Get help with bills and expenses from people who care
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A Better Gift®
You Receive 100%
A Private Request Network™ is just your own private circle — the people who already know you. Always free to use.
Choose a category, add the amount, and snap a photo of your bill so your people can see it's real. It stays private the whole way.
Send it to family and close friends the easy way — by text or email. Only the people you send it to can see it.
When someone chooses to help, their gift goes straight into your bank account — and you keep all of it.
A private, dignified way to get help with real financial needs
Those are great for splitting a $30 dinner. We're for $500+ expenses that impact your life.
No public posts, no strangers, no crisis appeals. Just private help from the people who already know you.
Meaningful contributions ($100+) from people who care, deposited directly to your bank account.
Transparent pricing. Faster payouts. You keep more.
Real verification and real privacy — for you and the people who help you
Meaningful contributions for real financial needs
Update your amount anytime as your needs change
Your money goes straight to your bank in 2-3 business days
Bank-level encryption, Stripe-secured payments, and your data is never sold. Your request stays private unless you choose to share it publicly.
Stripe verifies your identity — name, date of birth, address and the last 4 of your SSN — before any payout
Yes! Creating an account and requests is completely free. You receive 100% of every contribution. The contributor pays a 6.9% service fee at checkout, on top of their contribution. Contributions go directly to your bank account.
Contributions are deposited directly to your linked bank account. Standard deposits arrive in 2-3 business days to your linked bank account or debit card.
A Better Gift is designed for meaningful financial needs like medical bills, car repairs, home expenses, groceries, utilities, and other significant expenses. Funds go directly to your bank account so you can use them however you need.
Yes. A Better Gift is a Private Request Network — your request is private by default, public only if you choose — not indexed, and never listed in any directory.
Yes. We use bank-level encryption and secure payment processing through Stripe. Your financial information is never stored on our servers and all data is encrypted in transit.
Requests stay active for 30 days. You can create a new request anytime if you still need support. You can also update your amount anytime as your needs change.
Whatever you're facing, A Better Gift makes it easy to receive support from the people who care about you. Explore how it works for your specific situation below.
Public crowdfunding isn't the only option. When the support you need is from people who already care about you, a private request is faster, simpler, and keeps your situation off the internet. Here's how A Better Gift compares for common needs.
Private rent fundraising — no public campaigns, no strangers, just your people.
Keep medical expenses private while still getting help from your people.
A faster path to the repair bill without a public campaign page.
Receive support for memorial and end-of-life costs with dignity and privacy.
Private fundraising for emergency vet care and ongoing pet expenses.
Understand how private fundraising works, how it compares to asking in person, and why families and friends are the most reliable source of real financial support.
A complete walkthrough of creating a request, sharing it by text or email, and receiving contributions directly to your bank account in 2-3 business days.
How private requests differ from public crowdfunding — and why privacy matters when the help you need is from people who already know you.
All the ways A Better Gift works for real life expenses — medical, housing, car, moving, education, and everything in between.
The story behind why we built a private alternative to public crowdfunding — and what makes it fundamentally different.
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