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Hey! I have been searching for platforms to collect money for a non-profit sustainability organization at my uni (in Sweden). If I search for options, I get lists of for-profit American companies.

I noticed lemm.ee uses ko-fi.com. It is British and my go-to option now. My pet peeve with it is that you need to use PayPal or Stripe to get money. I have no experience in (obtaining money through) crowdfunding, so idk how normal that is.

Do you know any other alternatives?

PS: We really need the crowdfunding goal (or just a count) feature for transparency.

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[โ€“] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago

CMV: Gofundme only exists because the US healthcare system is utter crap.

[โ€“] Vittelius@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've never actually used them but in 5 minutes of googling I found ulule. They are based in France and seem to fulfill your requirements.

There is also wemakeit, a Swiss platform targeted specifically at nonprofits. I've never used them either, so I can't tell you how well they work.

[โ€“] Skunk@jlai.lu 3 points 3 months ago

KissKissBankBank is another French crowdfunding, quite known and used by artists or creators around here.

I donโ€™t know if this works for OP project but thatโ€™s an option.

[โ€“] Szewek@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I know that in Poland there patronite.pl works great, but it seems to be unavailable in other languages.