If you'd prefer a more positive approach to fundraising, here's another post to highlight a specific project, one of many that are asking for funding to meet depressingly basic needs. In this case, the proposal is titled "Weighing In", which is pretty accurate:
Our 7th & 8th graders from our classes in Buffalo, NY are in need of scales to develop their measurement skills in science.
My project needs 3 Triple Beam Balances.
This is a high-poverty district (80% qualify for free lunch), and they're looking for $420 to buy scales for a science lab. You wouldn't think they'd need to go begging for something that basic, but that's where things are these days.
They're $292 short of the goal. If you're interested in supporting really basic science education, think about sending them some money. Or choose one of the many other fine proposals in my challenge entry.
Government surplus.
sciplus.com, etc.
Mechanical postal scales.
Do you want product or do you want process? A highly ranked university went to electronic thermometers ostensibly to avoid mercury hazards. In truth, its average undergrad could not make sense of analog scales.
Rather than foster brilliance, we allocate for its suppression. Charity for the undeserving!