Civic Tech Field Guide
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It let people set up pledges in the form: ‘I will do something, if a certain number of people will help me’.
What it was
Enabled groups to band together to fund worthwhile projects. Funded with MySociety general funds.
What happened
Shut down by mySociety because other crowd-funding type sites supplanted it, and as part of a general strategic prioritization.
| Organization Type: | Non-profit, charity, or foundation |
|---|---|
| Status: | Inactive |
| Founded: | 2005 |
| Closed: | 2015 |
| Postmortem: | https://www.mysociety.org/2015/01/28/goodbye-to-some-old-friends/ |
| Open Source: | Yes |
| Last Modified: | 2/20/2023 |
| Added on: | 6/22/2021 |
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Civic Tech Field Guide
Civic Tech Field Guide