Community Funded is acrowdfunding platform based inFort Collins, Colorado allowing project creators to create one or more fundraising projects on the site with the goal of helping people and organizations with projects find the ideas, funding, and resources they need to be successful.[1]
Community Funded focuses on systemic integration of crowdfunding platforms, allowing for Universities and other organizations to integrate the Community Funded crowdfunding tools into their own website. Community Funded also offers the one-off project funding concept common to many crowdfunding sites. To date many projects on the site have focused on local (Fort Collins, Colorado) social causes, but nationally focused arts and culture projects have also received funding and attention through Community Funded.[2][3][4][5]
Projects can be submitted by any individual or organization. Community Funded requires all projects have a positive community impact regardless of if the project is a "Keep-it-All" or "All-or-Nothing" style project. Businesses can also support fundraising projects by providing in-kind donations of products or services in exchange for promotion on the project page.[6]
On June 29, 2012, Community Funded co-founder McCabe Calahan presented at the Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce alongside US SenatorMichael Bennet and representatives fromColorado State University and the Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative for a roundtable discussion and seminar on theJumpstart Our Business Startups Act.[7][8][9]
As of March 2013, Community Funded had raised $286,000 from a total network of 2,056 individuals and 406 organizations.[10]
By August 2013, Community Funded had raised a total of $428,610 and grown to a network of 4,391 individuals and 602 organizations across 39 states. 47 projects had been completed on the platform, only five of which received no funding whatsoever.[11]
SpokesBUZZ ran a successful Community Funded project in September 2012 to send six Fort Collins bands toMilwaukee, WI,Boise, ID,Portland, OR,Lafayette, LA, andMemphis, TN. The project brought partner bands back from each of the host cities to Fort Collins, CO.[5]
