Crowdsourcing Options

Kickstarter - Funding for independent projects, can be just about anything.

Donors Choose.org - Funding for K-12 School Projects

Experiment.com - Science Funding

Teachers Pay Teachers - Lesson plans designed by teachers for teachers

Go Fund Me - Funding of all sorts, personal, professional, business, charity, etc...

indiegogo - Entrepreneurial Site to help launch products and ideas.

Earlyshares - Real Estate Investing via crowdsourcing

Petridish (dead) - Funding for science projects

Startup Scholar (dead) - Funding for educational projects for college students.

Grant Funding Options

Toshiba America Foundation - Grants for K-12

Social Innovation Fund - Via The White Houseeconomic opportunity, healthy futures, and youth development.

Sparkplug Foundation - Funding for Music, Education, and Community Organizing

The National Endowment of the Humanities- Supports teaching and learning in schools and colleges, supports original scholarship.

Walton Family Foundation - Funding for Education reform.

Edutopia - The George Lucas Educational Foundation, improving K-12 learning.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Grants in support of original research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathemtics (STEM) and economic performance.