{"id":5729,"date":"2025-11-28T13:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/?p=5729"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:37:33","slug":"why-rich-people-give","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2025\/why-rich-people-give\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Rich People Give"},"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-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/11\/CarletonPodiumFlowers2Chairs1600-1600x700.jpeg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Why Rich People Give\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) program<\/strong>, at Carleton University, hosted a PhilanthroThink webinar, &#8220;Why Rich People Give,&#8221; on Nov. 28, 2025. Below is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iM4IwthJLUk&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one-hour recording of the event<\/a> and a list of seven reasons why wealthy people give (with timestamps if you want to go to that part of the video):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">8:26<\/strong> They are influenced by the expectations of other wealthy people.<br><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">14:31<\/strong> Philanthropy gives them hope and provides personal satisfaction.<br><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">20:44<\/strong> Some want to respond to immediate needs with less structured giving.<br><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">29:43<\/strong> Believing in a cause, giving purpose to life and developing relationships.<br><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">44:01<\/strong> They feel a desire to give back to the community but are averse to risk.<br><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">54:51<\/strong> They want to leave a legacy or set an example for their children.<br><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">58:40<\/strong> They want to take advantage of tax incentives for giving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Rich People Give, MPNL webinar, Nov 28, 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iM4IwthJLUk?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\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsc.org.uk\/publication\/rich-expectations-why-rich-people-give\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/11\/RichExpectationsCover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5742\" style=\"width:157px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/11\/RichExpectationsCover.png 350w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/11\/RichExpectationsCover-320x478.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.ox.ac.uk\/people\/beth-breeze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beth Breeze<\/a> (Principal, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, UK) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/school-of-social-sciences\/people\/3910\/davies-rhodri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rhodri Davies<\/a> (Pears Fellow, Centre for Philanthropy, University of Kent, UK), the webinar reviewed insights in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsc.org.uk\/publication\/rich-expectations-why-rich-people-give\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rich Expectations: Why Rich People Give<\/a>&#8221; (2025), a book they wrote, with Theresa Lloyd, that builds on two previous publications (&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Richer-Lives-Rich-People-Give\/dp\/1906294798\/ref=sr_1_1?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Richer Lives&#8221;<\/a> and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/theresalloyd.co.uk\/publication\/why-rich-people-give-2004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Rich People Give<\/a>&#8220;) and twenty years of research into why and how the richer members of our society engage in philanthropy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpearson.ca\/about-hilary-pearson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/11\/HILARY-M.-PEARSON400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5740\" style=\"width:194px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/11\/HILARY-M.-PEARSON400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/11\/HILARY-M.-PEARSON400-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/11\/HILARY-M.-PEARSON400-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpearson.ca\/about-hilary-pearson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hilary Pearson<\/a> reflected on their research and how the book&#8217;s insights apply to Canada. As the founding President of Philanthropic Foundations Canada, Pearson worked for decades with many of the largest private charitable foundations in Canada. She was also a strategic advisor and facilitator for many family foundations in their work to develop goals and to structure their governance and grantmaking practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Susan-Phillips_400x300_acf_cropped.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3998\" style=\"width:246px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Susan-Phillips_400x300_acf_cropped.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Susan-Phillips_400x300_acf_cropped-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The moderator was Susan Phillips, Professor Emerita in the MPNL program, Carleton University. Susan researches comparative public policy for the third sector, philanthropy and nonprofits, and public management. In 2023, she published <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2023\/philanthropic-response-to-disasters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cPhilanthropic Response to Disasters: Gifts, Givers and Consequences,\u201d<\/a> with Alexandra Williamson and Diana Leat, and in 2021, published <a href=\"https:\/\/muttart.org\/resource\/muttart-intersections-and-innovations-chapter-4-it-should-have-been-so-simple-the-regulation-of-charities-in-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cIntersections and Innovations: Change in Canada\u2019s Voluntary and Nonprofit Sector,\u201d<\/a> with Bob Wyatt, Canada\u2019s first, comprehensive book about our country\u2019s sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) program, at Carleton University, hosted a PhilanthroThink webinar, &#8220;Why Rich People Give,&#8221; on Nov. 28, 2025. 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