Type of site | Crowdfunding |
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Founder(s) |
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URL |
launchgood |
Launched | 8 October 2013 |
LaunchGood is a crowdfunding [1] platform focused on the Muslim community worldwide. LaunchGood went live in October 2013 and it raised more than $510.1 million from 1.6 million donors across 153 countries. [2] [3]
LaunchGood is one of a number of crowdfunding platforms for gathering money from the public, which circumvents traditional avenues of investment. Project creators choose a deadline and a minimum funding goal, and usually provide rewards or "perks" for contributors at various levels. [4]
The founders of LaunchGood are Chris Blauvelt, Amany Killawi and Omar Hamid. [5] They are based out of Detroit, Michigan and Atlanta, Georgia.[ citation needed]
LaunchGood has been used to fundraise for several nationally recognized projects, including a campaign to help rebuild African-American churches destroyed by arson in the summer of 2015, [6] [7] and a campaign to fund the legal team of Adnan Syed (widely known from the podcast Serial) through a special appeal of his conviction. [8] Each of these campaigns raised more than $100,000 through the platform. [9] [10] An October 2018 campaign to help pay for Jewish burials for the 11 victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, and the medical bills of survivors, raised its goal of $25,000 in six hours and went on to raise more than $200,000. [11] [12]
LaunchGood has received multiple awards, including:
Type of site | Crowdfunding |
---|---|
Headquarters | |
Founder(s) |
|
URL |
launchgood |
Launched | 8 October 2013 |
LaunchGood is a crowdfunding [1] platform focused on the Muslim community worldwide. LaunchGood went live in October 2013 and it raised more than $510.1 million from 1.6 million donors across 153 countries. [2] [3]
LaunchGood is one of a number of crowdfunding platforms for gathering money from the public, which circumvents traditional avenues of investment. Project creators choose a deadline and a minimum funding goal, and usually provide rewards or "perks" for contributors at various levels. [4]
The founders of LaunchGood are Chris Blauvelt, Amany Killawi and Omar Hamid. [5] They are based out of Detroit, Michigan and Atlanta, Georgia.[ citation needed]
LaunchGood has been used to fundraise for several nationally recognized projects, including a campaign to help rebuild African-American churches destroyed by arson in the summer of 2015, [6] [7] and a campaign to fund the legal team of Adnan Syed (widely known from the podcast Serial) through a special appeal of his conviction. [8] Each of these campaigns raised more than $100,000 through the platform. [9] [10] An October 2018 campaign to help pay for Jewish burials for the 11 victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, and the medical bills of survivors, raised its goal of $25,000 in six hours and went on to raise more than $200,000. [11] [12]
LaunchGood has received multiple awards, including: