Philanthropy,
or the act of donating money or goods to benefit the lives of other
people, is a practice that has gone on for ages. All sorts of
entities, from large conglomerates to entire governments, to mere
individuals, have been donating whatever they can since time
immemorial to make life better for other people. The good news is
that philanthropy has evolved with the times—as the landscape of
connectivity changes because of technology, so has philanthropy.
If
you work in the nonprofit industry, you’d have likely seen how a
number of mainstream nonprofits and foundations started shifting
their focus on ensuring the proper management of digital assets and
infrastructure. Nowadays, nonprofits have specific arms whose sole
purpose is to make it easy for people to donate online. As such,
donating these days requires nothing more than a few clicks of a
mouse.
It
would be interesting to see how much the act of philanthropy would
change further as technology continues to develop. Hopefully, in the
future, people would integrate the act of giving into their daily
activities as much as technology—and their generous hearts—would
allow. This will surely generate more funds for charity, but
ultimately, it’s all about knowing that you’ve done something
good and you’ve done so without so much of an effort. That is
technology’s greatest benefit.
