Community Funded

{{Short description|Crowdfunding platform based in Fort Collins, Colorado}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Community Funded

| logo = Communityfunded-logo.png

| logo_size = 200px

| url = {{url|http://www.communityfunded.com}}

| commercial = Yes

| type = Social networking service / Crowdfunding

| location_city = Fort Collins, Colorado

| location_country = United States

| registration = Required to support projects or create a project

| owner = Community Funded Enterprises

| author = McCabe Calahan, Blue Hovatter, Ryan Stover

| launch_date = May 2011

| language = English

}}

Community Funded is a crowdfunding platform based in Fort Collins, Colorado allowing project creators to create one or more fundraising projects on the site with the goal of helping people and organizations with projects find the ideas, funding, and resources they need to be successful.{{Citation

| last = Carrera

| first = Andrew

| title = CommunityFunded.com hopes to fill funding gaps

| newspaper = Northern Colorado Business Report

| location = Fort Collins, Colorado

| date = 24 February 2012

| url = http://www.ncbr.com/article/20120224/EDITION/120229930

| accessdate = 21 August 2013

}}

Community Funded focuses on systemic integration of crowdfunding platforms, allowing for Universities and other organizations to integrate the Community Funded crowdfunding tools into their own website. Community Funded also offers the one-off project funding concept common to many crowdfunding sites. To date many projects on the site have focused on local (Fort Collins, Colorado) social causes, but nationally focused arts and culture projects have also received funding and attention through Community Funded.{{Citation

| last1 = Goldstein | first1 = Gregg

| last2 = Morris | first2 = Chris

| title = Zach Braff Kickstarter Success: Will Crowdfunding Transform Showbiz?

| newspaper = Variety

| date = 5 June 2013

| url = https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/zach-braff-kickstarter-success-will-crowdfunding-transform-showbiz-1200492256/

| accessdate = 21 August 2013

}}{{Citation

| last = Field | first = Anne

| title = A Hyper-Local Crowdfunding Site For Nonprofits

| newspaper = Forbes

| date = 21 September 2012

| url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2012/09/21/hyper-local-crowdfunding-site-for-nonprofits-recently-launched/

| accessdate = 21 August 2013

}}{{Citation

| last = Kyle | first = Sarah Jane

| title = Fort Collins boy seeks funds to treat seizures

| newspaper = The Denver Post

| date = 23 September 2012

| url = http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_21610655/fort-collins-boy-seeks-funds-treat-seizures

| accessdate = 21 August 2013

}}

{{Citation

| last = Smith | first = Clyde

| title = SpokesBUZZ Successfully Crowdfunds Innovative Five City BandSwap

| newspaper = Hypebot

| date = 17 September 2012

| url = http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/09/spokesbuzz-successfully-crowdfunds-innovative-6-city-bandswap.html

| accessdate = 21 August 2013

}}

Projects can be submitted by any individual or organization. Community Funded requires all projects have a positive community impact regardless of if the project is a "Keep-it-All" or "All-or-Nothing" style project. Businesses can also support fundraising projects by providing in-kind donations of products or services in exchange for promotion on the project page.{{cite news

| last = Hawthorne

| first = Kate

| title = Community Funded gives Fort Collins organizations an innovative funding kick

| newspaper = InnovatioNews

| location = Fort Collins, Colorado

| date = 31 May 2012

| url = http://innovationews.com/social/live-local-give-local/

}}

On June 29, 2012, Community Funded co-founder McCabe Calahan presented at the Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce alongside US Senator Michael Bennet and representatives from Colorado State University and the Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative for a roundtable discussion and seminar on the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act.{{cite web|url=http://www.fortcollinschamber.com/index.php?src=events&submenu=CommunityCalendar&srctype=detail&category=Chamber&refno=1383|title=

Fort Collins Chamber Partners with US Senator Michael Bennet For A Crowdfunding Seminar|accessdate=August 21, 2013}}{{cite press release

| title = RSVP for Michael Bennet's Crowdfunding Seminar

| publisher = Senator Michael Bennet

| date = 25 May 2012

| url = http://www.bennet.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=da77de33-f9b3-4770-8365-daab3133bd38

| accessdate = 21 August 2013 }}

{{Citation

| title = Fort Collins crowdfunding seminar set for June 29

| newspaper = Northern Colorado Business Report

| location = Fort Collins, Colorado

| date = 14 June 2012

| url = http://www.ncbr.com/article/20120614/NEWS/120619952

| accessdate = 21 August 2013

}}

As of March 2013, Community Funded had raised $286,000 from a total network of 2,056 individuals and 406 organizations.{{Citation

| last = Visintainer

| first = Carrie

| title = Where The Heart Is: Community Funded

| newspaper = Fort Collins Magazine

| location = Fort Collins, Colorado

| date = Summer 2013

| url = http://www.americanwebinc.com/aw_flip_books/Fort_Collins_Mag/FC_Summer_2013/index.html#/34/

| accessdate = 21 August 2013

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130821151541/http://www.americanwebinc.com/aw_flip_books/Fort_Collins_Mag/FC_Summer_2013/index.html#/34/

| archive-date = 21 August 2013

| url-status = dead

}}

By August 2013, Community Funded had raised a total of $428,610 and grown to a network of 4,391 individuals and 602 organizations across 39 states. 47 projects had been completed on the platform, only five of which received no funding whatsoever.{{cite news

| last = Kyle

| first = Sarah Jane

| title = Fort Collins crowdfunding site continues to redefine community projects and itself

| newspaper = Fort Collins Coloradoan

| location = Fort Collins, Colorado

| date = 6 August 2013

| url = http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20130806/NEWS01/308060027/Fort-Collins-crowdfunding-site-continues-redefine-community-projects-itself

| accessdate = 21 August 2013}}