G.N.L The philanthropy is not about money Mr. Mehta gave an inspiring talk last year about the gift economy service space karma kitchen and the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation one of his most compelling observations was if money is the only metric we have then we start putting price tags on everything today l'd like to extend his talk about another gift economy called " philanthropy " , I believe a whole lot of shift has to happen to return philanthropy to its noble purpose where philanthropy is all about the inner landscape and a wellspring that comes from love and compassion and generosity So the first thing I'll contend is that philanthropy is not about money Americans last year gave away more than three hundred and sixty billion dollars, that's about a billion dollars a day every day of the year And like mr. Mehta claimed if we only measure philanthropy