A History of Philanthropy in the United States

Mark S. LeClair

Chapter 1 in Philanthropy in Transition, 2014, pp 1-26 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The United States remains the most philanthropic nation in the world, even with the expansion of its domestic welfare state in the past half-century. In the postwar period, Europe, in particular, has pursued an assertive role for the state in its social policies, and the continents charitable giving has been diminished. All available statistics show that, compared with the citizens of other industrialized countries, Americans are more generous, both in terms of money donated and volunteer hours worked. Indeed, one could say that the conception of charity in the United States is unique, derived as it is from singular historical and religious events and expressed in an insistence that government largesse and giving by individuals remain two prongs of social policy.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Fair Trade; Corporate Social Performance; Corporate Philanthropy; Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137394484_1

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