1. 
[syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]
2.  of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy; 
- Example: "a philanthropic society"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Philanthropic \Phil`an*throp"ic\, Philanthropical
\Phil`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. philanthropique.]
   Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by
   philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic
   enterprise. -- Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
philanthropic
    adj 1: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
           contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
           contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent,
           eleemosynary, philanthropic]
    2: of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy; "a
       philanthropic society"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "philanthropic":
   almsgiving, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted,
   charitable, contributing, donating, eleemosynary, freehanded,
   freehearted, generous, giving, good, greathearted, humane,
   humanitarian, kindhearted, largehearted, magnanimous, munificent,
   open-handed, openhearted, public, spirited, ungrudging, unstinting,
   welfare, welfare statist, welfarist