Due to the economic context, is becoming more common
that companies or persons decide to invest in the crowdfunding to carry out
their initiatives. Previously, the cultural projects related to film and music
were hogging most applications in this platform, but a new field appears and
grows with strength: solidarity projects.
Some Platforms for Crowdfunding Social
Change
Microworld MicroCredit/Loan to entrepreneurs of emerging countries.
Butterflyeffect Crowd funding Smartphone App dedicated to support Non-Profit Oganizations
Give Forward Setting up a Crowd funding/donation page is the easiest way to support a friend or family member during times of medical need
Goteo is an open source platform where all the projects listed on the site are ’100%
Open’.
Another open source platform, Akvo is primarily for Water and Sanitation projects.
WeTheTrees is an open source platform for crowdfunding Permaculture projects.
Credibles combines Crowdfunding, Community Currency and
Food. It shares much in common with Community Supported Agriculture.
Trillionfund is a crowdfuding
platform for renewable energy projects. Their goal is to help direct a Trillion
dollars of investment into renewable energy projects over the next 10
years.
Microgenius simplifies and
enables one of the most intelligent responses to climate, energy and economy: getting together to start co-ops and then doing community
share issues to raise funds for community scale infrastructure.
These initiatives can promote them NGOs and
individuals interested in developing a project for social purposes. Some
platforms provide an opportunity to directly create the requests, while others
analyze first the purpose intended.
Beneficiary provides details of your request and the
amount that is needed. If you get it, you have to pay a commission who manages the platform to
meet the expenses of management. Some platforms only get benefit if the project
is successfully funded. This small fee of is required to meet expenses and
banking transactions.
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