Fundraising sites help Indian NGOs and social entrepreneurs bring positive change into society by simplifying fundraising. In the past decade, it has become the most preferred mode of raising money for social causes in recent times. With India housing thousands of NGOs working on diverse social causes, fundraising sites are nothing less than a lifesaver.
Since a lot of local NGOs are not familiar with popular fundraising platforms, Helplocal decided to share the list of top fundraising sites in India. These crowdfunding platforms are helping non-government organizations to reach supporters and raise funds as well as support. Let’s jump right into the websites!
Top fundraising sites in India
Ketto
Founded by Kunal Kapoor, Varun Sheth, and Zaheer Adenwala in 2012, Ketto is a Mumbai-based fundraising platform that’s helping NGOs and social activists on a project-to-project basis. Ketto gives NGOs the power to create campaigns across causes like healthcare, education, food, animal welfare, the environment, and girl empowerment.
With its international payment support, Ketto has so far raised USD 5,990,400 to support over 10,000 projects. Ketto offers fundraisers a unique cask pick-up opportunity and charges 5-8% of the fund raised or USD 30 along with payment gateway charges.
Milaap
Beginning as a crowdfunding platform in 2010, Milaap is majorly helping people in rural areas in the field of education, sports, medical support, and other personal causes. The Bengaluru-based crowdfunding platform is also widely used to raise funds for NGOs in medical emergencies and natural disasters.
Milap has donors from 120 different countries and has raised more than 1100 crores for 50,000 projects. Milap charges 0% of the fund raised from the campaign; only payment gateway charges are applied. Milaap has become the most preferred fundraising platform for personal causes.
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ImpactGuru
Started as a crowdfunding website for non-profit organizations in 2014, Impactguru allows a free-to-launch campaign with 0% fundraising fees. NGOs based in more than 165 countries have benefited from Impactguru campaigns.
Be it an acid attack, a personal cause, or any other social cause, Impactguru allows raising funds for almost all types. This crowdfunding platform alone has impacted 5 lakh+ lives across the globe. Accepting funds in international currencies, it’s more than a crowdfunding platform since it also raises funds for medical patients in major Indian hospitals.
Impactguru has been working in the field of fundraising since 2014 to ensure no life is lost due to a lack of money and support in India.
BitGiving
BitGiving is a crowdfunding website with headquarters in New Delhi. This platform allows artists, engineers, and creators of all kinds to share their stories and raise funds online for creativity and social projects. Founded in 2013, BitGiving has so far completed over 650 projects including some notable projects like helping Nepal after earthquakes.
BitGiving charges 6% as fundraising fees to support its growth and team expansion. BitGiving also allows running campaigns that are focused on medical treatments for rare diseases.
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is probably the most popular crowdfunding website in the world. Mostly known for funding projects related to creative projects, Kickstarter allows the creators to share their vision, journey, and goals to seek support from a global community.
Over the years, Kickstarter has helped 50,000 projects in fundraising and a lot of them have been from India too! From editable cutlery to photographic series in India, Kickstarter has helped many initiatives. Check out this page to learn more about the fundraising platform.
Wishberry
For those looking to raise funds for creative projects, Wishberry is probably the perfect website out there. This platform works specifically for creative projects only. Be it music, theater, or comics, this platform supports all types of creative projects.
Wishberry has so far helped 500 projects and has more than 17 crores fundraised at a 70% success rate. Wishberry success stories include the Adhav Movie and Electric Racing Motorcycle. If your project is linked to a social cause and also has a creative flair to it, Wishberry can be a good pick to raise money and support.
FuelADream
This Bengaluru-based online crowdfunding platform launched in April 2016. FuelADream is helping people and organizations that currently aim to raise funds for charities, social causes, and community activities based in India.
FuelADream has managed to run 500+ successful campaigns since its launch and has raised 40 crores till date. It charges 9% of the total amount collected during the campaign as fundraising fees.
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How to raise funds: Bonus tips for NGOs
Be it a specific social cause or overall NGO support, these fundraising tips from Helplocal will help you achieve your goal quickly. Read carefully and work with the ones that fit your cause perfectly!
Collaborate with other NGOs
Non-profits often help other NGOs by giving them access to their community and channels. Reach out to organizations that you think would be interested in supporting your mission.
Corporate reach out
Businesses support NGOs and community welfare organizations for CSR and also PR. Reach out to local businesses to share your vision and seek support. We are sure a lot of them will be interested!
Get listed on Helplocal
Helplocal is a growing NGO discovery platform that gives wider visibility and reach to small local nonprofits in India. Email at hello@helplocal.in to get listed on the website to connect with NGO seekers across India.
Take help from family and friends
The best and the simplest method to raise funds for your cause is borrowing some initial help from your family and friends.
Read this blog on how to raise funds for NGO to discover more tips and ideas.
That’s it! Our list of top crowdfunding websites in India ends here.
Above fundraising sites and bonus tips will help you to raise funds for your cause. Do you know any other way for raising funds? Tell it in the comment section and we will add them to our blog!
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