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If you promised certain benefits to others in exchange for their paying money for your pet project, you would be considered to be fundraising. That would be called funding.

Fundraising differs from funding -- check your nearest dictionary.

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fund-rais⋅ing   /ˈfʌndˌreɪzɪŋ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fuhnd-rey-zing] Show IPA Use fundraising in a Sentence –noun the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause. Also, fundraising.

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Fundraising differs from funding -- check your nearest dictionary.

So the Roman soldiers who whipped Christ, who beat Him, who made the crucifix, and who nailed and tied Him to the cross didn't really kill Him, He died a natural death because of exposure and the inability to breathe in an awkward position.

If you raise funds for a criminal activity (say, you fund the purchase of land and materials for a meth lab), do not expect to be absolved of the resulting crime! It may have been an indirect involvement in the funding of the crusades, but it was funding nevertheless.