What we’re aiming to provide professional-level humanitarian actors is an opportunity to separate their appeals from the mishmash of different 'charitable' campaigns out there and a platform they can own, improve and use as a developmental test-bed.
Crowdfunding is capable of reshaping the fundraising landscape impacting humanitarian operations. But there’s no incentive for popular platforms like Indiegogo to stake out and work with humanitarian actors to innovate humanitarian operational financing.
For example the humanitarian development community uses OECD CRS purpose codes to classify giving. It wouldn't take Indiegogo anything to bring standardized reporting in use across the humanitarian community down to the crowdfunding level but there's no incentive to even learn what these codes are or how they're useful.
My colleagues and I are building our own crowdfunding platform serving the humanitarian community and we've given your subject some thought. If you're not asking for the same thing, I think it doesn't hurt to spread auxiliary funding aspects, stretch goals and so forth for example across onto another platform. It might very well cut some of your fundraising momentum but it will get you some face-time in return in front of another audience which might help in the long term.
I think 'crowd-sourcing' carries over well enough across the niche you're exploring conceptualizing. Your thread caught my eye though because my colleagues and I are trying to build momentum behind 'Humanitarian Crowdfunding' and folks are mulling it over too. To a degree, it can't hurt to try building something around your term or else around a platform name and pitch using 'sourcing' but emphasizing your sub-niche. Just a thought...
Crowdfunding is capable of reshaping the fundraising landscape impacting humanitarian operations. But there’s no incentive for popular platforms like Indiegogo to stake out and work with humanitarian actors to innovate humanitarian operational financing.
For example the humanitarian development community uses OECD CRS purpose codes to classify giving. It wouldn't take Indiegogo anything to bring standardized reporting in use across the humanitarian community down to the crowdfunding level but there's no incentive to even learn what these codes are or how they're useful.