What would be the legality of crowdfunding yourself from a private

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Do crowdfunding sites take any money if you don't reach your target? If so why not just put up the money yourself to get it to that middling level, but do it under a pseudonym?

This is why it's important to get people passionate and willing to invest before you put it public, if your goal is 10k, and 10 of your friends each chip in $100, you're 10% of the way there.
And because it's something they believe in, they don't feel like it's charity, because they're getting something out of it.

Fail that, have you considered not going the crowdfunding route and starting up an organisation, registering it with the government for the purposes of developing this idea: you'll probably be able to take donations all the same, do it outside of the regular websites, but most importantly enjoy tax exemptions a business wouldn't?

>I have literally no idea, just trying to help

>>1429651
I like the organisation idea.

But this is going to be a pretty ghetto arrangement till I raise capital. I live on a razor's-edge budget as it is.

Can't you make your own popular crowdfunding platform like Indiegogo? It won't be as great as Kickstarter, but still.

>>1431113
That would be kind of like becoming a bus driver while trying to beg for bus fare. Bit of a detour.