Info From The Vine: Crowdfunding Helps the Sign Industry

Crowdfunding is the process of raising funds online. It is a new concept for the sign industry and one goal of this blog had been to build a basic knowledge base so the independent sign company will have another tool to help their non-profit customers obtain a message sign for no out-of-pocket costs.

If you consider the power of this crowdsourcing opportunity, even well-funded non-profits can take advantage of an online campaign to raise new funds to keep their current bank balances intact. You don’t have to be a struggling non-profit to create excitement, have fun, and get the crowd revved up to support a cause.

Sign industry crowdfunding is not financing. Its “free money” collected through the SignVine.org website and disbursed to the targeted non-profit. There is no re-payment schedule any more than there is a re-payment schedule for funds collected during the Sunday donation process in church.

Crowdfunding benefits the industry because it helps close sales that otherwise might not be able to fund; it helps the non-profit because they obtain the important message center they need; and it helps the individual sign company within the community as they support a non-profit cause that gives back to the community.

Support Signvine.org, and impartial, non-profit organization that provides a crowdfunding service for the sign industry. Please email with questions or comments to the contact information provided below.

- Mike Prongue
  Campaign Director for the Non Profit SignVine
  michael@signvine.org
  www.signvine.org