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CrowdFundEDU is a US-based private for-profit company founded in 2012 that provides a crowd funding website for education. People hold online fundraisers to get contributions for tuition, student loans,〔("Crowdfunding Tackles Student Debt Crisis" ), ''(ABC News )''〕 books and supplies, sports equipment, events and extracurricular activities. Student debt is recognized as a growing financial burden to young adults, but crowd funding brings an alternative to this form of lending and is considered by some to be one of the greatest financial creations of the digital age. Students and educators can fundraise for all levels and types of education, not just college and university, but also vocational school, grades K-12 and for a career training seminar.〔(CrowdFundEDU - About )〕 People can fundraise for individual needs or for school fundraising. It has been described as the “Kickstarter for education”.〔("Crowdfunding Brings Relief to Student Debt Burden" )〕 Many of the fundraisers on the site seems to be focused on college students hoping to raise funds to pay tuition or student loans, but there are also online K-12 school fundraisers, teachers raising funds for classroom expenses, as well as people crowdfunding for e-learning platforms and elementary-age children. == Concept == CrowdFundEDU provides users with a platform to create a fundraising page, offer rewards for different contribution levels, and share their fundraiser through social media. There are many other crowd funding sites, but CrowdFundEDU is a niche site that focuses on education.〔("HotSpot 3 – Donald Trump and Dollar Bills: Crowdfunding for the Masses" ), ''(Civic Paths, University of Southern California )'', accessed June 02, 2013.〕 CrowdFundEDU seeks to broaden the scope of educational fundraising from the local community to the global population through the use of people's social networks of family, friends, co-workers and colleagues, who can help further spread the word through their own extended networks. Success in funding is largely contributed to the fact that it is easier for many contributors to donate a smaller quantity of money than for a single person to donate a large sum of money. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CrowdFundEDU」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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