Crowdrise

CrowdRise
Company typePrivate
IndustryOnline fundraising
FoundedMay 19, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-05-19)[1]
Headquarters
Detroit, Michigan
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U.S.
Key people
Edward Norton, Shauna Robertson, Robert Wolfe, Jeffrey Wolfe
Websitecrowdrise.com
Footnotes / references
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CrowdRise is a for-profit crowdfunding platform that raises charitable donations.[2][3] CrowdRise was founded by Edward Norton, Shauna Robertson, and the founders of Moosejaw, Robert and Jeffrey Wolfe.[2][4][5][6] CrowdRise was acquired in 2017 by GoFundMe.[7]

  1. ^ Ivana Pais; Paola Peretti; Chiara Spinelli (2014-09-09). Crowdfunding: La via collaborativa all'imprenditorialità. EGEA spa. pp. 36–. ISBN 978-88-238-7669-9.
  2. ^ a b c Wallace, Amy (5 September 2010). "Online Giving Meets Social Networking". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  3. ^ Matrix Thompson; Sarika Khambaita (25 January 2016). Who Is Winning The Social Media and Crowd Funding War: The Battle For Good Vs Evil - Will You Be A Casualty Or Emerge As A Trailblazer?. Pamper Me Network. pp. 43–. ... CrowdRise is the world's largest and fastest growing fundraising platform dedicated exclusively to charitable giving. ...
  4. ^ "CrowdRise: Ed Norton Launches Fundraising And Volunteerism Site". Huffington Post. 2011-05-26. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  5. ^ Kerric Harvey (20 December 2013). Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics. SAGE Publications. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-1-4522-9026-3. Edward Norton cofounded Crowdrise, which is ... Crowdrise allows users to tap into their social networks to raise funds for their charitable causes. Celebrities such as ... Crowdrise allows users to create a microsite to raise money for a cause.
  6. ^ Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke (September 2013). Digital Sisterhood: A Memoir of Fierce Living Online. iUniverse. pp. 277–. ISBN 978-1-4917-0639-8. Nonprofit Organizations and Social Causes Women • Crowdrise.com is an online fundraising web site that allows individual fundraisers, nonprofit fundraising, and event fundraising (co-founded by female film producer Shauna Robertson).
  7. ^ Susan Adams (10 January 2017). "GoFundMe Buys Rival CrowdRise". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 11, 2017.