I just read a cool article in Business 2.0 - Fund-Raising Goes Peer-to-Peer.
Fundable.org lets groups of people pool their money to make purchases or raise money. Some examples include:
- Splitting the cost of something big (pool money for gifts, real estate, parties)
- Buying a product in bulk to save money
- Rasing money for a personal project
- Non-profit organizations, political candidates
- Business ventures
You can even set it up so that you only collect from people if you reach your stated goal. Pretty cool....