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A new Tzedaka campaign website is now live and the developers feel that this site will revolutionize how Tzedakah is raised in the global Jewish community.
TheChesedFund.com is a free alternative to the high commission demands of GoFundMe.
Previously, GoFundMe had been a great resource to instantly raise funds for causes that required emergency funds.
However that came at a high price as GoFundMe collected 5% of donations aside from the high processing rates that users were required to pay.
Shlomo Spitz, a frequent user of GoFundMe told YWN that in reality, his chesed campaigns were easily paying up to 10% commission to GoFundMe and other crowdfunding sites.
“The ones who desperately needed funds were getting taxed from these crowd funding sites and I have felt they were literally taking bread from mouths of widows, orphans and others in need”
A group of developers who would like to remain anonymous put in thousands of hours for the sake of chesed and to offer the Jewish world an alternative to the heavy taxing of donations executed by global crowd funding sites.
TheChesedFund.com does not charge a commission on donations however the recipient still pays the credit card processing fees. “We just couldn’t find a way around that” says Avi K. senior developer at TheChesedFund.com
Thousands of hours have been logged to create the simple user friendly interface and the main developers are proud of their accomplishment.
“It’s really an amazing chesed we could do with our skills and I hope we can continue with this initiative” said Josh T.
TheChesedFund.com is kicking off their new site with a Chesed campaign of their own.
They are aiming to raise $25000 in order to grow the site and increase awareness of this new resource.
“We have all been working on this part time and would like to involve other developers so we can continue the evolution of free crowd funding” one of the main developers told YWN.
“There is so much left to do to raise the level of our interface and funds are also needed to further assist troubleshooting and overall operations” he stated.
Instead of taking commissions from each donation, TheChesedFund.com gives the option for users to also donate to their site for the sole purpose of help running day to day operations.
“If users do not want to donate to TheChesedFund.com they are free to do so, our main goal is to just to allow people to raise funds easily and free and as long as we can dedicate ourselves to this mission, we will contimue to do so” Avi K. concludes.
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IF this is true – and they don’t charge commissions
I am pretty amazed since majority of people use GoFundMe and tehy charge a pretty hefty commission – This will save Klal Yisral alot of money in the long run.
Wow – what are they gonna think of next?
Those who have devoted their time to setting up this web site deserve our unbounded thanks; those of us of course that have the Internet and are able to take advantage of this opportunity to give tzedakah without any “middleman” deduction. Those who don’t have the vile and treif Internet will have to continue giving to the tzedakah collectors who pester us in Shul and knock on our doors late at night. They take anything up to 49%. Maybe GoFundMe really wasn’t that bad after all.
As my friend pointed out to me, isn’t there already an organization called The Chesed Fund? They help out with kids who need extra assistance as well as some other wonderful things. This isn’t them!
Thank you for the creators of this website, to allow organizations the option to raise funds at lower rates. I disagree of the attitude expressed in a comment that given a percentage to a middleman is wrong, ch’sh. The people that are collecting for Jewish causes in shul and elsewhere, are doing a tremendous mitzva, this is a fact. What’s more, when you give tzedaka to a collector, 100% of your donation is considered tzedakah. And if it’s a cause that you can use maaser for, 100% can be deducted from maaser.
Any tzedaka organization has expenses, where it is administration, water, electricity, advertisements. Part of the money donated is used and invested in order to have operations running, get the word out, which allows the organization to continue raising even more funds and reaching even more people to increase a much larger overall amount to the intended recipients. If a collector comes, give him with your full heart and with simcha, he’s doing a tremendous mitzvah, and by the way, this will also encourage him to go out and reach out more people to get more funding for the people that need this funding.
Hazlacha
This is special but the thing that is off is using putting down a very special and vital service in an effort to promote this new service. Most Tzedakah that is raised causes money to be spent in the process, think chinese auctions, dinners, etc. Very seldom can one make something from nothing. Paying a small pittance to have a dedicated staff work tirelessly for your campaign is worth every penny and ensures it will be del with an a professional manner. One does not exclude the other. I am not affiliated at all with any of the above campaigns, but feel tremendous hackers hate that instead of dealing in commerce a id is dealing with chased 24/7 they need to live off of something as well.