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Crowdsource Your Cause

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July 27, 2010 by Andrea Bennett

Crowdsource Your Cause

Remember the old method of passing a sign-up sheet around the office cubicles and asking your colleagues to pledge a few dollars to your Walk for [insert cause here]? Now there’s a way to turbo-charge that. It’s called Crowdrise, a new online platform that allows volunteers to seek sponsorships for their volunteering by leveraging the power of the Web. Crowdrise’s founder, actor Ed Norton, should know: he helped the Maasai Conservation Wilderness Trust raise more than $1 million in two months by running the New York City Marathon and crowdsourcing donations. He based the model on his success.

On Crowdrise you can build your own fundraising page, make donations, and join teams to spread the word about your charitable cause along the network. (“It’s like communism but more fun!” the site teases in its signature irreverent voice.) So far, the site has attracted celebrities—including Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, and Kristen Bell— and it recently partnered with HandsOn Network, the volunteer arm of Points of Light Institute, which delivers 30 million hours of volunteer service each year (which it values at $626 million). HandsOn will use Crowdrise’s online tools to raise money and awareness for its volunteers.

Crowdrise members get the chance to win prizes like t-shirts, iPads, and cash for their charities. They also earn points when the Crowdrise community votes for them, and for the money they raise from supporters; top earners get titles “tsar” and “DJ.” (“DJs get to make fun of everyone except for Sirs and Dames, and if we ever have a Crowdrise Airlines, DJs will always get to fly first class.”) In the end, though, the real incentive is the opportunity to give and raise money, easily. Or, as Crowdsource’s slogan puts it, “If you don’t give back, no one will like you.”


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  • August 7, 2010 by marilyn offield

    that is great but what if you are disabled & unable to stand long.i've been trying to find a charity or org. to help me i hve a pet that need surgery,and i gve $780.00 and they did'nt help her said it will be $4000.00 i was shot a few year's back unable to walk she was just,left by her owner's & i lve her she has pyothorax which is puss in the chest,i looking fr alterives medcations.i no it's not spelled right/but medcation that will help help,she need's urgent help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i pray ever time she look's at me my heart drop's & i cry to top it of the car broke down today,when i gve to charity's now i want to ask them for help/so if you could help me in the right direction it would,really help god bless 818 -760-6914 leave mess if i do'nt anser hard to get to the phone..forgive my spellling my should has and old factor,as far as the shotting in the stomch.the atty's scamed me...tht just a bit of my troubles..

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    • August 22, 2010 by CJ Anderson

      Hi marilyn, you can go to chipin.com and set a page up and ask people to help you with a few dollars here and there. The great thing about that one is that you dont have to be a non-profit to ask for help!

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