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New Grants in the New Year
document Crowdfunding

They weren’t satisfied however with just giving out one grant, so they thought they’d kick 2012 off with a bang and continue to offer their Creatives Grants. This time though there is to be 12...

Harshida PatelJan 07, 2012 09:23 pm GMT1561 views
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New Grants in the New Year
Entrepreneurs' Dreams Become Reality: Brother Small Business Grant Program Announces Winners
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge, Tools

Arcade Brewery was one of the winners of the Brother Small Business Grant Program. It's a craft brewery that creates an interactive experience by focusing its online and public efforts...

Jayne AnnMar 28, 2012 02:17 pm GMT2152 views
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Entrepreneurs' Dreams Become Reality: Brother Small Business Grant Program Announces Winners
Texas Woman Named Semi-Finalist of National Moms in Business Grant
document Crowdfunding

The National Association For Moms In Business has partnered with peerbackers.com – a crowdfunding site dedicated to helping entrepreneurs fund their projects – to provide the grant’s crowdfunding...

Rebecca GutierrezMay 05, 2011 08:20 am GMT1663 views
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Texas Woman Named Semi-Finalist of National Moms in Business Grant
Could Kickstarter Be Better Than Government Grants for Artists?
document Crowd Creativity, Crowdfunding

While entrepreneurship projects such as the ill-fated Diaspora do exist on Kickstarter, they get relatively little attention on the site when compared to the overwhelming popularity of the arts....

Sebastian BlancaJun 18, 2011 06:53 am GMT4085 views
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Could Kickstarter Be Better Than Government Grants for Artists?
JPMorgan Chase & Co. : To Write Love On Her Arms Wins $1 Million Grant from Chase at First-Ever American Giving Awards
document Distributed Knowledge

The online voting was supported by the bank's Chase Community Giving program that leverages the power of social media to "crowdsource" how charitable dollars should be allocated....

Jason RobbinsDec 12, 2011 12:33 am GMT1896 views
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. : To Write Love On Her Arms Wins $1 Million Grant from Chase at First-Ever American Giving Awards
Solar Mosaic Gets $2 Million DOE Grant To Build Out Crowdfunding Site For Solar Projects
document Crowdfunding

To date, Mosaic has facilitated the crowdfunding for five projects in its beta mode, in which more than 400 people invested more than $350,000 in five rooftop power plants in California and...

Fritz SchaeferJun 13, 2012 09:50 pm GMT693 views
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Solar Mosaic Gets $2 Million DOE Grant To Build Out Crowdfunding Site For Solar Projects
The North Face opens the 2013 Explore Fund grant-giving program (Photos)
article Crowdfunding

Facebook crowdsourcing will be introduced this year, later this summer, to the grantee selection process. This will give the top 10 grant applicants the opportunity to vie for $10,000 - $25,000,...

Claire MackayApr 04, 2013 07:18 am GMT815 views
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The North Face opens the 2013 Explore Fund grant-giving program (Photos)
Crowdfunding vs. Grants: Numbers and thoughts
blog Crowdfunding

If the advantage of receiving smaller grants first is to show dedication and interest, a funded Emphas.is project might do that even more than a grant. As Emphas.is photographers such as Tomas...

Sebastian BlancaJul 07, 2011 07:25 pm GMT1479 views
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Crowdfunding vs. Grants: Numbers and thoughts
UK Crowdfunding Platform Offers Creatives Opportunity to Win Grant
document Crowd Creativity

Grants will be awarded on 25th November 2011, so it is important that projects be submitted at the earliest opportunity. A panel made up of the PleaseFund.us team and industry experts, along with...

Samuel BennettOct 26, 2011 01:57 pm GMT2835 views
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UK Crowdfunding Platform Offers Creatives Opportunity to Win Grant
Walmart Uses Facebook to Divvy Up $1.5 Million in Holiday Grants
document Distributed Knowledge

Through Nov. 30, Facebook users can navigate to the Holiday Giving tab on Walmart’s page to submit a nomination. This year, Walmart writes, “we want to help make sure families don’t have to worry...

