The GGF buys gift cards from local merchants and from RaiseRight, Inc. (formerly the Great Lakes Scrip Center) at a negotiated price that is a little less than the face value of the gift cards themselves. The GGF then resells those gift cards to the public at their full face value. The difference, or profit if we were a business, what we call the rebate, is what funds the tuition assistance for the students who have registered to participate in the Fund.