NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Still reeling from the shock of the murderous Jersey City rampage that took the lives of a young mother, a yeshiva student, employee at a kosher grocery and a...
Agudath Israel Recounts the Historic Eliana Chesed Fund at their Annual Convention
Earlier this year, the Chesed Fund made headlines with a campaign to save a young girl’s life. With just days to spare before her 2nd birthday, Eliana Cohen needed to raise $2 million for a...
Why a Chesed Fund Campaign is Perfect for Holiday Fundraising
As the high holidays approach, there has never been a better time to create a Chesed Fund account and start fundraising for your cause. Traditionally, this is the time of year when people engage in...
A Message from Avi Kehat Regarding the Viral ‘Save Eliana’ Campaign
When Eliana Cohen’s family started a Chesed Fund less than a week with the goal of raising $2.2 million in less than a week, it seemed like an impossible task. Eliana suffers from a rare...
How to Utilize The Chesed Fund for your Next Fundraising Dinner
With the fundraising dinner season just around the corner, this is the perfect time for organizations and fundraisers to harness the power of The Chesed Fund’s commission free fundraising platform and maximize the funds raised for the event. A great example of The Chesed Fund being used creatively is in the fundraising page created by Shalom […]
Milestone: The Chesed Fund Saves Organizations Over $2 Million in Fees
The numbers are in. With The Chesed Fund reaching a new milestone of $30 million dollars in just three years of running, the amount of money it has saved individuals and organizations who run crowdfunding campaigns on the site is staggering. With other crowdfunding services charging between 5% and 12% for their service (before credit card processing […]
A Cautionary Tale about Digital Fundraising
We recently encountered the following story and thought it was imperative to share: A individual had raised over $15,000 for a cause with the help of a website they had built themselves. After working hard to raise the funds, they were informed that their actions were against the terms of service of the website and […]
Aishel Raises $120k in Blitz Crowdfunding Campaign
Aishel-Reena’s Place is an organization, the only frum one of its kind in Jerusalem, which provides unconditional support for young women who are struggling. These are girls who might otherwise be roaming the streets, looking for a place to belong. This can often end very badly, as they spiral into bad crowds and street behaviors. […]
The #1 Secret for Good Crowdfunding
You’ve set up your campaign (optimally, we hope) and your Stripe account and you’re ready to accept donations for your campaign. Now comes the important part – sharing your campaign. Very few people visit thechesedfund.com just browsing for campaigns to donate to. Most people only come to the site because they received a link to a […]
Optimize Your Campaign For Success
Starting a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for yourself or someone else can be pretty daunting, especially if you’ve never done something like this before. It goes without saying that you want the campaign to be successful. In this article, we provide a few tips that you can use to optimize your campaign for success. […]