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Your phone is a donation jar
not a donation jar.

FundRaze quietly sends political fundraising and campaign spam texts to Junk, so the only messages left are from people who actually know your name.

Coming soon on theApp Store

For iPhone ยท No account ยท No ads

Sound familiar?

Real-ish texts, lovingly paraphrased. FundRaze is built to send texts like these straight to Junk.

๐Ÿšจ FINAL NOTICE: Our 47th final deadline of the month ends at MIDNIGHT
Your 900% MATCH is EXPIRING. A generous donor we can't name will match it. Probably.
We've texted you 6 times. Are you ok?? Chip in $5 to let us know you're alive.
OFFICIAL POLL: Do you like democracy? Reply Y to donate. Reply N to also donate.
It's me. Yes, me. The candidate. Personally. From this number. Rush $15.

Red, blue, purple, plaid: FundRaze has no favorites. Chip in? Chip out.

How it works

Three steps, about thirty seconds, and a lot fewer "URGENT" texts.

Install FundRaze

Download it from the App Store. No sign-up, no account, no "chip in to continue."

Turn it on

Settings โ†’ Apps โ†’ Messages โ†’ Unknown & Spam โ†’ choose FundRaze.

Enjoy the quiet

Fundraising pleas, fake polls and "matching" deadlines from unknown numbers go to Junk. Nothing is ever deleted.

Private by design

Your texts never leave your phone. FundRaze checks messages right on your iPhone. It has no server to send them to, no account, no ads and no trackers.

Only strangers get screened. iOS only shows FundRaze texts from numbers that aren't in your contacts. Mom's "call me" is safe. So is your group chat's 400-message argument.

Something good landed in Junk? It's still there. Add a "safe word" in the app and texts like it will get through (unless they also contain one of your blocked words).

Aerial view of Chicago's Lake Shore Drive, lakefront and skyline at sunrise

Why we made it

FundRaze was founded by a proud University of Chicago alum, and we build apps to make people's lives just a little bit better.

It started the way a lot of good ideas do: with a phone buzzing before breakfast, asking for $15 before a deadline that apparently happens every eleven minutes. We weren't interested in a filter that picks sides. We just wanted our texts back.

So we built one that politely shows campaigns, PACs and "official polls" the door, without reading a single message anywhere but on your phone.

Made in Chicago ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Say hi

Questions, feedback, or a fundraising text so wild you need to share it? We'd love to hear from you.