Small steps, big differences - In Depth - theage.com.au

Small steps, big differences - In Depth - theage.com.au: "hink philanthropy and the image is often of upper-crust old women dishing out father's inheritance over crustless sandwiches. That's all changing. As Claire Halliday discovers, the new breed of philanthropists do much more than just signing cheques.

Ully Merkel has never had a million dollars in her bank account. She doesn't know much about new hospital wings, and doesn't sit on several boards, where fine ports and aged cheeses are served with discussions about where to bequest the next sizeable chunk of cash.

Merkel, 30, sees her involvement with the Anna Wearne Trust — set up in 1997 after her friend, Anna Wearne, died in a car accident at the age of 23 — as a good example of the changing face of philanthropy."

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