From Rotary’s fight to eradicate polio to any number of other global challenges, crowdfunding will be part of the equation. “It’s just the way that consumer fundraising is done these days,” Devin Thorpe, author and Forbes contributor told Devex in this video.
Large organizations must find a way to leverage the platform to distribute to the consumers the responsibility and opportunity to raise funds for the organization, he added.
“The potential is huge,” Thorpe said.
Watch the clip above to learn examples of organizations and individuals successfully using the platform.
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Adva Saldinger@AdvaSal
Adva Saldinger is a Senior Reporter at Devex where she covers development finance, as well as U.S. foreign aid policy. Adva explores the role the private sector and private capital play in development and authors the weekly Devex Invested newsletter bringing the latest news on the role of business and finance in addressing global challenges. A journalist with more than 10 years of experience, she has worked at several newspapers in the U.S. and lived in both Ghana and South Africa.