Snowdrift

Snowdrift

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Emerging. This platform is in development or not broadly available yet.

A nonprofit cooperative for funding public goods – things like software, music, journalism, and research. Snowdrift’s distinctive model is crowdmatching: patrons’ pledges rise together as more people join, creating sustained support for freely shareable work.

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Goal: Funding. Model: Crowdfunding. Status: Emerging.

Should you use this?

Best for
Projects with a clear campaign, milestone, launch, or community story.
Not ideal for
Maintainers who need steady maintenance income without active promotion.
Why choose it
A nonprofit cooperative for funding public goods – things like software, music, journalism, and research.
Watch out for
Campaigns require communication, deadlines, and ongoing promotion.
Setup effort
Review setup requirements
Fees
Snowdrift's public materials describe the crowdmatching model and cooperative structure, but not a final public fee schedule.
Last verified
2020-08-04
Goal Funding
Model Crowdfunding
Tags
Non-profit Creator economy OSS-specific
Official websiteVisit official website
VerificationUnverified
OrganizationNon-profit
Open source statusOpen source
Platform technologyOpen source cooperative funding platform
Monetization modelDonations with matching limits
Payment methodsNot publicly documented
Platform feesSnowdrift's public materials describe the crowdmatching model and cooperative structure, but not a final public fee schedule.
User activitySnowdrift says the platform is functioning with initial pledging to itself as the first test project while outside-project onboarding remains a future milestone.

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