Crowdfund Congress

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Home Page of CrowdfundCongress.com

About This Project

CrowdfundCongress.com was designed to help non-billionaires pool their money and "outbid" special-interest groups and Super PACs on critical legislative issues. The idea was inspired by the dumpster fire that was the failed GoFundMe campaign to build the border wall.

Users could suggest political causes they wanted to see funded. Once a cause was created, anyone could donate toward it via credit card. Each political cause had a list of active House and Senate bills that the raised money would be used to support or suppress.

The platform handled email notifications to keep donors updated when new campaigns launched or when there were spending updates on causes they'd contributed to. It's a pet project I hope to return to one day — the problem it's trying to solve hasn't gone away.

Screenshots

Issue details page

Issue details page

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Features

  • Users suggest political causes and donate toward them via credit card
  • Each cause linked to active House and Senate bills
  • Raised funds used to support or suppress specific legislation
  • Payment processing via Stripe
  • Email notifications for new campaigns and spending updates

Built With

Laravel 7.xMySQLStripeCivic Tech