Based on the posts I read, EA Philippines has always struck me as a really vibrant and enthusiastic community. I hope you achieve your funding aim.
You use manifund to fundraise, and I was wondering why you chose manifund over other platforms. I initially wanted to donate but have not, because it seems it would require me to register an account, and to convert money into some manifund account, both of which seem like a hassle. Maybe others, too, are put off by this.
Maybe you should add another way of financially supporting EA Philippines. If you do, let me know. I’ll gladly make a small donation.
Hi there, Austin from Manifund here! I can’t speak for the EA Philippines team, but some reasons we think our platform is a good way for raising donations:
For users like you, registering should be pretty fast, <2min (you can sign up with any email or Google account). And you can easily add money via credit card; we also support bank transfers, DAF, and crypto for larger donation sizes.
As we’re set up as a 501c3, US-based donors can get a tax deduction for donating to projects that we host.
On Manifund, we have a network of donors who already have their budgets loaded on our site, and sometimes regrantors as well—last year, our regrantors had $2m to recommend to projects.
One comparable project to EA Philippines might be AI Safety Camp, who launched with an EA Forum post like this one, and went on to raise $56k on Manifund!
We’ve established a track record of reliable payouts & operational support; we’ve paid out ~$3m to 128 projects over the last year or so.
I’d love to hear if you have any troubles using the Manifund platform; or if you have experiences with other platforms that you think serve this function better, as we’re always trying to improve.
Thanks for this response, Austin. For me, three things that made me hesitant to use Manifund: (1) requires an account (2) when linking via a google account, the supabase address looks scammy as it is just 15 random characters. (3) I have to pay money into an account before pledging. Given not all projects may end up taking place, this makes me nervous about wasting money (i.e. if the project does not take place). Compare this to, e.g., Kickstarter, where you only need to pay if the project takes place, yet you can pledge without loading money into Kickstarter.
I do think of Manifund as a good fundraiser option; I do think that it is good to have multiple options listed for the reasons explained above.
(2) hm, we could pay $10/​mo for the professional tier to change the supabase URL address, the Scrooge in me didn’t think it was worth it but perhaps...
(3) interesting—I don’t think we’ve considered an option to let people pledge without funds added yet; will see if that makes sense.
Wise: I’ve sent you a direct message for this as it contains sensitive information. I’d also note Wise only allows receiving payments up to $7,100 per month.
Hope these are more straightforward! Really appreciate your interest in helping out too. :)
Based on the posts I read, EA Philippines has always struck me as a really vibrant and enthusiastic community. I hope you achieve your funding aim.
You use manifund to fundraise, and I was wondering why you chose manifund over other platforms. I initially wanted to donate but have not, because it seems it would require me to register an account, and to convert money into some manifund account, both of which seem like a hassle. Maybe others, too, are put off by this.
Maybe you should add another way of financially supporting EA Philippines. If you do, let me know. I’ll gladly make a small donation.
Hi there, Austin from Manifund here! I can’t speak for the EA Philippines team, but some reasons we think our platform is a good way for raising donations:
For users like you, registering should be pretty fast, <2min (you can sign up with any email or Google account). And you can easily add money via credit card; we also support bank transfers, DAF, and crypto for larger donation sizes.
As we’re set up as a 501c3, US-based donors can get a tax deduction for donating to projects that we host.
On Manifund, we have a network of donors who already have their budgets loaded on our site, and sometimes regrantors as well—last year, our regrantors had $2m to recommend to projects.
One comparable project to EA Philippines might be AI Safety Camp, who launched with an EA Forum post like this one, and went on to raise $56k on Manifund!
We’ve established a track record of reliable payouts & operational support; we’ve paid out ~$3m to 128 projects over the last year or so.
I’d love to hear if you have any troubles using the Manifund platform; or if you have experiences with other platforms that you think serve this function better, as we’re always trying to improve.
Thanks for this response, Austin. For me, three things that made me hesitant to use Manifund:
(1) requires an account
(2) when linking via a google account, the supabase address looks scammy as it is just 15 random characters.
(3) I have to pay money into an account before pledging. Given not all projects may end up taking place, this makes me nervous about wasting money (i.e. if the project does not take place). Compare this to, e.g., Kickstarter, where you only need to pay if the project takes place, yet you can pledge without loading money into Kickstarter.
I do think of Manifund as a good fundraiser option; I do think that it is good to have multiple options listed for the reasons explained above.
Thanks for the feedback!
(2) hm, we could pay $10/​mo for the professional tier to change the supabase URL address, the Scrooge in me didn’t think it was worth it but perhaps...
(3) interesting—I don’t think we’ve considered an option to let people pledge without funds added yet; will see if that makes sense.
Hello, thanks for dropping a comment on something others would likely want to know more about!
To answer your questions:
We chose Manifund primarily because:
Manifund seems like the only way EA PH can accept donations via credit card/​debit card (aside from Paypal, which likely has higher fees)
Manifund has regrantors and other people that might be willing to donate to EA PH
Considering your (probably) common sentiments, we’ve sourced other platforms people can use to send in their donations.
Paypal: bonoanzian@gmail.com
Wise: I’ve sent you a direct message for this as it contains sensitive information. I’d also note Wise only allows receiving payments up to $7,100 per month.
Hope these are more straightforward! Really appreciate your interest in helping out too. :)
Thanks, much appreciated. Sent a donation via Paypal.
We received your donation, thank you so much @mhendric! We sincerely appreciate your support. :) <3