GoFundMe created 1.4M donation pages for nonprofits; organizations had no clue
10 hours ago
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- GoFundMe created nonprofit pages for 1.4 million organizations without their knowledge.
- Nonprofits can claim their pages to gain control over donor data and branding.
- GoFundMe's optional tipping feature ranges from 14.5% to 16.5%, in addition to transaction fees.
- Nonprofits are charged a 2.2% transaction fee plus $0.30 per donation.
- GoFundMe plans to improve communication with nonprofits in the future.
- Some nonprofits, like Dave Dornlas's, were unaware of their pages and struggled to contact GoFundMe.
- Pages can be unpublished by the organization if desired.