Category Archives: Crowdfunding

The Complications of Crowdfunding: The Power of Unseen Intermediaries
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The Complications of Crowdfunding: The Power of Unseen Intermediaries

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Editors’ Note: Jeremy Snyder discusses the role of crowdfunding platforms as charitable intermediaries, based on his new book, Appealing to the Crowd: The Ethical, Political, and Practical Dimensions of Donation-Based Crowdfunding (Oxford University Press, 2023). After natural disasters, high profile tragedies, and other major news events, it is now commonplace to see a proliferation of … Continue reading →

How did GoFundMe become “the Giving Layer of the Internet”?
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How did GoFundMe become “the Giving Layer of the Internet”?

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Editors’ Note: Matt Wade recounts the growth of GoFundMe as the world’s largest giving platform, as analyzed in his recent article in the Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing. Despite their enormous success in introducing millions of people to the extraordinary potential of peer-to-peer fundraising, GoFundMe has lately been having a difficult time. There is accumulating … Continue reading →