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When charitable giving becomes autobiography

I endowed a scholarship at my old high school but I specified it should only go to kids who remind me of myself when I was young

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Philanthropy can be a way of loving yourself through others rather than truly seeing their needs.

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