Why and how (if at all) shall we do a crowdfunding campaign?
So we've applied to about 10 grants now
tiny.cc/bestgrants
and only been successful with 1 (upstream ideas / Seedbed)
I think some reasons for this are
• Our applications not as well written as other projects 'competing' for same pot of money
• Us applying for grants that are too large/ for post-launch
• Dignity being classified as 'fundraising activities' which some of the funds don't support (we could maybe make stronger case for our direct social impact connecting neighbours)
• Not having demonstrated enough traction/ impact so far
• Not focusing enough on our beneficiaries being those who are less privileged
Crowdfunding
So I've looked at a bunch of different platforms and there are ones that only charge a payment processing fee (no platform fee) which could be a smart way to try and raise several thousand pounds of unrestricted funds.
Is this a good idea? How would we go about it?
What would we spend it on?
Poll Created Sat 15 Dec 2018 3:21PM
What should be the MAIN goals of this crowdfunding campaign? Closed Tue 18 Dec 2018 3:02PM
We could achieve a number of different objectives by running a crowdfunding campaign.
I'd like to invite your ideas - what you think are the main goals of it to focus on.
Feel free to add your own too.
Results
Results | Option | % of points | Points | Mean | Voters | ||
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Raising (unrestricted) money | 35.0% | 7 | 3.5 | 2 | ||
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Enable gigfunding on the campaign ('buy' perks as skills) | 30.0% | 6 | 3.0 | 2 | ||
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Getting general new team members | 10.0% | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | ||
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Getting team members w/SPECIFIC skill: eg. software dev | 10.0% | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | ||
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Demonstrate to funders etc the devotion of our community | 10.0% | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | ||
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Promote Dignity (get sign ups to our mail list) | 5.0% | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | ||
Get charities to apply to be next partner | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | |||
Undecided | 0% | 0 | 0 | 11 |
2 of 13 people have participated (15%)
Luke Flegg Sat 15 Dec 2018 3:33PM
4 - Raising (unrestricted) money | |
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3 - Enable gigfunding on the campaign ('buy' perks as skills) | |
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2 - Getting team members w/SPECIFIC skill: eg. software dev | |
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1 - Demonstrate to funders etc the devotion of our community | |
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0 - Promote Dignity (get sign ups to our mail list) | |
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0 - Getting general new team members | |
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0 - Get charities to apply to be next partner | |
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I put mostly raising money, then finding specific skills, because I think it makes it more tempting to share if it's inviting a diversity of ways people can support the campaign (donate money, work in our team, or be a Doer / Hirer who raises money solely for Dignity) that's 3 different ways to give so hopefully people will realise even here, we're fundraising in an innovative way.
I think if we allow gigfunding on this campaign (through adding perks for every skill offer) people will learn how