«Surprises materializing from this year's research
included GoFundMe topping Kickstarter as the largest donation / reward based CFP and astounding growth in the P2P lending market in Asia, stemming largely from the Chinese market.
Not exact matches
And of course, nearly all of the popular crowdfunding sites —
including Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and
GoFundMe — take a percentage of the money raised.
The feature is extremely similar to the premise of
GoFundMe, a site that has helped users raise money for a variety of causes,
including for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.
Some popular crowdfunding companies
include Kickstarter,
GoFundMe, Indiegogo and 40Billion.
«
GoFundMe is working closely with all parties,
including the state and local officials in Florida, to ensure all of the money raised goes to victims and families,» said Katherine Cichy, a
GoFundMe spokeswoman.
Jon and Anna have a clear vision and plan for their farm, and much of it is laid out on their
GoFundMe page,
including chicken egg production and chile pepper cultivation.
It's been six weeks since the crash, and Reis has now had five surgeries — according to a
GoFundMe fundraising page set up by coworker Colleen Rea —
including a muscle and skin graft to her right foot.
Examples of some existing education - related campaigns that have already been trending on the
GoFundMe site
include:
The Royal Mile Primary School in Edinburgh set up a
GoFundMe page to raise monies to help build a playground to assist in key areas of child development
including skills like problem solving, risk assessment, socialising and generally contributing to good health and wellbeing.
Defined as the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people (aka a crowd), popular and well - known platforms for this model
include IndieGoGo, Kickstarter and
GoFundMe.
And a list of famous names,
including Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney, have donated money to a
GoFundMe campaign.
«
GoFundMe is working closely with all parties,
including the state and local officials in Florida, to ensure all of the money raised goes to victims and families,» said Katherine Cichy, a
GoFundMe spokeswoman.
While
GoFundMe appeared to have removed links to several crowdfunding campaigns posted on Facebook, others remained active,
including one by Lincoln, Neb., country music station KX 96.9.
One of the first, the Stoneman Douglas Victims» Fund, was launched by the Broward Education Foundation on the night of the shootings and has raised more than $ 3 million,
including $ 2.5 million from nearly 32,000 donors to the campaign's
GoFundMe site, organizers said Tuesday.