Tagged: education

June 28, 2013 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The National Financial Educators Council announced Jayne Black, 2013 Mrs. Wisconsin International, will be the National Spokesperson for their crowdfunding site.  SavingsFund is  a crowdfunding platform that helps families save for their children’s future while providing them a financial education. SavingsFund.com allows friends and family members… Read More

June 19, 2013 @ 9:14 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Ruth Hedges is the CEO of Crowdfunding Roadmap, a leader in industry groups like CFIRA and the CFPA and the organizer of the first Global Crowdfunding Convention & Bootcamp conference. Now she has announced that she will be holding a two-day course on crowdfunding on… Read More

June 17, 2013 @ 11:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Founded by two Teachers, Kevilina Burbank and Jaime Wood, Incited’s mission is to assist Educators of all kinds to overcome funding obstacles with grassroots crowdfunding campaigns, and to attract local and virtual community support.  Just recently launched, Incited will aid those individuals in the front lines… Read More

June 16, 2013 @ 1:39 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Colorado State University has launched an in-house crowdfunding platform. Called Charge, the platform aims to help those involved in CSU’s Venture Accelerator find funding. “The overall goal of Charge, the CSU crowdfunding platform, has been to build a more technologically advanced way of giving while creating… Read More

June 16, 2013 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Exo Labs, creator of the Focus Microscope Camera, recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $29,000 to fund their Focus Microscope Camera.  As explained on the campaign page these funds would be used to; … ignite curiosity in the next generation of scientists.  We hope… Read More

June 10, 2013 @ 6:22 am By InsideHigherEd  |  

When a professor from a small liberal arts college in central Pennsylvania decided to take on a massive research project two summers ago, he went through the usual, often futile, process of applying for federal and private grants. But when funds were short a year… Read More

June 9, 2013 @ 12:24 pm By VentureBeat  |  

Student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion and yet the cost of college tuition continues to rise. Instagrad launched its attempt to solve this problem today. The startup has built a crowdfunding platform to help parents pay for their kids’ college education. Parents create campaigns on Instagrad where friends and family… Read More

May 25, 2013 @ 9:00 am By USAToday  |  

Universities across the USA are stepping beyond traditional fundraising methods. Crowdfunding websites are an emerging business strategy that allow people to donate money directly toward university projects. Alumni, as well as non-university affiliated donors, can make philanthropic contributions, some of which are tax-deductible, to specific… Read More

May 22, 2013 @ 7:32 am By Mercury News  |  

If you’re a kid trying to raise money for a science project, team or social cause, what do you do? Hold a car wash? Sell candy bars door to door? Get some old guy to organize a charity golf tournament for you? Sorry, but that… Read More

May 18, 2013 @ 10:47 am By Bennington Banner  |  

ARLINGTON — Students at Arlington Memorial Middle School/High School have kickstarted a campaign to raise funds for the school’s music arts programs. The campaign on the online fundraising platform Kickstarter was launched earlier this week and is already a third of the way toward its… Read More

May 15, 2013 @ 12:01 pm By The Washington Post  |  

When the weather’s nice enough, students at Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy’s Prep Campus in Washington’s Columbia Heights neighborhood walk single-file up Kenyon Avenue through a narrow alleyway into the Bruce Monroe Community Park — a public park — for recess. …… Read More

May 7, 2013 @ 9:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

 Fundly and Teach For America are recognizing America’s teachers with the launch of their “Here’s To Teachers” campaign in celebration of National Teacher Appreciation Week, which begins today. This week, communities across the country take time to honor educators who have made a real difference in our… Read More

May 7, 2013 @ 3:26 pm By The Crowd Cafe  |  

Imagine. Empowering each and every one of Ohio State University’s 63,000+ students—regardless degree, age, or background—to start, and fund, a business. Visiting its University’s crowdfunding ecosystem, ignite.osu.edu, students would find a centralized source of information, mentorship, and even a clear path to funding their ideas and… Read More

April 28, 2013 @ 5:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Upstart was featured on CNBC recently in a video where founder Paul Gu spoke about the platform and their recent success. A young company called Upstart makes it possible to buy a share of someone’s future income. From the side of the upstart, as the… Read More

April 27, 2013 @ 4:24 am By WFUV  |  

An online fundraising site makes it possible for NYC students to catch a Broadway show Forty New York City high school students are going to Alan Cumming’s one-man “Macbeth” on Broadway thanks to the kindness of strangers. English teacher Eric Jordan of Frederick Douglass Academy… Read More

April 25, 2013 @ 9:12 am By Charles Luzar  |  

UnCollege is the brainchild of Dale J. Stephens, a young entrepreneur and Thiel Fellowship alumnus whose aim is to debunk the commonly accepted assumption that college is the only way  to prosperity. UnCollege has teamed up with crowdfunding platform Pave in order to help their… Read More

April 23, 2013 @ 4:40 pm By TechCocktail  |  

One of the most powerful and inspiring innovations of the modern Internet age, crowdfunding creates opportunities for individuals to raise monetary support to achieve their goals. Campus Slice utilizes the crowdfunding model to help current and prospective college students raise tuition money. For Tony Aguilar,… Read More

April 18, 2013 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Piggybackr, a crowdfunding site that teaches young people how to raise money for projects, their teams, and schools, and projects, launched today with over 1,500 youth and 10 partners nationwide. The crowdfunding platform focuses on youths (K through college) bringing their fundraising efforts online while applying… Read More

April 16, 2013 @ 5:30 am By The Clay Times Journal  |  

For college hopefuls and college grads alike, the reality of higher education is growing remarkably dim. Tuition rises every year, employment opportunities aren’t improving, and student loan debt has surpassed the $1 trillion mile marker. As owner of NBA team the Dallas Mavericks and successful… Read More

April 15, 2013 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

SoMoLend CEO and Founder Candace Klein is traveling to several locations across the country this spring to educate small businesses and investors on crowdfunding in response to an increased demand for knowledge. “The demand is escalating for information on alternative access to capital, the ability… Read More