Social networking tools for scientists have not been really successful so far. There are charities collecting money for research. And there are rich donors giv

Social networking tools for scientists have not been really successful so far. There are charities collecting money for research. And there are rich donors giving money to specific groups in academic institutions. Charities would probably appreciate more traffic and exposure but there are google adword grants for non-profits and other channels they can use. Regarding fundamental, curiosity-driven science - it might be too expensive to be crowdfunded. The use of citizen-science networks might be more realistic.