GiveSendGo

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The website was founded in 2014 to fundraise "for missionary trips, medical expenses for needy families, and other charitable causes",{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/6150317/givesendgo-trucker-convoy-canada-profits/ |magazine=Time |access-date=23 September 2023 |title=Crowdfunding Site for Right-Wing Causes Generates Windfall |date=March 4, 2022 |first1=Vera |last1=Bergengruen |first2=Chris |last2=Wilson |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127171241/https://time.com/6150317/givesendgo-trucker-convoy-canada-profits/ |url-status=live }} and because the founders perceived GoFundMe to have an anti-Christian bias.

GoFundMe, a major crowdfunding platform, prohibits in its terms of service any "campaigns that raise money to cover the legal defense of anyone formally charged with an alleged violent crime"{{cite web |url=https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/02/22/prosecutor-arizona-border-rancher-shot-unarmed-men-1-died/ |first=Anita |last=Snow |agency=Associated Press |title=Prosecutor: Arizona border rancher shot unarmed men, 1 died |work=Arizona Capitol Times |date=22 February 2023 |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502111413/https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/02/22/prosecutor-arizona-border-rancher-shot-unarmed-men-1-died/ |url-status=live }} as well as campaigns promoting hate and intolerance.{{cite web |first1=Sarah |last1=Hauer |first2=Natalie |last2=Brophy |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/08/27/kyle-rittenhouse-defended-fightback-foundation-kenosha-shooting-l-lin-wood-raising-money-gofundme/5650147002/ |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=27 August 2020 |title=A Texas legal foundation is planning to help defend Kyle Rittenhouse and will accept donations after GoFundMe took down fundraisers |access-date=2 May 2024 |quote=GoFundMe forbids people from using the platform to raise money for 'the implicit or explicit purpose of or involving for the legal defense of alleged crimes associated with hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance of any kind relating to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, serious disabilities or diseases, financial crimes or crimes of deception,' according to the terms of service. |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502111413/https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/08/27/kyle-rittenhouse-defended-fightback-foundation-kenosha-shooting-l-lin-wood-raising-money-gofundme/5650147002/ |url-status=live }} GiveSendGo first rose to prominence after it allowed several campaigns to fundraise that GoFundMe had previously removed, in particular for Kyle Rittenhouse, rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6,{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-fundraisers-fines-clawback-justice-department-3490da93a6bea505e76bd249eeab72ba |title=Jan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the US is coming after their haul |work=Associated Press |first=Michael |last=Kunzelman |access-date=23 September 2023 |date=May 28, 2023 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001065434/https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-fundraisers-fines-clawback-justice-department-3490da93a6bea505e76bd249eeab72ba |url-status=live }} and the Canada convoy protest.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Jason |date=2021-04-10 |title=Proud Boys and other far-right groups raise millions via Christian funding site |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/10/proud-boys-far-right-givesendgo-christian-fundraising-site |access-date=2022-02-21 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712122317/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/10/proud-boys-far-right-givesendgo-christian-fundraising-site |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/a-place-to-fund-hope-how-proud-boys-and-other-fringe-groups-found-refuge-on-a-christian-fundraising-website/2021/01/18/14a536ee-574b-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html |title='A place to fund hope': How Proud Boys and other fringe groups found refuge on a Christian fundraising website |first1=Amy |last1=Brittain |first2=David |last2=Willman |date=January 18, 2021 |access-date=18 January 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824021609/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/a-place-to-fund-hope-how-proud-boys-and-other-fringe-groups-found-refuge-on-a-christian-fundraising-website/2021/01/18/14a536ee-574b-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html |url-status=live }}

GiveSendGo's founders have described it as a fundraising platform that values freedom and rejects censorship, stating that platforms should not restrict legal activities.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-30/submissions-to-government-s-right-wing-extremism-inquiry/103686152 |title=Crowdfunding website defends hosting 'whites-only' farming community fundraiser |newspaper=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |first=Hannah |last=Murphy |date=29 April 2024 |access-date=2 May 2024 }} The founders have stated "that the danger of the suppression of speech is much more dangerous than the speech itself"{{cite magazine |last=Dickinson |first=Tim |date=August 22, 2023 |title=A Christian Crowdfunding Site Has a White-Power Problem |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/christian-crowdfunding-givesendgo-white-power-problem-1234809799/ |access-date=23 September 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920161537/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/christian-crowdfunding-givesendgo-white-power-problem-1234809799/ |url-status=live }} and emphasized the importance of the presumption of innocence for those accused of crimes and the ability to fundraise for a legal defense.

