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Six example sentences with philanthropy, each labelled with its topic.
Economists studying philanthropy found that small monthly gifts from many households outlasted single large donations by nearly a decade.
Economics
Nineteenth-century philanthropy built the town's library, baths, and orphanage, all funded by a mill owner who never signed his name.
History
The foundation directs its philanthropy toward rural broadband, wiring schools that commercial providers had written off as too remote.
Technology
The retailer's philanthropy funds a lunch program in every town where it opens a store, no publicity attached.
Business
The billionaire's philanthropy is run like a portfolio, with each grant measured against the number of children it reaches.
Finance
Private philanthropy paid for the observatory's new mirror after the government grant covered only the dome.
Science
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