{"id":1765,"date":"2022-01-03T17:45:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T22:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/?p=1765"},"modified":"2025-05-02T10:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:58:33","slug":"philanthrothink-2019-inspiring-philanthropy-to-do-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2022\/philanthrothink-2019-inspiring-philanthropy-to-do-better\/","title":{"rendered":"PhilanthroTHINK 2019: Inspiring Philanthropy to do Better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        PhilanthroTHINK 2019: Inspiring Philanthropy to do Better\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>The percentage of Canadians who give to charity has been declining for years, and many wealthy individuals don&#8217;t donate. Philanthropy in the US seems to be in a better state, and Americans give at higher rates than Canadians. The differences aren&#8217;t due solely to differences in tax incentives. What can we learn from the way that philanthropy works in the US? How could Canadians do better, and what would that take?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A discussion with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mike Pedersen<\/strong>, Chair, Business Development Bank of Canada; former President and CEO, TD Bank, US; driving force behind The Personal Philanthropy Project at Imagine Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Patrick Rooney<\/strong>, Executive Associate Dean; Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI, Indianapolis, US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderated by <strong>Susan Phillips<\/strong>, Professor, MPNL program, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PhilanthroTHINK: Inspiring Philanthropy to do Better\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/viD-mLszsB0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The percentage of Canadians who give to charity has been declining for years, and many wealthy individuals don&#8217;t donate. Philanthropy in the US seems to be in a better state, and Americans give at higher rates than Canadians. The differences aren&#8217;t due solely to differences in tax incentives. 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