In January 2022, the British anti-disinformation organization Logically reported that GiveSendGo was the hub for a far-right funding network that included QAnon supporters, anti-vaccine activists and the far-right group Project Veritas.{{Cite web |last=Denkinson |first=Katherine |date=January 28, 2022 |title=GiveSendGo: Christ, Cash, and Conspiracy Theories |url=https://www.logically.ai/articles/givesendgo-christ-cash-and-conspiracy-theories |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130002954/https://www.logically.ai/articles/givesendgo-christ-cash-and-conspiracy-theories |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Logically |language=en}}

A January 2023 report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) stated that GiveSendGo had hosted 230 fundraising campaigns tied to extremist groups and causes.{{cite news |last=Bergengruen |first=Vera |date=January 31, 2023 |title=How Extremists Raised More than $6 Million On Crowdfunding Sites |url=https://time.com/6251612/extremism-crowdfunding-report/ |access-date=23 September 2023 |magazine=Time |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930132501/https://time.com/6251612/extremism-crowdfunding-report/ |url-status=live }} The ADL described GiveSendGo as "a singularly important part of the extremist fundraising ecosystem" that enabled extremist groups to raise $5.4 million since 2016.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/31/givesendgo-gofundme-helped-extremists-raise-millions/11134907002/ |title=Exclusive: Extremists raised $6.2 million on crowdfunding websites in 'heyday' of financing |first1=Will |last1=Carless |first2=Jessica |last2=Guynn |work=USA Today |access-date=7 December 2023 |date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207181138/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/31/givesendgo-gofundme-helped-extremists-raise-millions/11134907002/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=ADL Crowdfunding Report: How Bigots and Extremists Collect and Use Millions in Online Donations |url=https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023-01/ADL%20Extremist%20Crowdfunding%20Report%20FINAL.pdf |work=Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism |date=January 2023 |access-date=7 December 2023 |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207182106/https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023-01/ADL%20Extremist%20Crowdfunding%20Report%20FINAL.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2023/02/23/democrats-congress-extremists-crowfunding-letter/11314498002/ |date=February 23, 2023 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |first1=Jessica |last1=Guynn |first2=Will |last2=Carless |work=USA Today |title=What is Treasury Department doing to stop extremists from crowdfunding? Democrats ask Yellen |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712122318/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2023/02/23/democrats-congress-extremists-crowfunding-letter/11314498002/ |url-status=live }}

Critics have labeled GiveSendGo as "alt-tech".{{Cite web |last=Dalton |first=Ben |date=May 17, 2022 |title=The Evolution of the Tech and Fundraising Platforms for Extremists Kicked Off the Regular Internet |url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/05/alt-tech-internet-extremists-financial-ecosystem.html |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=Slate |language=en |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130010016/https://slate.com/technology/2022/05/alt-tech-internet-extremists-financial-ecosystem.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Yang |first=Yunkang |date=October 14, 2022 |title=Alex Jones' lawsuit losses are not enough |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/alex-jones-getting-sued-lawsuits-are-not-enough-rcna52179 |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=NBC News |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311224029/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/alex-jones-getting-sued-lawsuits-are-not-enough-rcna52179 |url-status=live }}

GiveSendGo has been hacked several times.{{cite web | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/givesendgo-donor-list-hacker-leak/ | title=Hackers Leak Entire Donor History of Every Campaign on This Christian Crowdfunding Site | date=February 16, 2022 | access-date=22 July 2024 | author=Gilbert, David}}

In April 2021, internal company data was leaked to Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), which made donor information from GiveSendGo available to journalists and researchers. The information identified previously anonymous high-dollar donors to far-right actors including members of the Proud Boys, many of whose fundraising efforts were directly related to the 2021 United States Capitol attack. The platform had previously been criticized for its refusal to restrict use by far-right extremists.{{Cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Brenna |last2=Guynn |first2=Jessica |last3=Carless |first3=Will |date=March 28, 2021 |title=Insurrection fundraiser: Capitol riot extremists, Trump supporters raise money for lawyer bills online |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/03/28/online-trump-supporters-insurrection-raise-money-lawyers-legal-fees/4751712001/ |access-date=April 11, 2021 |website=USA Today |language=en-US |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410143214/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/03/28/online-trump-supporters-insurrection-raise-money-lawyers-legal-fees/4751712001/ |url-status=live }} The leaks also revealed that police officers and public officials in the United States had donated to Kyle Rittenhouse.{{Cite news |first1=Jason |last1=Wilson |date=April 16, 2021 |title=US police and public officials donated to Kyle Rittenhouse, data breach reveals |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/16/us-police-officers-public-officials-crowdfunding-website-data-breach |access-date=April 24, 2021 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712122318/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/16/us-police-officers-public-officials-crowdfunding-website-data-breach |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Vigdor |first=Neil |date=April 22, 2021 |title=Officer Who Gave $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse's Defense Is Fired |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/norfolk-police-kyle-rittenhouse-donation.html |access-date=April 24, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424013535/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/norfolk-police-kyle-rittenhouse-donation.html |url-status=live }} In May 2021, USA Today used the GiveSendGo data to report that nearly $100,000 was raised for the Proud Boys on GiveSendGo from people of Chinese descent in the days before the 2021 Capitol attack.{{Cite web |last=Carless |first=Will |date=May 4, 2021 |title=Proud Boys saw wave of contributions from Chinese diaspora before Capitol attack |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/04/proud-boys-chinese-americans-community-support-donations/7343111002/ |access-date=May 6, 2021 |website=USA Today |language=en-US |archive-date=January 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105143910/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/04/proud-boys-chinese-americans-community-support-donations/7343111002/ |url-status=live }} The following month, they used the data to report that a member of the Koch family had anonymously donated to a crowdfunding campaign supporting 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Brenna |date=June 4, 2021 |title=GiveSendGo data: Koch family member donated to crowdfunding campaign claiming election fraud |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/06/04/givesendgo-data-bill-kochs-wife-bridget-gave-campaign-claiming-voter-fraud/7534360002/ |access-date=18 January 2024 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616200504/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/06/04/givesendgo-data-bill-kochs-wife-bridget-gave-campaign-claiming-voter-fraud/7534360002/ |url-status=live }}

