There is nothing so pedestrian as faith. This group tackles media causes. In the coal-mining hamlet of my youth, we lived in row houses and couldn't afford a movie. Packs of wild dogs ran free and we took turns feeding them left-over Spam and sauerkraut. They never needed a vet and lived longer than the coal miners.
Charity now vaunteths itself.
One benefactor commented that the BMW may have been the status symbol of the 1980s, but having your own foundation is today's. This new crop of givers, beyond seeking prestige, is also possessed of the charming quality of being control freaks. In short, they can't shut up and just pitch in. Not content to mop floors, they want to do strategic plans. In the ultimate act of control, the noveau donors yank funds if their beneficiaries get out of line.