FunderHut is a crowdfunding platform focused on community-related projects. Someone with a goal that needs funding, whether it’s to start a community garden, fund a small business, publish a book, or help a loved one pay for medical bills, can create a fundraising campaign on FunderHut and reach out for contributions. In return, Kudos, rewards for contributions, can be given to those who supported the project, with a varying rewards at different contribution levels. Projects ranging from helping build homes in El Salvador to funding an animal shelter in Russia to green projects right here in Chicago have seen success on the FunderHut platform. When starting your crowdfunding campaign on FunderHut: - Raise funds for any cause (within Guidelines) - Signing up and launching your project is absolutely free - You have two different funding options --- all-or-nothing (fixed) or a keep-what-you-raise (variable) - All the tools you need to create, share, and monitor your campaign from start to finish - Our full support from the company founders The FunderHut Community Wishlist is an online idea board, where users can submit wishes for their own communities. Users are encouraged to participate in the Community Wishlist by submitting their own wishes, or by commenting and voting on current wishes. When a wish is popular among the community, the person who submitted can that wish can go ahead and turn it into a real, live crowdfunding campaign.