KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Nearly 40,000 individuals and organizations received support for tuition costs and repayment from GoFundMe fundraisers in 2024, the fundraising platform said.
- People have turned to crowdfunding as some federal student loan borrowers say their education wasn’t worth the burden that their debt causes them.
- While many fundraisers were started by the people with the need themselves, according to GoFundMe, others were launched by parent-teacher organizations, sports teams, clubs or other groups.
Thousands of Americans carrying student loan debt are turning to their communities for help footing the bills. In many cases, those communities are showing up.
Nearly 40,000 individuals and organizations got help funding tuition costs…
