Mashable has a great guide to resources for crowdsourcing the fundraising for your next project: 10 Ways to Start a Fund for Social Good Online.
I’ve been seeing a lot of people get projects funded via Kickstarter, which is one of their featured sites. (Lucas McNelly’s A Year Without Rent ($12K) and Jocelyn Towne’s I am I film ($100K) being the two most recent.) I’m hoping to use Kickstarter for my One Minute of Nature project, but maybe one of these other resources would be an even better fit. We’ll see.
Crowdsourced funding is one of the best revolutions to come out of the Web, ever. If you have a dream, check out Mashable’s list to see if there’s a way the Web community can help you bring that dream to life. (Unless you already have tons of money, in which case, contact me about ways I can help you spend it bringing my dreams to life.)