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Giving Online
There are now many ways to assist charities and community groups online. This includes online financial donations, seed funding, micro-volunteering, microfinancing, and resource donation matching.
Sourcing funds through online networks is often referred to as crowdfunding.
New giving portals are popping up online all the time; as such, when giving money it's always best to do a background check that the site you may be giving funds through is legitimate. If their founding country is outside of Australia, you may not be able to claim a tax deduction for your donation.
This is not intended as an exhaustive list; below are just a few online giving portals. All of these sites are accessible to Australian residents.
Everyday Hero
Everyday Hero provides an online platform to donate funds for charities and community groups raising money through projects and events. It also provides a way of donating to activities run by companies, individuals and groups of people whose proceeds are passed on to charity.
GiveNow
GiveNow.com.au is designed to inspire and transform giving in Australia, providing a range of free resources and innovative giving tools - a commission-free website listing thousands of good causes and creative ways to give, personalised donations tracking service, and a free giving newsletter.
GoFundraise
GoFundraise provides an online platform to donate funds for charities and community groups raising money through events. It also provides a way of donating to activities run by companies, individuals and groups of people whose proceeds are passed on to charity.
Good Return
Good Return is an innovative social enterprise established by World Education Australia to address poverty issues in the Asia Pacific region. Specialising in microfinance, financial literacy and livelihood development program, Good Return is a lending portal that enables individuals to connect with the poor around the world and provide them with a loan.
Karma Currency
Karma Currency provides ways to purchase gifts, gift vouchers, and gift registries, with all proceeds going directly to your chosen charity. It also includes fundriasing pages to donate to particular projects and partners with businesses in workplace giving platforms.
Kickstarter
Kickstarter celebrates the passion, ideas and ambition of entities who are seeking sponsorship for projects within the artistic field. Some mediums include film, fashion, music, games, food, print media and theatre. Brace for the bizarre and avant-garde; from a horror anthology comic books to cosmetic psychiatry lipstick.
Kiva
Kiva is the world's first online lending platform connecting online lenders to entrepreneurs across the globe. Kiva works with microfinance institutions on five continents to provide loans to people without access to traditional banking systems. When you make a loan to an entrepreneur for as little as $25, you receive updates throughout the life of the loan, while the borrower repays the money to your Kiva account. You can then loan to another entrepeneur if you choose.
PlanBig
PlanBig brings together the experiences, knowledge and expertise of people with different skills from all walks of life and all ages to help each other get ideas kick started. Based in Australia, PlanBig's community are from all walks of life from all over the world.
Pozible
Pozible provides artistic project creators with a platform to present their ideas to a worldwide audience. If anyone likes the idea, they can support it by pledging money to the creator's project. In return for support, the project creators will offer rewards depending on the level of funding; essentially differentiating itself from the normal funding process.
Sparked
Sparked is the world's first micro-volunteering website. By linking personal interest and professional skills with a "challenge" set by a nonprofit organization, Sparked.com uses the internet to provide nonprofits with a pool of talented intellectuals whilst simultaneously allowing busy people to contribute in a meaningful and time efficient manner.
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