Neighbor Funds is a platform for local community-focused projects to raise funds.

A Project can be an event, business, or quantified amount of work that needs funding to be successful.

The funding goal is the amount of money needed by the creator to make their project successful.

A Creator is someone who posts their project and is dedicated to making it successful.

Supporting Neighbors are those who pledge or donate to support a project.

A Gift is how a creator can share part of their project with their Supporting Neighbors. These can be almost anything, from a unique experience, to limited editions or copies of the items produced by or for the project.

For Creators: You have a community-driven project in mind and need to raise money to make it happen. So you then create and share your project page with your neighbors and start raising money. Use our resources to drive success. For Supporting Neighbors: Browse projects to find one that you like and want to support. Feel free to engage the creator and ask questions. When you find a project that you like, and want to be a part of its success, support it!

Neighbor Funds does not handle refunds. Refunds will be handled directly between the creator and supporter. This process should be easy to facilitate through the payment processor if necessary.

Permanent residents of the United States or Canada who meet the requirements below are eligible to start projects on Neighbor Funds. - Be at least 18 years of age. - Must be creating the project in your own name or as an affiliate of a registered legal entity. - Must have an address, government-issued ID, and a bank account within the country you are creating the project from. - The linked bank account must be in the name of the individual unless it is of the company they represent for the project. - Must have a major credit card. If in the U.S. a debit card can also be accepted.

Simply email the details of your project to info@commonowner.com. Make sure you include your name/organization name, phone number, and project details. Project details include background, timeline, and funding goal. We will review your information and contact you with next steps. We then manually work with you through the rest of the process to ensure it is easy for you.

Research all costs associated with completing your project. The minimum amount of funding needed to bring your project from start to finish, along with making and shipping any gifts should make up most or all of the funding goal. Keep in mind that often times unknown surprises pop out of nowhere so it is wise to add a slight buffer to the minimum estimate. If a supplier or partner were to fall through, make sure you have a backup plan.

To be able to create a raise you must create an account with Stripe, our payment processor, and connect it to your Neighbor Funds account. This can be done through your account dashboard. You will then be able to withdraw funds and issue refunds from the payment processor interface.

The total fee is 6% of the total money raised. There is an additional $0.30 charge per donation or pledge transaction directly from the payment processor. The fee breaks out to 2.9% + $0.30 for the payment processor, and 3.1% for the Neighbor Funds platform. ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

Gifts are given to supporting neighbors as a courtesy for pledging at least a certain amount of money to your project. Below are our platform rules for pledge gifts. - Nothing illegal, potentially dangerous to supporting Neighbors, or heavily regulated. - No unapproved energy food and drinks. - No negative material that would encourage violence or hate, or promote discrimination, bigotry, or intolerance towards marginalized groups. - No political fundraising. - No reselling. The Gift must be designed or created directly from the fruit of the project. - No alcohol, tobacco, nicotine, vaporizers, drugs, or paraphernalia associated with any of those items. - No weapons or weapon accessories. Except legal, privately-owned flamethrowers. Flamethrowers are banned in Maryland and require a license in California. - No contest, gambling, coupons, or raffles. - No animals or live animals as gifts. - No Pornographic material. - No financial, credit, brokerage, travel, phone, or business marketing services. - No repackaging or sharing things that were previously created by another project.

Browse the projects on the Explore Projects page. There are two ways to support a project through Neighbor Funds. Donation or Pledges. The creator gets to choose which are available for their raise.

You will be charged as soon as you make a donation or pledge through the platform.

A receipt will be generated and saved for every transaction that happens through Neighbor Funds. These will be available upon request. You will be able to download them directly from your account dashboard in the near future.