Feenix

Feenix is a South African crowdfunding platform for university students to raise money for tuition and related education costs, connecting students with individual donors and organisational funders.

Key capabilities include:

• Student fundraising campaigns that let students share their funding need and accept donations toward university fees and education-related costs
• Multiple ways to fund, including support for individual students and a pooled fund option for contributors who want to donate more broadly
• Organisation-led bursary funding, allowing organisations to channel youth development and skills development bursary budgets through the platform
• Verification and disbursement support, with Feenix handling trusted processes and enabling funding confirmation letters for donors and support cases

Available on Web.

Target users include South African university students raising fees and funders (individuals and organisations) contributing to student education costs.

Notable in the South African context, the platform describes itself as a public benefit organisation established in response to the #FeesMustFall movement, with site terms indicating SARS public benefit organisation and section 18A approval under the South African Income Tax Act.