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Invest in your fellow Cardinals with our crowdfunding platform just for Ball State University.

You can join other students, faculty, staff, and alumni in supporting their projects and activities by making gifts through this online tool. We screen and verify all campaigns, guaranteeing that your contributions will go to their intended purposes—for zero fee!

Support a Project

*All applications are for the 2025 Summer Cohort. Interested in fundraising during the Spring semester? Contact oneballstate@bsu.edu for more details.

Start a Campaign

Do you have a fundraiser in mind?

You must apply and undergo a review process to use our crowdfunding tool.

Requirements

For us to approve a project and set up a campaign, it needs to meet our guidelines:

  • be affiliated with Ball State
  • have a department, program, or center where we can deposit funds
  • consist of project leaders who create and market promotional materials
  • apply by the deadline

Crowdfunding campaigns cannot be used as a pass-through to support organizations outside of Ball State.

Read our full guidelines.

Deadlines

There are various windows of opportunity to apply for and launch a crowdfunding project. For more information, read more on our About page.

Application

After you’ve planned out your campaign, you’ll need to complete our online application so that we can gather information on what you’re raising money for and how much your goal is.

Apply for a Campaign