One random idea that came to my mind, which arguably might be something that actually exist, would be philanthropy through a Public Poll:
1. The would be philanthropist publishes a list of projects they are willing to support;
2. the Public votes on the project they like best;
3. the winning project gets funding, the philanthropist gets good publicity.
Something like this is done on municipal level in my country, but since the “philanthropist” in question is the local government, their incentive is lukewarm; they only can get so much voter sympathy this way, whereas a billionaire or a corporation would milk it for all the good PR they can get.
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One random idea that came to my mind, which arguably might be something that actually exist, would be philanthropy through a Public Poll:
1. The would be philanthropist publishes a list of projects they are willing to support;
2. the Public votes on the project they like best;
3. the winning project gets funding, the philanthropist gets good publicity.
Something like this is done on municipal level in my country, but since the “philanthropist” in question is the local government, their incentive is lukewarm; they only can get so much voter sympathy this way, whereas a billionaire or a corporation would milk it for all the good PR they can get.