Thinking about donating to someone on the http://www.studentloanlist.com?   Are you looking for a place to donate where you know the money you send goes for the cause you want ? Well, here it is !!!  If you make a donation to someone on the list and pay by credit card, 94% of your donation will be applied to the students school loan debt. 6% is held back for pay pal processing fees and bookkeeping expenses. If you make a donation by check —-thats even better !  100% of your donation will be sent to pay on  the students school loan debt.

So please consider the StudentLoanList when you think about holiday giving.  Choose a student from the school, career or state of your choice. Every little bit helps !

Show your support for the StudentLoanList ! Donations are always welcome to help with operating expenses. It’s simple to donate – just click on the DONATE button. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. While our operating expenses are minimal, they do add up over time. Thank you!

Every year around the holidays I get e mails with numbers and statistics showing how non profit agencies are using donated funds to pay for thousands or in some cases hundreds of thousands of dollars for salaries, operating costs, advertising and other things. The point being that you may think you are donating a certain dollar amount toward a certain cause, and only a small amount of your money is used for the purpose intended.
Not so at www.StudentLoanList.com
The owner/manager makes no salary.
Donations for registered students made by check have nothing subtracted for operating costs! Yes, that’s right 100% of your donation will go toward the students debt. Donations made by credit card will have 6% subtracted and the balance will go toward the students debt. The 6% is to cover credit card processing fees and bookkeeping expenses.
So please consider the StudentLoanList when you think about holiday giving. The future leaders of our country are saddled with massive student loan debt and they need help.

If you would like to make a donation toward the operating expenses of the StudentLoanList, please click on the PayPal button. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. While our operating expenses are minimal they do add up over time. Thank you.

Today a lucky student was selected to receive a donation !   We have noticed an increase of visitors to the website looking at the donors pages, and we are so happy about that !  We appreciate all  donors and donations !!

The average student loan debt in the United States is $25000-$27000 (depending on what source you use)  but the average debt of the individuals on the StudentLoanList is $68,000.  Yes, $68,000. Our students are hurting and they need assistance and they are grateful for every single donation.

Filling out a FAFSA ( application for financial assistance )  is a routine part of applying for college these days. It is so expensive to go to school that without getting loans, most students couldn’t afford to go.

Congratulations to the student receiving the donation today!

We hope that the StudentLoanList will grow to be the biggest and best site for students to ask for help with their student loan debt, and every donation helps !  Please donate what you can, and pass the word on about the website to any potential donors that you know !

UPDATE  5/23/2012 10:34PM

Today someone registered on the StudentLoanList with $239,788.  in student loan debt. This raises the average debt of individuals registered on the website to $87,269.  Thats more than 3 x the average student loan debt.

If you would like to make a donation toward the operating expenses of the StudentLoanList, please click on the DONATE  button. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. While our operating expenses are minimal, they do add up over time. Thank you.

It is smart to evaluate an organization before making a donation via the internet, or any other place. Many savvy internet users check out charities on a website called charitynavigator.org . It’s a smart thing to do.  Is the StudentLoanList on charitynavigator ?  No, because the StudentLoanList is not registered as a 501(c)  a non profit organization.

Monies recieved via the StudentLoanList will go directly to make a payment on one of our registered students student loan accounts. We do subtract a very small handling fee for credit card transactions, which the students pay. Donations made by check do not incur a handling fee at all and 100% of the money will be paid to the student loan account.

Donors may have questions about the StudentLoanList, and using some information on how to evaluate a charity - borrowed from charitynavigator- here are some questions and answers.

What are the program expenses ? In other words – how much of the donation actually goes to the intended cause ?  If paid by credit card 94%,  if paid by check 100%.

What is the executive pay?  So far nothing !  At some point pay for office staff will come from the $10. sign up fee paid by the students and whatever portion of the 6% credit card processing fee is left after pay pal takes it cut.

Is the program you are supporting with your donations growing?  Yes, it is

Is the website accountable and transparent ? Yes. Donations are listed on the expanded profiles of the students, and the manager/owner of the StudentLoanList is easy to contact.

Donor Privacy - Is there a donor privacy policy ?   Yes, there is a privacy policy in place.

Is there a demand for the services ?  Yes. There are 37 million student loan borrowers and 27%  are in a past due status. Student loan debt in the United States exceeds credit card debt and over a trillion dollars  is owed on student loans.

If you would like to make a donation toward the operating expenses of the StudentLoanList, please click on the PayPal button. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. While our operating expenses are minimal, they do add up over time. Thank you.

With student loan debt over a trillion dollars, this situation is no laughing matter. It is downright scary. But just for now, here are some funny graduation quotes that I found on another website.

I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I’d be a college graduate today.             George Foreman

Your families are extremely proud of you. You can’t imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money.     Gary Bolding

People will frighten you about a graduation…They use words you don’t hear often… “And we wish you Godspeed.” It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.       Bill Cosby

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.  Garry Trudeau

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.  Doug Larson

If you feel that you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you.     Robert Goheen

Of course there’s a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don’t take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.  Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell

To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.  George W. Bush

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.   Theodore Roosevelt

Show your support for the StudentLoanList ! Donations are always welcome to help with the operating expenses. It’s simple to donate – just click on the DONATE button. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. While our operating expenses are minimal, they do add up over time. Thank you!

You can use StudentLoanList to obtain donations from parents, family and others ! The StudentLoanList is designed to give our registered users privacy and anonymity. However, if you are not shy about friends and loved ones knowing about your massive student loan debt, then tell your parents, grandparents or perhaps that rich uncle – or anyone else that has extra money – that you are registered on www.studentloanlist.com. Tell them that you would love for them to make a donation toward your student loan debt. You can tell them that the website is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week !

Show your support for the StudentLoanList ! Donations are always welcome to help with the operating expenses. It’s simple to donate – just click on the DONATE button. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. While our operating expenses are minimal, they do add up over time. Thank you!

StudentLoanList is now on YouTube and we have already posted 3 videos that you might enjoy watching. Each video has information about the nationwide problem of student loan debt.

Show your support for the StudentLoanList ! Donations are always welcome to help with the operating expenses. It’s simple to donate – just click on the DONATE button. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. While our operating expenses are minimal, they do add up over time. Thank you!