about SAIL’s recently concluded crowdfunding campaign, and explains the process for starting your own UO Advancement approved “Duckfunder campaign”, By Greg Bolt, here.
SAIL raised $17,500, and after the match that’s $35,000. You can still give to SAIL (and still get it matched by a very generous alumni donor) by going to https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1540/foundation/2col.aspx?sid=1540&gid=1&pgid=408&cid=1095 and entering “For SAIL” in the text box. You’ll get a nice letter of thanks, suitable for showing to the IRS.
The UO Development people were very, very helpful and enthusiastic. The only downside is that duckfunder does not tap into a large database of other donors to similar causes, as crowdfunder sites like kickstarter and gofundme do, and prompt those people to take a look at your cause. On the other hand it is included in emails that go out to UO alumni.
Can SAIL have GoFundMe or kickstarter campaigns as well, or does signing up with DuckFunder preclude that?
Free market fundraising by freelancing faculty is a no.
Which is understandable. Suppose I used kickstarter to ask people for tax deductible donations to support my UO teaching and research, and then instead spent the money on, say, gold-plated jockstraps.
UO would be in a world of trouble. Obviously they need some central control to prevent that sort of thing from happening.
I’m pretty sure they already have funding sources for the gold-plated jockstraps.
The real problem is the maintenance program UO had to agree to when it started using them…
“Around the O publishes informative article”
trying to unseat Fox News as “Fair and Balanced”?