the wealthy
Definition:
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(philanthropy) helping others -- especially donating money to worthy causes; or an organization that does so