A graduation, an anniversary, a new baby, a milestone birthday. When there is one thing you would rather have help with than another gift, a private fund puts it in front of the people celebrating with you, with the date and the quote attached.
Free to create and free to send.
Every celebration on this page has a day it happens and one cost tied to it: a trip, a deposit, a hall, the furniture a nursery needs. Name that one thing, say when it is due, and attach what the vendor sent you.
Weddings and honeymoons have their own fund page.
Imani graduates in May and starts her first job in another city in June. Her fund names the deposit on the apartment, with the landlord's lease terms attached and the signing date on it. Tuition belongs with education costs; this is the celebration of finishing.
Their three children are sending Ruth and Walter back to the coast where they honeymooned. One of the children set up the fund with both their names on it, attached the booking confirmation, and gave the date the balance is due.
Hana and Omar are expecting in September and would rather have the crib and the car seat than more outfits. Their fund names those two pieces, with the store's quote and the due date. Ongoing costs such as daycare fit with childcare.
Frank's daughters booked the hall where his retirement party was held, for his seventieth in October. The fund names the hall, with its invoice attached and the date the deposit is due.
Is it in place of presents? Say that clearly on the request. The wording itself is covered in how to ask for money instead of gifts.
Only people with the link can open it, and you pick who receives it, by text or email.
| What you keep | The entire amount of every contribution. |
| When it arrives | Once your bank is connected, each contribution reaches it in 2-3 business days. |
| How you send it | By text or email, to the people you choose, with photos and a video if you want them to see the situation rather than just read about it. You decide who to send it to. It's never listed on A Better Gift, and it stays out of search results unless you choose to share it publicly. |
Lead with the quote, invoice or booking confirmation: the venue or vendor, the date, the amount due and any deposit already paid.
Describe the plan and the reason the day matters, with a photo or a short video if you like.
Anyone you send it to gives by card as a guest, without an account, and gets a receipt by email.
Stripe verifies the identity of whoever creates the request, and the payouts belong to that person, in an account they own. Once your bank is connected, each contribution reaches it in 2-3 business days, with no total to reach first, and giving carries on past the goal.
After the party, the trip or the homecoming, record a short video update. Everyone who chipped in receives it by email, together with anyone your first invitation reached by email.
Requests start at $500: a graduation trip, an anniversary getaway, the nursery's big pieces or a hall for the party, shared by the people celebrating with you.
"I am starting a fund for an occasion that matters to someone close to me, in place of gifts." A son, a friend or a grandparent can set it up with the guest of honor's name on it. Whoever sets it up is paid, so it suits the one paying the venue or the booking.
Nothing to create a request. Nothing to send it. And nothing comes out of what people give you: you receive the entire amount.
