The organization was founded by 7 Founders in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is driven by the passionate work of a team of over 25 Volunteers dialing in to web-based systems around the world. Philanthropist.org’s founding entrepreneurs, inventors and technologists have extensive experience building sustainable and profitable business ventures. With superb academic credentials from MIT, MIT Sloan, BU, UVM, BC, Penn State, and Harvard Business School, the team also represents multiple backgrounds: management consulting, mathematics, social work, security, entrepreneurship, non-profits, IT consulting, philanthropy, investment banking, search engine marketing, and internet advertising. A strong and committed group of 15 Advisors is entrenched comprised of renowned university professors, business leaders, well-known entrepreneurs, VCs, investment bankers, wealth advisors, and leaders at nonprofits and NGOs.

OUR MOTTO: "COMPETE TO GIVE" means to build a culture of giving at all ages, all income levels, and all dollar amounts. OUR MISSION: "To help ALL people become philanthropists" means we help people give more both in volume and frequency by reducing transactional friction, inefficiencies, overhead, as well as language and technology barriers. OUR PURPOSE: “Entrepreneurship as a Solution to Poverty” means entrepreneurship as a “hand up” out of poverty – we do not believe in “social” as a necessary qualifier to doing good nor do we believe 'for profit' is any different from a 'non profit' org.