Crowdsourcing: Resources

Hatch Detroit is a vehicle to champion and support independent retail businesses in Detroit through funding, exposure, education, and mentoring.

P.O. Box 44617
Detroit, MI 48244

Detroit Big F Deal is a web based crowdfunding platform for Detroit originated and executed projects.

485 W. Milwaukee Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202

Kiva.org is a global non-profit with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity. Detroit is the first "Kiva City," where Detroiters are invited to champion local small businesses through their online platform.

Detroit, MI

Detroit SOUP allows people in the Detroit community to fund highly-localized community projects by spending $5 on a shared dinner, and then voting on which project they believe best helps their community. A pool of artists and activists present project proposals to the diners, who then vote on which group should receive the money that has been raised that evening.

2051 Rosa Parks
Detroit, MI 48216