Special Edition – Philanthropy and Business

Published on July 1 2025

Today, businesses play an essential role in the philanthropic landscape. Whether in the form of cash donations, in-kind support, team mobilization or the creation of corporate foundations, their contributions take many forms and raise many questions: how do we define social responsibility in a constantly changing economic context? What are the concrete effects of corporate commitment on communities? And how can we reconcile organizational performance with social impact?

This series of articles explores these dynamics from a number of angles, with the aim of providing food for thought on the place of companies in the contemporary philanthropic landscape. Through portraits, testimonials, interviews and analyses, this series explores the many facets of the relationship between philanthropy and business.

Happy reading!

  • Elisabeth Robinot
    Elisabeth Robinot
    Co-director of PhiLab, Associate Professor
    ESG UQAM – Département de Marketing
  • Léo Trespeuch
    Researcher
    EGUQTR (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)
  • Pierre Genest
    Student
    UQTR
  • Laurence Croteau
    Co-coordinator and communications manager
    UQAM – PhiLab
  • Fondation J. Armand Bombardier
    Fondation J. Armand Bombardier
    Partner
  • Stéphane Pisani
    Stéphane Pisani
    Ph.D. Student
    Université Laval

How to cite this publication

(2025). Special Edition – Philanthropy and Business, [Special Edition – Newsletter], PhiLab – Canadian philanthropy partnership research network, https://philab.uqam.ca/en/special-edition-philanthropy-and-business/