What's the difference between charitable and philanthropic?

Charitable


Definition:

  • (a.) Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.
  • (a.) Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment.
  • (a.) Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a charitable institution.
  • (a.) Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 2001 Sorensen suffered a stroke, which seriously damaged his eyesight, but he continued to be involved in a number of organisations, including the Council on Foreign Relations and other charitable and public bodies, until a second stroke in October 2010.
  • (2) It argues that Saudi Islamic charitable groups have tended to fund Wahhabist ideology.
  • (3) (You'll also need oxygen if you didn't already know that vital air ambulance services are funded not by our taxes but charitable donations.)
  • (4) Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), a charitable organisation seen as a front for LeT, operates openly in the country and its leaders frequently appear on television delivering fiery speeches against India.
  • (5) At first, cadres worked undercover, organising clothes sales and other charitable events without stating their true affiliation.
  • (6) Big organisations, whether in the private, public or charitable sectors usually have independent internal audit before getting anywhere near the external auditors.
  • (7) Urdangarin, 47, is accused along with a former business partner of creaming off €6m (US$6.75m) in public funds from contracts awarded to Noos, a charitable foundation which he chaired.
  • (8) Speakers included a physician, a consultant in genitourinary medicine, and a representative from the Terence Higgins Trust -- a charitable body set up to help people with AIDS.
  • (9) "Financial aid for this group was usually provided from London under the pretext of charitable donations.
  • (10) For services to Charitable Fundraising and to the community in Northern Ireland.
  • (11) In 2010 Becht transferred £110m to his charitable trust, which donates to charities such as Médecins Sans Frontières and Save the Children.
  • (12) For charitable services to Hope House Children's Hospice, Wrexham.
  • (13) He has been personally involved since the 2010 World Cup in a charitable project which uses sport to encourage solidarity amongst people of different backgrounds with the central theme that the colour of a person's skin does not matter; they can all play together as a team.
  • (14) Three days ago, accompanying her husband on his accident-prone American visit, Sarah Brown made a speech, little-noted in Britain, to the Clinton Global Initiative, a charitable and lobbying organisation for liberal causes headed by Bill Clinton.
  • (15) Why are we only finding out about the logistical horrors of HS2 because of campaigns for information by charitable organisations?
  • (16) Instead, it comes down to how prepared donors and others are to disrupt the current development model; how prepared we all are to smash the “ charitable industrial complex ”, as Peter Buffet once called it.
  • (17) Isaacs said that the JI Charitable Trust was a passive investor in Smythson through Kelso Place, the private equity group that helped coordinate the purchase.
  • (18) He also helped to organise a Woodcraft group, the local Gingerbread group, a charitable furniture scheme and the local credit union.
  • (19) In a single month the company meets with five ministers: the home secretary, Theresa May, holds bilateral talks; Francis Maude, the minister of state for trade and investment, joins Google at a Tech City event; Lucy Neville-Rolfe, the intellectual property minister, discusses copyright; the international development minister, Grant Shapps, meets with Google Foundation, the firm’s charitable arm, to talk about “innovation in the not-for-profit sector”; and Justin Tomlinson, minister for disabled people, agrees to an introductory meeting.
  • (20) Given what is now known about the way the case was made for launching an arguably illegal war – this country's biggest foreign policy debacle since Suez – Heywood's refusal to release the conversations smacks of a shabby cover-up at worst, or foot-dragging in a moderately more charitable interpretation.

Philanthropic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Philanthropical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A spokesperson for Lim emphasised his involvement with Salford is “philanthropic”, motivated by his interest in developing young players and has nothing to do with Valencia, Mendes or TPO.
  • (2) The big society bank is not philanthropic, and the chances are few charities will be able to afford its interest rate.
  • (3) The charity said it had struggled financially because philanthropic and public donations had shrunk at a time when it had to meet the practical and emotional needs of an increasing number of high-risk vulnerable children who are not being supported by the statutory system.
  • (4) For the billions of the poorest people around the world who rely on philanthropic aid to meet even basic needs, as the saying goes, “beggars can’t be choosers”.
  • (5) That means we must keep the pressure on our political, business and philanthropic leaders to generate the resources to finish the job.
  • (6) When it's then revealed he works with special-needs kids for a living, the audience applauds again, even though victory on The Voice would presumably lead to him ending that philanthropic career in favour of one involving stadium gigs and blowjobs on yachts.
  • (7) Luckily we have great collections, a great programme so we do our best … we are on a hamster wheel.” Blavatnik will join philanthropic names at the V&A such as Weston (the Weston Cast Court), Sackler (the Sackler Centre for Arts Education) and Porter (the Porter Gallery, which houses temporary displays).
  • (8) Famously philanthropic, the company is putting $175m into five research projects including plans to produce lower-cost renewable energy and non-petrol powered cars.
  • (9) Google is also developing driverless cars and its philanthropic arm, Google.org, has invested in green energy projects.
  • (10) Residents’ representatives are now seeing cases of working families cutting back on essentials, or having to visit food banks, in order to pay the rents charged by this apparently philanthropic organisation.
  • (11) The health clinic run in Kalirandu, Indonesia, by Foster Parents Plan, a private philanthropic welfare organization is described.
  • (12) The event is being co-hosted by the Brazilian government and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, an independent philanthropic organisation.
  • (13) If you bring the low income consumer into the core activity of a regular business rather than as an add-on, philanthropic programme, it means that ultimately those [consumers] will be taken seriously and their needs responded to.” Read more stories like this: Ebola is a product of a destructive and exploitative global economic system Developing nations lose $100bn in tax revenue each year - will G20 reforms help?
  • (14) The theatre, which will run entirely on a commercial basis with no subsidies or philanthropic grants, was described by Hynter as a supplement to the West End .
  • (15) Whatever the cause, the war of words is a disaster for Madonna's complicated relationship with the southern African country , which she first visited in 2006, and renews questions about the wisdom of western celebrities on philanthropic missions to the developing world.
  • (16) Epstein financed the science fair through his philanthropic foundation, which he has also used to donate to universities.
  • (17) But hospitals are competing with a host of other worthy causes for philanthropic dollars.
  • (18) At this point, venture capitalists are drooling over bitcoin and its possibilities,” says Roger Ver, a bitcoin investor and evangelist whose philanthropic donations earned him the nickname “ Bitcoin Jesus ”.
  • (19) He’s defending those who he feels, whose voice he feels, doesn’t get sufficient attention in the national political debate,” said Lenkowsky, a professor of public affairs and philanthropic studies at Indiana University.
  • (20) There may be some raised eyebrows at a billionaire seeking philanthropic support, but the not-for-profit model itself has had a measure of success in the US, and next month the Bureau of Investigative Journalism – a not-for-profit journalistic venture – is due to be launched in the UK.