FreeFunder
FreeFunder is a web service for personal crowdfunding campaigns, including fundraisers for medical bills, funeral costs, and personal projects.
What FreeFunder is
FreeFunder is a web service for personal crowdfunding campaigns, including fundraisers for medical bills, funeral costs, and personal projects. Campaign owners start with a short form describing their fundraising goal and why they need funds. They can customize campaign pages with colors, formatted text, pictures, and tables, then share them or embed them on another website. Owners can add team members with read-only or read-write access, post updates, and email updates to followers. Keyword-based text-to-donate is available for offline events and promotions.
The Free personal crowdfunding plan is free, with no platform fee; FreeFunder says it relies on voluntary donations. Card donations through Stripe incur a 2.9% + $0.30 processing fee deducted from the donation. Venmo, PayPal, and Cash App gifts can be recorded on the fundraiser page and can avoid processing fees. Donations go to a separate Stripe account for the campaign owner or beneficiary, then to their bank account. Campaigns cannot offer rewards or investment opportunities.
Good
- No platform fee
- Customizable campaign pages
- Team access can be read-only or read-write
- Text-to-donate supports offline fundraising
Watch out
- Stripe card gifts incur a 2.9% + $0.30 fee
- Campaigns cannot offer rewards
- Campaigns cannot offer investments
Who it suits
It suits people raising money for personal causes and projects, including organizers who want to share updates or coordinate a team. It is not for campaigns offering rewards or investment opportunities.
Verdict
FreeFunder provides tools for creating, customizing, and sharing personal fundraisers without a platform fee. Campaign owners should account for Stripe's processing fee on card donations and the service's limits on campaign types.
Plans and prices
From FreeFunder's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free personal crowdfunding | Free | 0% platform fee · Stripe 2.9% + $0.30 per card donation · optional contributor donations · Venmo, PayPal or Cash App can avoid processing fees |
The facts
Each one read from FreeFunder's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Alternative payment methods
- Campaign owners can accept off-platform donations through Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App and have them recorded on their fundraiser page.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Campaign creation
- Fundraisers create a campaign by filling out a short form describing how much they want to raise and why they are seeking funds.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Campaign editor
- The editor supports color schemes, font sizes, bullet lists, pictures and tables.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Campaign pages
- Campaign owners can customize pages with color schemes, text formatting, pictures, and tables.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Email updates
- Owners can publish updates and email them to campaign followers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Embedded widgets
- A fundraiser can be embedded on another website with a few lines of code so visitors can view and donate without leaving that site.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Facebook-share donation
- FreeFunder says it can donate up to $70 to a fundraiser based on Facebook shares.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Goal policy
- Funds go to the beneficiary as donations arrive, and campaign owners keep what they raise even if the goal is not reached.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Gridinsoft assessment
- Gridinsoft gives freefunder.com a 79/100 trust score and reports positive feedback from 70 public reviews with no major malware or phishing detections.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Intended use and limits
- The service is designed for personal causes; campaigns cannot offer rewards or investment opportunities, and the company recommends it for goals where every dollar helps.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Legal name
- The official features page footer identifies the operator as FreeFunder LLC.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: card fees
- A Trustpilot reviewer specifically complained that users should be told up front about Stripe's roughly 3% processing charge.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Mobile support
- Fundraising pages are designed to work on mobile phones as well as desktop browsers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Notable update
- FreeFunder announced its off-platform Venmo, PayPal and Cash App payment feature in a blog post updated September 27, 2026.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Payment handling
- FreeFunder says donations go to the campaign owner’s or beneficiary’s separate Stripe account and then to their bank account.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Payment processing
- Stripe card donations are charged 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction, with the first bank transfer usually available five days after the first donation and rolling transfers afterward.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: ease of setup
- Trustpilot reviewers repeatedly describe campaign creation as easy, straightforward and user friendly.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: fee transparency
- Reviewers praise the absence of a platform cut and describe the Stripe charge as clearly disclosed and comparable with other services.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: support
- Trustpilot reviewers report quick, caring and helpful email support when they had questions or setup problems.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists FreeFunder as a 2–10 employee partnership in the fundraising industry.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Limit: small platform
- A Trustpilot reviewer characterized FreeFunder as a smaller platform, indicating less scale than major crowdfunding brands.checked 15 Oct 2026
- No platform fees
- The company says it does not charge platform fees and instead relies on voluntary donations.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Off-platform payments
- Campaigns can link Venmo, PayPal or Cash App so donors may avoid payment-processing fees while the contribution is recorded on the campaign page.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Platform fee
- The service says it charges fundraisers no platform fee and operates through voluntary donations.checked 15 Oct 2026
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