Abstract: A method for establishing an advocacy campaign with a service provider through crowdfunding includes: receiving a campaign request including advocacy goals; receiving a plurality of service provider bids, each including a minimum funding amount and project description; receiving a plurality of funding pledges, each from one of a plurality of users and including a pledged monetary amount, wherein a total of the pledged monetary amount included in the funding pledges meets or exceeds a predetermined amount before a predetermined period of time; distributing the minimum funding amount and project description for each service provider bid to each of the users; receiving a plurality of votes, each indicating one of the service provider bids; and assigning the campaign request to a winning bid of the service provider bids based on a number of the plurality of votes indicating the winning bid.