I recommend Facebook, because of great social media integration and zero fees, but am surprised how many donors choose to use GoFundMe instead (maybe because they don’t have FB). Facebook campaigns expire every 90 days though and it’s not easy to collect contact details of your donors.
Thank you Hauke! I’m assuming Let’s Fund does its own research and doesn’t accept any form of applications from nonprofits, correct? I’m trying to help Suvita (suvita.org) with their promising work in vaccination uptake in India, but I don’t think this would be the type of high-risk upstart Let’s Fund is focused on. I’m open to ideas. Thank you for your thoughts.
Hi Hauke, other than the contact info issue, can you think of any other shortcomings of Facebook crowdfunding compared to sites that focus more exclusively on crowdfunding (such as HipGive, Causes, etc.? Thanks again
Some people don’t have facebook or don’t like to give credit card information. You might consider setting up on both FB and GFM, where you try to get people to FB first, because it doesn’t take any fees and then maybe either to PayPal, which also doesn’t take fees, and only then perhaps to GFM, just make a website with your own aggregate donation count.
You might also want to check out Youtube’s new crowdfunding capabilities.
Hauke, I wanted to thank you for your help here. It did make a difference in our decision making process regarding crowdfunding. Suvita’s end of year campaign is now up on GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/suvita. Hope you’re doing well and Let’s Fund’s is making progress. Let me know if you’d like to discuss our various projects. I’ll be hosting some EA-related speaking events through my work in December, starting with Giving What We Can this coming Thursday. I’ll send you links if you’re interested. Cheers!
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I recommend Facebook, because of great social media integration and zero fees, but am surprised how many donors choose to use GoFundMe instead (maybe because they don’t have FB). Facebook campaigns expire every 90 days though and it’s not easy to collect contact details of your donors.
Thank you Hauke! I’m assuming Let’s Fund does its own research and doesn’t accept any form of applications from nonprofits, correct? I’m trying to help Suvita (suvita.org) with their promising work in vaccination uptake in India, but I don’t think this would be the type of high-risk upstart Let’s Fund is focused on. I’m open to ideas. Thank you for your thoughts.
Yes, correct, sorry we do not accept applications and only do independent research to find giving opportunities.
Hi Hauke, other than the contact info issue, can you think of any other shortcomings of Facebook crowdfunding compared to sites that focus more exclusively on crowdfunding (such as HipGive, Causes, etc.? Thanks again
Some people don’t have facebook or don’t like to give credit card information. You might consider setting up on both FB and GFM, where you try to get people to FB first, because it doesn’t take any fees and then maybe either to PayPal, which also doesn’t take fees, and only then perhaps to GFM, just make a website with your own aggregate donation count.
You might also want to check out Youtube’s new crowdfunding capabilities.
Good luck! Suvita seems like a great project.
Hauke, I wanted to thank you for your help here. It did make a difference in our decision making process regarding crowdfunding. Suvita’s end of year campaign is now up on GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/suvita. Hope you’re doing well and Let’s Fund’s is making progress. Let me know if you’d like to discuss our various projects. I’ll be hosting some EA-related speaking events through my work in December, starting with Giving What We Can this coming Thursday. I’ll send you links if you’re interested. Cheers!