Best online distibuted fundraising platform for shared use?

Latest post 04-24-2009 2:48 PM by BeckyW. 3 replies.

Best online distibuted fundraising platform for shared use?

04-14-2009 3:42 AM

I am currently in a start-up fase with the goal of creating an online distributed fundraising site for mainly Danish users.

The idea is to give danish users get the possibilities to create their own fundraising pages, as seen on globalgiving and justgiving etc, for their favorite cause and also give them the possibility to create fundraising teams as on globalgiving and even share their and the charitys experinces and file reports with a wikisite buildin function .?

As a part of the researchfase that I am currently in, I am trying to find out if there exist any opensource platforms or another platform that can be purchase to use with license. The reason of that is that I believe it could be an affordable alternative instead of developing a platform from the bottom.

It´s very important that it can be transformed into Danish or Scandinavian.The maintainace is also likewise expected to be made by the developers.
So,.. here is my questions:

A. - Do anyone know any online fundraising platforms that has been sold or open source shared?

B. - If so,.. which one is the best, most flexible and has the best support. please let me hear al the valuable comments, experiences that you have made.

C. If you know anyone in Denmark or Scandinavia that has important knowledge and interest in participating in the development of a fundraising platform site, please contact me. 

You can reach me directly at morten (at) kaospilot.se if you feel like.

Thanks a lot from Copenhagen

Re: Best online distibuted fundraising platform for shared use?

04-17-2009 7:26 AM

Morten Jacobsen,

Thanks for posting your question here. I've been asking a few people to try and find an answer for you, but so far haven't come up with anything.

I am wondering if you might find some further help through TechSoup Global.

Looks like they are developing resources for Finland and Sweden, so it might be a place to get you closer to your answer.

Best wishes,

Sasha

Re: Best online distibuted fundraising platform for shared use?

04-17-2009 11:45 AM

Look at CiviCRM (www.civicrm.org). Not sure how far the Danish translation is.

CiviCRM has lots of users, was just on Italian TV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-h4lFQv66Q) has a strong community. Integrated with Drupal it can do most of what you propose.

Re: Best online distibuted fundraising platform for shared use?

04-24-2009 2:48 PM

I'm pretty sure this won't answer some of the specific questions you have about Denmark and Scandinavia, but in case you haven't seen it yet, check out A Few Good Tools for Online Distributed Fundraising, for the latest reviews of solutions to help your organization get your supporters to help raise money for you!

Some of the tools mentioned might be able to provide the functions you need to build your fundraising community. And also look at the bottom portion where different consultants were credited for their contributions -- getting in touch with some of those folks directly might be worthwhile so they could point you to additional resources.

Best of luck!