Claire MackayNov 24, 2011 02:12 pm GMT1097 views
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Walmart Uses Facebook to Divvy Up $1.5 Million in Holiday Grants
Crowdfunding comes to science's aid as budgets, grants face squeeze
document Crowdfunding

According to Brian L. Fisher: "Crowdfunding can fund interesting ideas that the NSF would never fund . It also funds only about 6% of science research projects . For the 94 % that...

Luis Enrique MoralesJul 09, 2012 08:32 am GMT1015 views
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Crowdfunding comes to science's aid as budgets, grants face squeeze
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Granted Political Asylum by Ecuador [UPDATED]
document Distributed Knowledge

UK-based Citizen journalist James Albury has uploaded video of earlier demonstrations outside Ecuador’s embassy in London. According to Albury, Ecuadorian nationals were protesting the possible...

Tim SatterthwaiteAug 16, 2012 03:51 pm GMT485 views
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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Granted Political Asylum by Ecuador [UPDATED]
MDG Advertising’s Infographic Grants “It Was a Very Good Year for Social Giving”
document Crowdfunding

“Our infographic illustrates that using social media, online social movements, and crowdfunding platforms for fundraising is driving donations in a digital direction,” said Joanne Del Gigante,...

Sebastian BlancaDec 13, 2012 12:17 am GMT724 views
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MDG Advertising’s Infographic Grants “It Was a Very Good Year for Social Giving”
Vancouver teen scores $100,000 entrepreneur grant
article Crowdfunding

Nick Liow, now 18, will use the $100,000 Thiel Foundation grant to work on building a unique crowd-funding platform over the next two years. SOURCE LINK to the full article:...

Jason RobbinsMay 10, 2013 02:17 am GMT354 views
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Vancouver teen scores $100,000 entrepreneur grant
ScraperWiki and Open Knowledge Foundation win grants
document Crowdfunding, Tools

Awards from Knight Foundation should mean big advances in availability of tools to build new systems and query government and other public related concerns.

Tonya Van Dijk Jun 23, 2011 05:33 pm GMT2188 views
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ScraperWiki and Open Knowledge Foundation win grants
ShadeFund
site Crowdfunding / Lending

Established by The Conservation Fund and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, with a lead grant from Mercedes-Benz USA, ShadeFund provides small loans to green entrepreneurs across...

ShadeFundNov 02, 2011 02:10 am GMT1102 views
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ShadeFund
Chase giving grants to small nonprofits via Facebook vote
document Cloud Labor, Open Innovation, Tools

This program is limited to nonprofits with operating budgets under $1 million. The top eligible charity will receive $250,000; the remaining 99 top charities can get awards ranging from $25,000...

Luis Enrique MoralesNov 13, 2011 12:24 pm GMT2575 views
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Chase giving grants to small nonprofits via Facebook vote
Products, Prizes, and Media Coverage: A New Crowdsourcing Effort from the NEH
document Distributed Knowledge

NEH thought it would be terrific to create a database of all these products and tie them back to the grants that funded them. So, they launched a new effort to “crowdsource” this information from...

Luis Enrique MoralesFeb 27, 2012 10:02 pm GMT603 views
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Products, Prizes, and Media Coverage: A New Crowdsourcing Effort from the NEH
725,000 Loans Granted By Kiva, 2.6 Billion To Go
document Crowdfunding

According to Kiva President Premal Shah, Kiva has been really successful in that 725,000 people have signed-up and made a loan. That is awesome in the philanthropic context, but not if you look...

Pablo BracciniMar 17, 2012 12:08 am GMT1309 views
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725,000 Loans Granted By Kiva, 2.6 Billion To Go
Carnegie Mellon University spinoff gets grant for Tiramisu transit app
document Distributed Knowledge, Tools

Tiramisu Transit LLC, the Carnegie Mellon University spinoff company that uses crowdsourcing and GPS technology to track Port Authority of Allegheny County and CMU transit trips, has received...

Harshida PatelJun 29, 2012 08:23 am GMT970 views
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Carnegie Mellon University spinoff gets grant for Tiramisu transit app
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