<prompt> Human: She has been incredibly excited about studying abroad in Europe, but recently found she will not receive financial aid if she goes on the trip. I feel horrible for her and want to make it happen... I have used Fundrazr.com for little things for causes before, but I was wondering if it would be possible to fund something so large for her? It would need to raise about 10,000 most likely... Thanks for your advice, I want to at least pursue some ideas I have before letting her give up on going on the trip.  <response>: If you thought this appeal might be of interest to complete strangers, then a fundraising platform gives a way to reach out, but Im having a hard time believing that random strangers would rather fund a gf study abroad than any of the other heartbreaking stories on their site.And its quite expensive:Recipients pay 5 FundRazr fee PayPal feeThe PayPal fee is typically 2.2 30 per transaction or equivalent in the recipients choice of currency.So somewhat over 7 goes to the platform. If you just raise the money locally or with people you know or contact directly, then you keep 100. When we did fundraising for school trips, selling something, local presence and events were the biggest money raisers. 