W4P - We for PurposeDisrupting the Belgian social crowdfunding

/ crowdsourcing market

W4P stands for...An open crowdsourcing template

W4P is...

We for purpose

We for people

We for products…

SHORT HISTORY

2 years ago two digital NPOs came together

how to provide real added value in relation to more traditional crowdfunding channels?

“It’s nearly impossible to find

small grants for small scale and local projects. All subsidy

funding is focused on large impact and large funding

We came across CHEST

5 things you need to know about W4P

Key features - Open Source

1. It’s open sourceUnder an MIT- License

● Most open license● Can build features upon the core● We provide tech support if needed

Key features - Lightweight

2. Lightweight solution Some open source projects are big and bulky to set up. We chose for a simple platform with the right functionality which is easy to set up.

Key features - White label

3. Make it your ownWe provide the functionality, you provide

● The branding● The projects● Additional features

○ And hopefully open them up

White label

Key features - One project per page

4. The front page is the project page

No need to look for the project, it will always be on the front page. Have more projects? Start new W4P instances.

Make as many as you want.

Key features - funding to sourcing

5. From crowdfunding to crowdsourcing

Projects can ask for...

● Monetary funding● Volunteers● Materials● Coaching

W4P is...

Open Source template that gives anyone access to a one-project-a-time platform to ask for funding, volunteers, coaches and/or materials

Place your screenshot here

First pilot just launched

Spitsgids.be

It’s about an open transport community who are looking to make a rush hour prediction dataset.

More coming soon!

With two other projects coming up

One on refugees and finding materials for them.

The other to fund a side-project of a social startup.

More information:

● Informational websitehttp://w4p.be

● The first pilot project (Dutch)https://spitsgids.be/

● The desk research results in infographs: https://magic.

piktochart.com/output/10999207-crowdfunding-in-minimal-theme

● The raw data of the desk research https://docs.google.

com/spreadsheets/d/1UfELR-TJcnLK_YQbwjVG6T8terYMLp9WnA6BLVaEhlw/edit

Thanks!Any questions?You can find me at @anastasiajourno & anastasiya.valeeva@gmail.com

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