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  • New student arriving in dorm room

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Why give?

  • A young woman with red hair sitting alone on concrete stairs, looking to the side with a pensive expression, wearing a plaid shirt, black pants, and sneakers, with a black bag placed beside her.

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    Financial aid rarely covers everything.

  • A young woman sitting cross-legged outdoors in autumn, smiling with eyes closed, hands in prayer position, wearing a denim jacket, dark hoodie, tan boots, and a beanie, surrounded by fallen leaves and trees.

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    Some students may need help paying for luggage for a study abroad program.

  • A young woman with shoulder-length black hair smiling and looking at the camera, in a setting with green plants in the background.

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    Another student may want their parents to fly to campus for parents’ day.

  • Young man with a backpack and rolling suitcase standing in front of a door in a dorm room with bunk beds and desks.

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    Others may need help buying a winter coat, comforter, or other dorm room essentials.

  • A laptop displaying a colorful graphic with the words "My Rich Aunt" and a graduation cap.

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    My Rich Aunt is building a website and app to connect individual donors like you directly to college and graduate students with immediate, unmet financial needs.

  • Happy woman sitting on a pink sofa with a laptop, raising her arms in celebration in a bright living room.

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    We hope you will join the My Rich Aunt family.

    Your generosity can provide students opportunities to fully embrace all aspects of college life with relief from financial insecurity.

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Why Use My Rich Aunt to Donate?

  • Direct Impact: The tool we’re building will give you the ability to have a direct impact on a student’s life.

  • Holistic Support: We help students cover anything from dorm room essentials to study abroad expenses that can help expand their educational horizons.

  • Empower Education: By removing financial roadblocks, you help students stay on track, complete their degrees, and fulfill their dreams.

  • Community-Driven: We’re building a network of support, fostering connections between those who can help and those who need it.

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Join the

My Rich Aunt Family!

We’re in the initial fundraising phase to develop and launch our peer-to-peer fundraising platform. Your early support is crucial to enable My Rich Aunt to prepare to launch a service that can have an impact students nationwide.

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