CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Abstract

The history of charitable activity in Russia goes back more than a century. In the modern sense, charity began to develop 30 years ago. It was from that moment that the formation and development of a full-fledged system of charitable and non-profit organizations began, the backbone of which was formed and strengthened during a period of steady economic growth and the well-being of the population in the 2000s. Over the past decades, charity in Russia has made an impressive leap forward both in scale and quality. Today there are various types and forms of charitable and non-profit organizations in the country. Their total number runs into the hundreds of thousands. With the emergence of COVID-19, the course of history, civil and economic relations have changed. The philanthropic sector finds itself in a difficult situation: a precipitous decline in private philanthropy's income has threatened the very existence of private philanthropy. This article examines the trends and directions of private philanthropy in recent years, mostly after the introduction of pandemic restrictions. The article mainly discusses qualitative and quantitative changes in the structure and amount of charitable donations, the dynamics of civic responsibility, shifting priorities, and highlights the places of spending on treatment and rehabilitation of children with special needs. What changes have occurred in donation habits – this issue is revealed in the article. It was also possible to identify the impact of the introduction of information technology on the philanthropic market.