The Challenges and Possibilities of Crowdfunded Research

Some rough thoughts about funding research organizations through many small donations

Prompted by PARPA raising money in the most recent Gitcoin round I thought it would be worthwhile to write a short memo about crowdfunded research organizations and specific experiments we hope to do around building a engaged base of supporters. Pulling off building a long-lasting research organization takes a lot of resources. (Innovation orgs need a money factory!) Research organizations have historically been bankrolled by some combination of large companies, the government, or high net worth individuals or foundations they set up. It would be awesome if we could add an engaged large…

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