In February 2022, after many anonymous donors supported the 2022 Freedom Convoy, DDoSecrets began providing journalists and researchers with a hacked list of donors' personal information from GiveSendGo. Later that month, GiveSendGo was hacked again, exposing donors for every campaign in the site's history, which DDoSecrets gave to journalists and researchers.

A report by TechCrunch on February 8, 2022, noted that a security lapse had exposed the personal information of donors.{{Cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Zack |date=February 8, 2022 |title=Donation site for Ottawa truckers' 'Freedom Convoy' protest exposed donors' data |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/08/ottawa-trucker-freedom-convoy-exposed-donation/ |access-date=February 14, 2022 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US }}{{cite news |last=Faife |first=Corin |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/14/22933772/givesendgo-funding-freedom-convoy-hacked-donor-leaked |title=Funding site linked to Canadian trucker protest hacked, donor info leaked online |work=The Verge |date=February 14, 2022 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216065338/https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/14/22933772/givesendgo-funding-freedom-convoy-hacked-donor-leaked |url-status=live }}

On the early morning of February 11, 2022, the GiveSendGo website was hacked and redirected to givesendgone.wtf, which displayed a message condemning the website, the Freedom Convoy, and their sympathizers as a threat to democracy. A video from the Disney film Frozen II was set as a backdrop to the statement calling the donors and protesters "hatriots", "grifters", and "assholes" and focusing on scenarios of domestic or foreign influenced insurgencies disguised as protests.{{cite news |last1=Gregg |first1=Aaron |title=Crowdfunding site for Canadian 'Freedom Convoy' disabled in possible hack |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/02/14/givesendgo-freedom-convoy-hack/ |date=February 14, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=February 15, 2022}}

A link to a .csv file, allegedly containing names of Freedom Convoy donors, was also posted. Shortly after the hack was noticed and began trending on the social media, the website domain was restored. The GiveSendGo website was not operational as of February 14, instead, displaying the message "Application is under maintenance we will be back very soon."

A data breach on February 13, 2022, was reported by Vice News.{{cite news |first=David |last=Gilbert |date=February 14, 2022 |title=Hackers Just Leaked the Names of 92,000 'Freedom Convoy' Donors |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/freedom-convoy-givesendgo-donors-leaked/ |website=Vice News |access-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214144443/https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7wpax/freedom-convoy-givesendgo-donors-leaked |url-status=live }} The breach revealed the personal details of 92,845 donors to the Freedom Convoy fundraising campaign, including a $90,000 donation by American software billionaire Thomas Siebel. Of the 92,845 donations, 55.7% of donors were from the United States, and 39% from Canada. Some of the American donors' names correspond to the names of donors to Donald Trump's campaigns.{{cite news |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Thompson |first2=Roberto |last2=Rocha |first3=Albert |last3=Leung |date=February 14, 2022 |title=Hacked convoy data shows more than half of donations came from U.S. |work=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |location=Toronto |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/convoy-protest-donations-data-1.6351292 |access-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214211051/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/convoy-protest-donations-data-1.6351292 |url-status=live }} Some members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were revealed to have donated to the convoy on GiveSendGo, prompting the OPP to launch an internal conduct investigation.{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Hannah |date=February 22, 2022 |title=OPP launches internal conduct investigation after members appear to have donated to convoy |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8638298/opp-launches-internal-conduct-investigation-freedom-convoy/ |access-date=February 24, 2022 |website=Global News |language=en-US |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224021029/https://globalnews.ca/news/8638298/opp-launches-internal-conduct-investigation-freedom-convoy/ |url-status=live }}

