Mahatma Gandhi taught us that service to others is among life’s highest forms of fulfilment. His ideas have shaped me and my ideas of philanthropy profoundly: sarvodaya , his vision of the welfare of all, and, antyodaya , his insistence on the uplift of society’s most marginalized.
But the highest purpose of philanthropy is to make itself obsolete. To do that, we must turn acts of care and generosity into lasting change by building institutions. Societies shape the future through the institutions they build: universities, hospitals, museums, scientific laboratories, and schools. Every generation has a responsibility to pass on stronger…
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