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In our research, the success of a philanthropist is never defined by how much money or even the percentage of their wealth that they give. It is almost always defined by meeting goals that are meaningful for the communities they care about. The Executive Summary for ‘Meaningful Philanthropy in the 21st Century: The Role of Self’ is now available to download.

The world today stands on the edge of a precipice – faced with a confluence of severe crises including deepening poverty and inequality, a looming ecological disaster, heightened risk of nuclear warfare, recurring natural disasters and a sharp deterioration of civic and democratic rights.

At its 2023 global gathering, the World Economic Forum framed it as ‘a critical inflection point’, lamenting the ‘sheer number of ongoing crises’.