CrowdSpark: A MERN Stack–Based Online Platform for Public Event Fundraising

CrowdSpark is a web-based public event fundraising platform designed to enable individuals and organizations to raise funds transparently and efficiently for social, cultural, and community events. The system is developed using the MERN stack, comprising MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js, to ensure scalability, responsiveness, and secure data handling. The platform provides features such as user authentication, event creation, donation management, real-time progress tracking, and administrative moderation. This research paper discusses the system architecture, implementation methodology, technology stack, and performance considerations of the proposed platform. The results demonstrate that CrowdSpark offers a reliable and user-friendly solution for managing public fundraising events in an online environment