Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding - The Industry Website. Crowdsourcing.org. Sponsors Financial contributions from online investors, sponsors or donors to fund for-profit or non-profit initiatives or enterprises.
Crowdfunding is an approach to raising capital for new projects and businesses by soliciting contributions from a large number of stakeholders following three types of crowdfunding models: (1) Donations, Philanthropy and Sponsorship where there is no expected financial return, (2) Lending and (3) Investment in exchange for equity, profit or revenue sharing. Directory of Sites.