Philanthrocapitalism: myth or reality?

The new philanthropists - Defying generalization

Salvatore LaSpada
1 March 2007
Alliance magazine

The Philanthropy Workshop (TPW) is an international donor education and networking programme in which we work with donors from all over the world – inheritors, entrepreneurs, inheritors-turned-entrepreneurs and the family members of all of these. In addition to giving us the opportunity to work with donors of great vision and commitment, this has enabled us to learn first hand who the so-called new philanthropists are. And here’s what we’ve learned in a nutshell: they’re not one thing, they’re many. New philanthropists are embracing a multitude of different approaches.

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