Civic crowdfunding

Civic crowdfunding is like when you ask your friends and family to give you some money to buy a toy you really want. But instead of buying a toy, grown-ups use it to get money from lots of people to pay for improving our neighborhood or city.

Sometimes, grown-ups have good ideas to make our communities better, but they don't have enough money to make it happen. So, they put their idea on a website where lots of people can see it, and then they ask people to help pay for it.

Just like when you ask your friends and family for money, grown-ups who want to improve their communities have to explain what they want to do and why it's important, so people will want to help. And just like when you get money from your friends and family, the grown-ups who get enough money from lots of people can go ahead and make their idea a reality!

So, civic crowdfunding is like a big piggy bank where lots of people can give a little bit of money, and together, they can help make our communities better!