What is crowdfunding?
In simple terms, crowdfunding, is using the power of the crowd to raise funds for a cause over a span of time, either online or offline. Crowdfunding is as simple as pitching the cause to the people and raising funds from them in small amounts to reach the overall goal.
Benefits of Crowdfunding?
- Easy access to funds
On average there’s over three billion users of the internet every day. That means your cause could have potential visibility for nearly half of the population and enable you to access a large amount funds for your cause.
- Marketing Tool
There are lot of people out their waiting to find a venue to support the cause that you wish to suppoty. A crowdfunding fundraiser provides you with a platform that brings together the people who share your thoughts.
- Free PR
Success stories common to completed crowdfunding fundraisers receive ample attention from media outlets. This helps in further advocating your cause and raising awareness about the efforts you have put in to make an impact in the society.
- Minimises risk
Crowdfunding provides free and easy access to capital without giving up equity or accumulating debt. You have easy access to the funds your fundraiser has raised, enabling you to make an impact much faster.
How it works
Tell Your Story!
Create a fundraiser and let the world know about your cause or project. Also upload videos and pictures to tell a compelling story.
Share it!
Spread the word through social media, emails, and word of mouth; all is fair. The more you share, the better!
Create Impact!
Raise funds and embark on your mission to change the world.
Fundraising Ideas
Looking for inspiration to start? We've got it covered.
- Festivals
Be it Diwali, Eid or Christmas. Festivals are a time of spreading smiles and what better to share the joy of the festive season with the less fortunate ones.
- Birthday's/Anniversaries
Birthday and anniversaries are joyous occasion of one's life. This birthday or anniversary, you could be the reason why a little girl goes to a school for the first time or a father sees his ill son live a little longer.
- Because it's a good day
Spreading the love and sharing the joy with others never really needs an occasion to be able to do it. Sometime's the day is just too good and you want to make it a good day too for someone in need.
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Why fundraise with Impact Guru ?
ImpactGuru is an online fund-raising platform based in Mumbai, India. ImpactGuru helps non-profit organizations as well as individuals to raise money or donate to the causes/projects that concern them.
Easy SIgn Up!
SIgn up and create your fundraiser in just a few minutes.
Easy Fundraiser Editing
Edit and update your camp
Easy Acess to Funds
Make an immediate impact with Impact Guru's instant disbursement upon fundraiser completion
Success Stories
Where we have made an impact
Disaster Relief
To conserve the rapidly depleting greenery along the Konkan coastline, Mera Terah Run started a fundraiser on our platform to Save the Forests. The fundraiser requested contributions to buy 50 acres of forest land in the name of Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra to help conserve it. Through the fundraiser and a marathon, they raised 4 lakh rupees to preserve the dying ecology!
Education
With an ambitious goal of teaching 1 million children across the country, vChalk has taken yet another leap by raising 2,17,000 to help at least 2000 children from low-income houses learn English and Math through innovative teaching methods!
Environment
To conserve the rapidly depleting greenery along the Konkan coastline, Mera Terah Run started a fundraiser on our platform to Save the Forests. The fundraiser requested contributions to buy 50 acres of forest land in the name of Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra to help conserve it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is Impact Guru?
We are an online fundraising platform that empowers people, like you, to give to non-profits, individual causes, social enterprises, and start-ups. Our crowdfunding platform allows you to easily raise money online from individuals and organizations that share your passion, each making small donations that add up to a lot, in turn addressing critical social challenges in India. -
What are Impact Guru’s fees and pricing?
Creating a fundraiser on our platform is absolutely free! Once you’ve raised money, our platform fees plus transaction fees amount to up to 10% of the funds raised. -
What is Crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a social cause or project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. -
Can I still use Impact Guru if I have a fundraiser running on another platform?
Yes, there is no problem in staring a fundraiser on Impact Guru if you already have a fundraiser running on other platforms -
How does Impact Guru work?
Impact Guru aims to make the fundraising process fast, easy, cost-effective and fun. You can create a fundraiser for free on our platform, spread the word amongst friends, family and your social media network to help/donate and get around 90% of the funds collected directly transferred to you within two weeks after the end of your fundraiser. Of course, we help you each step of the way. -
Why does Impact Guru charge a fundraising fee / cost?
Impact Guru is a social enterprise, with a primary vision to crowdfund better lives by raising funds. Our fee allows us to cover a fraction of our total costs. Just to give you an idea, facilitating payments requires payment processing fees, bank charges, GST, currency fees, and website development costs that together add up to more than 5% per transaction.
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