philanthropy vs assistance

philanthropy and assistance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
philanthropy	Yes	No	No	No
assistance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, assistance is a hypernym of philanthropy; that is, assistance is a word with a broader meaning than philanthropy:

philanthropy: voluntary promotion of human welfare
assistance: gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause

Other hypernyms of philanthropy include aid, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance.

philanthropy (noun)	assistance (noun)
voluntary promotion of human welfare	the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
	a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
	gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause