ABC7 San Francisco

GoFundMe takes responsibility for creating pages without nonprofits' consent: 'We're very sorry'

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- GoFundMe is apologizing and taking action following a 7 On Your Side story that revealed a new product the company launched, aimed to solicit donations for nonprofits.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Backlash Grows as Charities Say GoFundMe’s Donation Pages Create Chaos

Update: GoFundMe has reversed course on its nonprofit pages, which it had automatically created and published online for 1.4 million charities. The old policy required nonprofits to claim the GoFundMe ...
Yahoo

Gen Z is giving back — despite not having deep pockets. Why young people are driving donations to GoFundMe.

Gen Z’s “superpower” is social sharing, and it’s using it to drive donations to GoFundMe. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) Thirteen-year-old Kya Foss wanted to raise money for ...
ABC7 San Francisco

GoFundMe created 1.4M donation pages for nonprofits; some Bay Area organizations had no clue

SAN BRUNO, Calif. (KGO) -- A new product from GoFundMe is intended to solicit donations for nonprofit organizations. But in one local case, several organizations had no clue these pages even exist.