Loving a person is not always easy and simple. There are people who do this professionally - philanthropists. They organize charitable foundations, donate their money there, study the problems and needs of the poor.
The earliest forms of manifestation of philanthropy (philanthropy) were, probably, mutual assistance and mutual assistance of people in one tribe or one family. Religious groups began to help "strangers" for the first time. In a tribal society, help to another, poorer and weaker was expressed in the offering of gifts and the distribution of surplus food. It was then that the relationship between a philanthropist (a person who helps) and a person who needs help began to take shape.
The identification of this concept and its definition took place in Ancient Greece in the 5th century BC. But then people attributed humanity to the gods. Only in the 4th century BC, a philanthropist began to call a person who is sympathetic to others. Aristotle and Plato believed that charity should be carried out by the state.
Subsequently, the Roman Catholic Church took over philanthropic activities. By the seventeenth century, the church was no longer the only benefactor. The state again began to provide assistance to those in need. Benefits began to be distributed, homes and hospitals for the poor were established.
In the nineteenth century, the first foundations for helping the poor are formed, founded by organizations that could provide this assistance. By the end of this century, private individuals were already engaged in charity.
Modern businessmen and wealthy people often donate money to charities. Foundations are already engaged in the distribution of funds among those in need. It is done in a different way - the person himself chooses whom he will help. This is what those who want to see the result do - a revived theater or a recovered child, a new kindergarten or a drug treatment clinic.
Society expects help from a wealthy person, philanthropic entrepreneurs thus acquire prestige and a positive assessment of the state.