In December of 2011, the eJewish Philanthropy asked the community a rather simple but interest-piquing question, "What is Jewish Philanthropy?" The question has raised so many ideas and a few of them stood out.
Richard Marker said in his essay (Jewish Philanthropy: Us, Them, – or All of Us?), "In the end, Jewish philanthropy in this era is to be defined by the intention of the funder more than by the nature of the recipient. After all, philanthropy is not the determination of values, but a reflection of them."
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William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.â€