Method and system for enabling social media based crowd-sourced funding

A system for establishing an advocacy campaign with a service provider through crowdfunding, comprising:

• a processing device of a processing server;
• a receiver of the processing server configured to
• receive a campaign request, wherein the campaign request includes at least one or more advocacy goals,
• receive a plurality of service provider bids, where each bid includes at least a minimum funding amount and a project description, and
• receive a plurality of funding pledges, each being associated with one of a plurality of users and includes at least a pledged monetary amount, wherein a total of the pledged monetary amount included in the received plurality of funding pledges meets or exceeds a predetermined amount before a predetermined period of time;
• and
• a transmitter of the processing server configured to transmit at least the minimum funding amount and project description for each of the plurality of service provider bids to each of the plurality of users, wherein
• the receiver of the processing server is further configured to receive a plurality of votes, where each vote indicates one of the plurality of service provider bids, and
• the processing device of the processing server is configured to assign the campaign request to a winning bid of the plurality of service provider bids based on a number of the plurality of votes indicating the winning bid.