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发帖数: 10518 | 1 Type of site
Crowdfunding
Available in English
Headquarters San Francisco, CA, US
Founder(s) Brock Ketcher, Naomi Ketcher, Luke Miner
Website youcaring.com
Commercial Yes
Launched 2011 | C*********X
发帖数: 10518 | 2 YouCaring was founded in 2011 by Brock Ketcher, Naomi Ketcher, and Luke
Miner. After returning from two years of international mission trips, the
three friends wanted to continue to give back.[5] They created a free
crowdfunding website so people could raise money to overcome hardship.[5] To
date, YouCaring has raised over $800 million from more than 8 million
donors.[6] In March 2017, YouCaring acquired GiveForward.[7][6] In May 2016,
YouCaring became a Certified B Corporation.[8] Each year, YouCaring
releases internal fundraising data to show which cities in America are (by
their own estimation) the most compassionate.[8] | C*********X
发帖数: 10518 | 3 Many journalists have pointed to crowdfunding for medical expenses as
evidence for the failings of for-profit healthcare in the US and elsewhere.[
6] Some of that criticism has also been extended to crowdfunding sites.[10][
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发帖数: 10518 | 4 Crowdfunding is a process in which individuals pool money and other
resources to fund projects initiated by other people or organizations.
Crowdfunded projects may include creative works, products, nonprofit
organizations, supporting entrepreneurship, businesses, or donations for a
specific purpose (e.g., to pay for a medical procedure). Crowdfunding
usually takes place via an online portal that handles the financial
transactions involved, and may also provide services such as media hosting,
social networking, and facilitating contact with contributors.
Funding models
Crowdfunding is donation-based fundraising for businesses or creative
projects, typically via an online funding portal. Some but not all
crowdfunding projects offer contributors rewards, which may differ based on
the amount of money donated. Rewards can include copies of a creative work,
products created with the funding, special or personalized incentives (such
as autographed works or promotional merchandise), or public recognition.
In equity crowdfunding, a crowdfunding approach is used to raise investment
capital and contributors receive equity in the resulting business.
Contributors may act as investors and receive shares directly, or the
crowdfunding service may act as a nominated agent.[1]
Equity-based crowdfunding
Reward-based crowdfunding
Debt-based crowdfunding
Litigation crowdfunding
Donation-based crowdfunding
Equity-based crowdfunding: Before knowing more about this kind of
crowdfunding, you should know that equity-based funding is illegal in a
country like India. In simple words, it is a joint effort made by
individuals to support the cause of other people or any other organizations
in the form of equity. This is legal when we consider the United States,
where it is mentioned in the 2012 legislation which allows a pool of small
investors to come together.
Reward-based crowdfunding: This type of Crowdfunding is also known as the
non-equity way of funding your project. It has been widely used for funding
campaigns like supporting a free development of software, promotion of
motion pictures, aiding scientific research and development of inventions,
etc. The people who are funding are hopeful of returns from the project.
Debt-based crowdfunding: This is popularly known as 'Peer to Peer,' 'P2P,' '
marketplace lending' and even 'crowdlending.' Borrowers create campaigns to
fulfill their financial needs, and lenders contribute towards the goal for
an interest.
Litigation crowdfunding: It is a type of crowdfunding in which the plaintiff
reaches out many different people to get funds for a court case; it mostly
happens confidentially. The plaintiff asks money either in the form of a
donation or gives a reward in return. Later on, if the claimant wins the
case, the investor may get more than what he has invested.[2]
Donation-based Crowdfunding: The best example for this would be raising
funds from individuals to support personal or social causes. | C*********X
发帖数: 10518 | 5 你们看，我这个平台，funds是要直接去charity的。。
charity是至少受irs 管理的。。。
国内那些轻松筹。。。哎。。。我累了，，怎么这么多东西要学。。
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