Nonprofits Learn the Benefits and Pitfalls of Crowdfunding

Felicia DiRocco was one of about 30 people who piled into a packed classroom at the Stockton University Manahawkin Instructional Site on Monday wanting to learn more about crowdfunding for their nonprofits.

DiRocco, a secretary for a nonprofit called the Maximillion Foundation, said the foundation has had a GoFundMe page for almost a year, but efforts to raise money with it are moving fairly slow.

Online donations can be a successful way for nonprofits to raise money, but there are potential obstacles such as large fees, campaign stagnancy and donor trust, said Laura Pople, who spearheaded the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce’s Kickstarter and Crowd Sourcing Seminar on Monday.