It just so happened that in the world there is a fairly clear distinction between the poor and the rich. This is due to many factors, including employment, economic development of the country and others.
One of the high moral values that their parents instill in children is caring for their neighbor. Thus, it turns out that it is human nature to extend a helping hand to those in need, if there is such an opportunity.
Such actions can be called charity. And it will be such as long as assistance is provided disinterestedly, on a voluntary basis. In this article we will give vivid examples of charity in history. Perhaps such information will inspire you to do good deeds.
Concept and types
Before giving examples of charity, we will understand what people mean by this concept. If you do not go into the jungle of terminology and omit incomprehensible words, the definition can be formulated as follows:
“Charity is a donation of private or corporate resources, as well as funds to third parties who need help.”
In other words, if a person transfers his money, clothes or other valuables to those people who need it and does not require any payment, compensation or compensation, then this will be charity. And you can help not only people. There are quite a few animals that need guardianship and care.
There are 6 main types of such activities. Consider each of them and give examples of charity.
Corporate
Such charity may be engaged on a voluntary basis by commercial organizations. Moreover, this may be completely unrelated to the main activity of the legal entity, and vice versa (for example, charitable foundations).
Companies can finance various social initiatives, social projects (not only state ones), buy medicines, take part in organizing assistance to those in need.
Who is not standing aside?
Citing the charity of companies, one can name the banks VTB and Russia, which annually transfer about 1-2 billion rubles to help those in need.
It is worth noting that recently, of the total charitable assistance that is provided in Russia, about 75% fall to the share of the corporate form. Thus, it is dominant in our country.
For comparison, we cite the following fact: in 2015, two thirds of the total amount of charitable donations in the USA were made by private individuals, not businessmen.
Private
The essence of this type is that ordinary people show mercy and donate their personal money, clothes, property and any other values to charity.
At the same time, if legal entities can make transfers, for example, to kindergartens on their own, then private investments mainly involve the transfer of funds through charitable foundations.
In turn, this organization already independently manages the invested funds, for example, to help in a particular area of the life of a city, district or state.
As for the scale, then, as mentioned above, in Russia this type of charity is less common than in the United States. Perhaps this is due to the fact that too many scammers are trying to earn from ordinary people, inventing stories about sick children who need urgent treatment. Of course, this is not the only trick, but it is in this way that in most cases dishonest people lure the acquired means with overwork.
And while abroad, all such funds are checked, then our managers haven’t gotten their hands on it yet. Therefore, many charitable organizations are considered ordinary people as ordinary machines for laundering money earned by dishonest means.
Giving examples of charity, which is private, one cannot ignore Bill Gates. This man became famous not only thanks to Microsoft Corp and the Windows program. He is one of the most famous people who donate colossal amounts to charity. It is hard to believe, but during his life he has already managed to donate more than 36 billion US dollars to certain areas of charitable assistance.
Philanthropy
Philanthropy - this is charity. The word itself comes from the Greek language and means love for people. Thus, philanthropy is a type of gratuitous assistance to people.
There are quite interesting examples of charity, which can be classified as philanthropy. Did you know what Evangelis Stock is? Namely, thanks to his donations, the very first modern Olympic Games were held in 1859.
If we consider such examples of charity in Russia, then Alisher Usmanov, who finances his own fund , belongs to famous people. Thanks to him, a large amount of funds is inverted to preserve the cultural heritage and healthy development of youth.
In the Russian Federation, they also know the citizen Vladislav Tetyukhin, who donated almost his entire fortune to the construction of a medical rehabilitation center in the Urals. And this is as much as 3 billion rubles. And you, possessing such capital, could give all your money to charity and live like an ordinary average person?
Patronage
Often people confuse philanthropy and philanthropy. Of course, these concepts mean charity. However, they differ in areas in which gratuitous assistance is provided. So, patrons are engaged in helping to develop culture, science, art.
Vivid examples of charity today, which can be called philanthropy, are the activities of people such as Roman Abramovich, Vladimir Potanin and others. They managed to prove themselves as famous patrons.
Abramovich spent more than $ 111 million on such activities. He is known as a sponsor of many cultural projects, and also pays a lot of attention to art.
Potanin behaves a little more modestly, but nevertheless the amount allocated for charity is large - about 28 million US dollars. In addition to contributing to the development of education and the maintenance of cultural heritage, it also helps children.
Sponsorship
Often from TVs we hear that the sponsor of a program is some producer of alcoholic beverages. What does this concept really mean?
In truth, there is an understanding of sponsorship as advertising, but it’s wrong. After all, charity means an activity that cannot bear financial profit.
Citing examples of modern charity, we can name any actions that companies do in support of animals, children, the world, etc. These are charitable events from Coca-Cola. What is the benefit of the company?
Because she finances the event, she can give out t-shirts with her logo to everyone, offer her products for free, that is, promote her brand. This is the hidden interest of any organization. At the same time, there is undoubted benefit for society.
Social responsibility
Basically, this concept is associated with companies and organizations. There is a certain legislative minimum that firms must fulfill in their work. This is expressed in deductions of taxes, duties, compliance with norms and laws.
If companies comply with this minimum, and also perform what they are not required to do, however, and this benefits the society, then we can say that they are socially responsible.
The social responsibility of companies is selfless help that relates to their business activities. An example is the construction of kindergartens, schools and other socially significant facilities by private firms.
Charity is fashionable
Above, we examined just a few examples of charity and philanthropy. On the one hand, the great thing is that there are a lot of people and companies in the world who care not only about their own benefits, but are also willing to selflessly help those in need.
The same Bill Gates was able to organize about 40 billionaires so that they bequeathed their fortunes to charitable foundations. And it really deserves respect.
Of course, there are other examples of charity these days. There are many people in Russia who, although they do not have a billionth fortune, still show pity and help those who are in trouble and need help.