The crowdfunding contest
Co-funding of the Hertie Foundation: linking foundation funds with crowdfunding.
Classic foundation funding combined with an innovative crowdfunding contest.
With the MITWIRKEN crowdfunding contest, the non-profit Hertie Foundation aims to find, qualify and finance democracy projects from all over Germany - through a combination of crowdfunding and foundation funding.
With the MITWIRKEN Crowd, the Hertie Foundation combines crowdfunding and foundation funding in order to multiply funding potential and funding impact.
Implementation
31 selected projects that promote social cohesion and strong democracy competed together for four weeks. This - and therefore the awarding of the prize money - is decided by the supporters.
The 20 projects that reached their funding target at the end of the crowdfunding contest and were able to convince the most supporters received prize money totaling 200,000 euros from the Hertie Foundation in addition to the self-activated funds. For the Hertie Foundation, the MITWIRKEN crowdfunding contest is a combination of traditional foundation support and an innovative crowdfunding contest.
Results of the 2022 crowdfunding contest.
31 participating democracy projects
11,534 supporters in 4 weeks = 11,534 multipliers
365,656 euros in funding from the crowdfunding contest
Plus 200,000 euros in foundation funding
A total of 565,656 euros in funding was distributed to the democracy projects.
Effects
Activation of 30 high-quality projects
Linking the projects to the foundation
Community development, reach expansion, higher donation amounts as added value for the democracy projects
Proof of concept that traditional foundation activities can be successfully combined with innovative approaches
Successful project examples.
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