I cannot say what history has to show in other parts of the world but in Britain and the USA many of the benefactors that provided employment, housing, health care, educational establishments, libraries etc. did so because they were able to. They were only able to so because they were successful in the most cut-throat, competitive era of free enterprise driven by blatant capitalism. Thank the Lord for them. e.g. Cadbury, Carnegie, Armstrong, and many more.