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Crowdtilt Makes Group-Funding Available to Everyone The social fundraising site powers money raising efforts for everything from charities to joint vacation rentals.

By Gwen Moran Edited by Frances Dodds

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Crowdtilt.com
Based in San Francisco
Six employees
Largest campaign amount: $99,200
Average campaign amount: $840

What It Is
Social fundraising site Crowdtilt allows groups to raise money for specific causes or campaigns, ranging from fund drives for charities to a group of friends pooling money for a vacation rental.

How It Started
Co-founder James Beshara, who had worked in nonprofit development in South Africa, believed there was a market for a site that could be used for charity and community projects alike. However, after Crowdtilt went live in February, he observed that it was being used to raise money more for vacations and parties than for charities. So he and co-founder Khaled Hussein expanded the site's vision to "group-fund anything."

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