Are philanthropists stupid?

There is a new trend in philanthropy that baffles me. Why do philanthropic efforts always design themselves to NOT curing the problem and insist the effort cost so much to NOT carry the mission out?

Which leads me to this question. Is Bill Gates, Oprah, Google and others like them really really stupid people and organizations? Why isn't there a simple question asked when on the subject on where a person puts there money? That question is,

Will this money cure the problem or simply sustain it?

I challenge anyone to find one example where philanthropic money cured the problem it was supposed to. Or aren't they designed to cure the problem? You are not curing the problem of a starving child anywhere on the planet by feeding it.

Google now has "new" idea they are self aggrandizing and trotting out and that is they want to make a profit off of poor people or they won't help you. In the old days that was called, greed or business as usual, What the fuck is that?

Two people I would like to point out as doing the right thing for the right reasons at the right price to "cure" a problem are,

Ron Hunter, a college basketball coach in Indianapolis, went barefoot during a game on Thursday night to raise awareness for needy children in Africa. The move inspired donations of 110,000 pairs of shoes for a charitable organization.
and
Playpumps.org

I put a challenge out there for all so called philanthropists.

Put up two million dollars, all accounting has to be in public view, you use one anyway you want and I'll use one to run The Benefactor Project and give you the million back and let's see who cures the most poverty stricken people in America.

Tom Canavan
The Benefactor Project