Clear the Yard.
First-generation students, students on Pell, students with disabilities, student parents and more are one balance away from not coming back. Esther Funds Foundation verifies every student and every balance, so you know your gift is going to someone real.
Real students. Checked before you give.
A student posts their balance
They tell their story and upload their student account showing what they owe and when it's due. That proof stays private.
EFF verifies them
A person at Esther Funds Foundation reads the proof before a page goes live, and may confirm the balance with the school. No proof, no page.
You give
On the student's own GoFundMe, or through EFF if you want a tax receipt and the money paid straight to the school. Each page says which.
They register
The balance is paid, the hold comes off, and the student goes back to class. We mark the page cleared.
Pick a student. Clear their way back.
Every student here was verified by a person at EFF. The ones due soonest are first. Each page says whether gifts go to the student's GoFundMe or through EFF to the school.
Before you give.
What does "EFF verified" mean?
Before a page goes up, a person at Esther Funds Foundation reads the student's own student account showing their name, their school, the balance and the due date, and may confirm it with the school. It means the student and the balance are real. It is not a promise about how any gift is spent.
Where does my money go?
It depends on the page, and every page says which. On a GoFundMe page, your gift goes to the student through GoFundMe; EFF never touches it. On a Through EFF page, your gift is made to Esther Funds Foundation and EFF pays the college directly; the student never receives the money.
Is my gift tax-deductible?
Gifts made through EFF are: Esther Funds Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 93-4917509, and you get a receipt by email. For that to hold, EFF keeps final control of those gifts: if a balance is covered another way, your gift clears another student's. Gifts on a student's GoFundMe are personal gifts and are not tax-deductible.
Who is this for?
Underserved college students in the United States, 18 or older, with a balance that keeps them from registering or staying enrolled: first-generation students, students on Pell, students with disabilities, student parents, former foster youth, veterans, working students and more. Nobody has to fit a box to post.
My church, chapter or company wants to help. How?
Choose students marked Through EFF: your organization gets a receipt and the school is paid directly. To adopt a whole school or several students at once, write to nationals@estherfundsinc.org.
Does EFF keep a fee?
No. EFF takes nothing from a gift for running this. Card processors and GoFundMe charge their own fees on online gifts.
Esther Funds Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 93-4917509. Questions: nationals@estherfundsinc.org.