Why and how (if at all) shall we do a crowdfunding campaign?
Luke Flegg
Sat 15 Dec 2018 3:06PM
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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?
What should be the MAIN goals of this crowdfunding campaign?
dot vote by Luke Flegg 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
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Enable gigfunding on the campaign ('buy' perks as skills) | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
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Getting general new team members | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
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Getting team members w/SPECIFIC skill: eg. software dev | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
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Demonstrate to funders etc the devotion of our community | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
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Promote Dignity (get sign ups to our mail list) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Get charities to apply to be next partner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Undecided | 0 | 0 | 11 |
2 of 13 votes cast (15% participation)
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 - 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