Creative Philanthropy and Smart Cities
Creative Philanthropy and Smart Cities

Summary/Abstract: The “creative philanthropy” is more and more present in recentdebates and studies, along with models of “charity/ service”, “scientific/philanthropy” or “new scientific” approaches. Belonging rather to thethird model, “creative philanthropy” is a basic characteristic of the newphilanthropy at the beginning of the 21st century that offers some of thefunds to take a different way to help the society. Anheier & Leat (2006)appreciate that “philanthropy is experiencing a crisis due to a lack ofawareness about the potential that foundations could have. The ability toovercome this crisis provides the key to reinventing philanthropy as acentral institution of modern society”. In this context, creativephilanthropy becomes a central issue of today’s philanthropicfoundations. The progress of smart cities is to be added to the issuesresearched before. Recent field literature offers a numerous example ofcities where “philanthropy is integral to progress”. This study is adetailed approach of the conjunction/contiguity between creativephilanthropy and smart cities, offering arguments and developmentsupport for more extensive studies in the future.

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