by Martha Ramirez | September 29, 2021
A core function of philanthropy is to address society’s many inequities and imbalances, but the troubling reality is that philanthropy itself is quite unequal. Inequality.org’s most recent “Gilded Giving” report found that “philanthropy is increasingly a province of the wealthy,” with charity becoming less democratic and more concentrated in the hands of the wealthy.
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