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COLLECTIVESUN CCO LEE BARKEN INTERVIEW ON CROWDFUNDBEAT

Posted on January 30, 2014 (January 7, 2022)

CollectiveSun founder and Chief Community Officer Lee Barken was recently featured in an interview on the CrowdFundBeat website. You can watch the entirety of the interview here and learn a great deal about CollectiveSun, its mission, and the benefits a partnership with CollectiveSun can deliver to nonprofits. Lee’s interview covers a broad array of topics, ranging from the […]

COMMUNITY FUNDING: AN INTRODUCTION FOR NONPROFITS

Posted on January 22, 2014 (January 7, 2022)

Community funding may sound like some hot new buzzword, but it’s actually a very simple concept. Community funding, at its core, is simply the process of acquiring many donations or investments from a large group of people, or a “community”. This new model is different because it relies on a large and varied group of […]

COLLECTIVESUN IN FORBES!

Posted on January 22, 2014 (January 7, 2022)

The business experts at Forbes magazine have discovered CollectiveSun, and they’re impressed by what they’ve found. Discussing our past successes with TERI, Inc. – and our current plans to keep the ball rolling – this excellent article by Forbes contributor Anne Field explains how CollectiveSun is working with nonprofits and investors to provide clean, stable energy solutions and a […]

FLAILING NONPROFIT TURNS TO CROWDFUNDING TO EASE FINANCIAL WOES

Posted on January 15, 2014 (January 7, 2022)

The Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Seattle, WA was facing a major financial hurdle. They had accrued a seemingly insurmountable debt of more than $280,000 and they needed to find help, fast. Yet instead of turning to the normal member base for help, they decided to go to the Internet where they would attempt […]

COMPETITION FUELS PHILANTHROPY AND A NONPROFIT’S MESSAGE

Posted on January 15, 2014 (January 7, 2022)

The “Bench the Bag” competition was the brainchild of the nonprofit East Valley Recycling Alliance. The Alliance, composed of a group of recycling and waste management professionals from municipalities throughout Arizona’s Southeast Valley, is constantly striving to find new and inventive ways to get people in their communities involved in projects that help eliminate waste […]

EAST CHICAGO NONPROFIT WEATHERS 5-YEAR FUNDING DROUGHT

Posted on January 14, 2014 (January 7, 2022)

The Foundations of East Chicago, an organization that funds schools, churches, and even other nonprofit organizations, has been weathering a five-year funding freeze that is finally over. During those five years, The Foundations survived political pressure, and even a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general, all with almost no funding. East Chicago’s churches, schools, […]

NONPROFIT WATSI TRIES INNOVATIVE NEW FUNDING APPROACH

Posted on January 14, 2014 (January 7, 2022)

Watsi is not that different from many other new nonprofits. It has its goal – to deliver crowdfunded medical care to needy patients around the world – and it has its initial “investors” – a group of three generous men who will fund the startups first 18 months. But that’s where the similarities with most […]

SOLAR POWER AIDS IN GOD’S WORK

Posted on January 7, 2014 (January 7, 2022)

Solar energy is helping to save what some might see as an unlikely ally: a group of Trappistine nuns. The nuns have been living and working at Mount Saint Mary’s Abbey outside of Boston for more than six decades. They have spent that time harvesting the land and living a modest existence in harmony with […]

US JUDGE GIVES SOLAR THE EDGE OVER GAS

Posted on January 7, 2014 (January 7, 2022)

A US judge has delivered a ruling that will have a substantial impact on two major energy producing industries: solar power and natural gas. This judge has ruled, for the first time ever, that solar power delivered without subsidies is more effective than natural gas. This single ruling could very well lead to more than […]

IN THE NEWS WITH CLEANTECHNICA!

Posted on January 2, 2014 (January 7, 2022)

There are now several options for homeowners and businesses that want to go solar — purchasing tax credits/rebates, solar leasing, power purchase agreements (PPAs), PACE financing, and more. However, nonprofits don’t have these same options. Due to the federal tax credit being centered around having tax liability (which nonprofits don’t have), it’s not as economical […]

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