Sublime

charity or dependency.

website like Kiva.org allows you to help banks make loans to individuals for a specific project, such as to someone in Uganda who needs a goat for a small business. You can help that enterprise to sustain itself—and someday you’ll also get your money back.

We had raised a quarter of a million dollars for charity, and we knew we could do it again, because, for the first time, we had a double bottom line. Not only had we helped the UN Foundation, but our event had sold enough tickets to make a slight profit.