About FundingChances
If you have any questions, please email us at FundingChances@gmail.com
What is FundingChances?
FundingChances allows friends and family to raise money directly for loved ones when they need it most. The free online fundraising pages can be set up in minutes to be instantly shared, creating a viral community of support.
Our Story
Our venture started a week before Christmas, 2011 when a fire destroyed our family’s home and everything we owned. As the fire burned, the last thing on our minds was our financial situation. After all we had two young kids to keep safe. After our three a.m. trip to the drug store we realized for the first time that everything we needed was gone. Impossible, I thought. With no insurance, it was sad how desperately we needed funds just to feed and clothe our two young children.
We were given a second chance when my brother set up an online fundraising page for family and friends to donate to our cause. He started raising money immediately. We could not believe how successful the fundraising was. Within hours we were up to $2000, within days $10,000 and after 2 weeks we raised over $23,000! Over 30,000 people viewed and shared our story. We were on our way back to rebuilding our lives. We had a roof over our heads and more support than we ever expected. With so many people wanting to help, there was no common ground available for people to donate specifically to families in need. We want a place tailored to the needs of tragedy victims. I am very blessed to have a brother who owns a multimedia company. With his best friend from kindergarten, we created the website that you are viewing right now.
We were so inspired to give families like us a second chance that we saved our money over the next few months to make this website! We created a world where everyone deserving can instantly fundraise online. We decided to make the theme for this website; "Second Chances." We are extremely passionate about second chances and we are thankful you are too. We know that everyone deserves one.
FundingChances.com was born 10/31/2012!
(Addendum)12/05/12
Unfortunately, we intended this site to be 100% fee free(excluding the Paypal fee), but as the site became functional we learned that the blueprint we used to create the site would not allow for this to function properly. This was something that we did not foresee and are currently addressing it. Until then, we have lowered the fee to the minimal as possible at 1%. We apologize for this inconvenience! Our intentions are not to mislead in any way and feel that our original intentions for this site are still relevant.
Thank you for your understanding,
James Compton, Brittany Compton, Jordan Long, Nick Gilboy
If you have any questions, please email us at FundingChances@gmail.com