A data breach on February 15, 2022, was reported by The Daily Dot.{{Cite web |first=Mikael |last=Thalen |date=February 15, 2022 |title=Donation site used by Freedom Convoy suffers 3rd data leak in two weeks |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/givesendgo-trucker-convoy-hack-leak/ |access-date=March 5, 2022 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US |archive-date=March 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305001125/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/givesendgo-trucker-convoy-hack-leak/ |url-status=live }} The data included a full database dump, source code for their Bitbucket repo, information from their customer service systems and some credit card information. The Daily Dot claimed GiveSendGo had been warned about the vulnerability in 2018. Several of the donors reported harassment and professional consequences after their names were published online.{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/shutting-down-support-for-the-truckers-donors-harassment-canada-justin-trudeau-11645054790 |title=Opinion | Shutting Down Support for the Truckers |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=February 16, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2024 |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024145329/https://www.wsj.com/articles/shutting-down-support-for-the-truckers-donors-harassment-canada-justin-trudeau-11645054790 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Angelica |last=Stabile |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/canceled-in-the-usa-dan-bongino-spotlights-americans-dropped-by-woke-culture |title='Canceled in the USA': Dan Bongino spotlights Americans dropped by woke culture |website=Fox News |access-date=February 11, 2024 |date=February 7, 2022 |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128231203/https://www.foxnews.com/media/canceled-in-the-usa-dan-bongino-spotlights-americans-dropped-by-woke-culture |url-status=live }}

On February 24, 2022, another data breach was reported by The Daily Dot.{{Cite web |first=Mikael |last=Thalen |date=February 24, 2022 |title=GiveSendGo hit with yet another data breach as more donors' personal info exposed |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hackers-givesendgo-freedom-convoy-new-leak/ |access-date=March 5, 2022 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US |archive-date=March 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305235830/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hackers-givesendgo-freedom-convoy-new-leak/ |url-status=live }} The data included more information on donors to the Freedom Convoy fundraiser.

A GiveSendGo campaign for Kyle Rittenhouse raised over $250,000,{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2020/08/30/christian-fundraising-site-has-raised-over-250000-for-accused-kenosha-shooter-kyle-rittenhouse_partner/ |title=Christian fundraising site has raised over $250,000 for accused Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse |last=Bogggioni |first=Tom |work=Salon.com |date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=2022-02-13 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213130208/https://www.salon.com/2020/08/30/christian-fundraising-site-has-raised-over-250000-for-accused-kenosha-shooter-kyle-rittenhouse_partner/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://religionnews.com/2020/08/31/kyle-rittenhouse-give-send-go-defends-decision-to-host-christian-crowdfunding-campaign/ |title=Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo defends decision to host campaign for Kyle Rittenhouse |last=Stone |first=Roxanne |date=August 31, 2020 |work=Religion News Service |access-date=2022-02-13 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213130208/https://religionnews.com/2020/08/31/kyle-rittenhouse-give-send-go-defends-decision-to-host-christian-crowdfunding-campaign/ |url-status=live }} while similar campaigns on GoFundMe were removed.{{cite web |url=https://www.insider.com/gofundme-explains-why-it-removed-kyle-rittenhouse-legal-fees-fundraisers-2021-11 |first=Rebecca |last=Cohen |date=November 19, 2021 |access-date=23 September 2023 |title=GoFundMe explains why it removed fundraisers for Kyle Rittenhouse's legal fees |website=Insider.com |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712122319/https://www.businessinsider.com/gofundme-explains-why-it-removed-kyle-rittenhouse-legal-fees-fundraisers-2021-11 |url-status=live }} In response, Discover blocked transactions toward GiveSendGo.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/discover-blocks-donations-to-site-raising-money-for-kyle-rittenhouse-defense |title=Discover blocks donations to site raising money for Kyle Rittenhouse defense |last=Martin |first=Ken |date=September 4, 2020 |work=Fox Business |access-date=2022-02-13 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213154656/https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/discover-blocks-donations-to-site-raising-money-for-kyle-rittenhouse-defense |url-status=live }} It was the Kyle Rittenhouse campaign that is cited as the event that gave GiveSendGo its reputation as a refuge for campaigns too controversial for other crowdfunding sites.{{cite web |last1=Sommer |first1=Will |date=2020-12-11 |title=How a Christian Crowdfunding Site Became the Go-to Page for Trumpist Rage |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-christian-crowdfunding-site-givesendgo-became-the-go-to-site-for-trumpist-rage |access-date=13 February 2022 |work=The Daily Beast |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213152209/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-christian-crowdfunding-site-givesendgo-became-the-go-to-site-for-trumpist-rage |url-status=live }} The leak published by DDoSecrets also revealed that police officers and public officials in the United States had donated to Rittenhouse.

Daniel Penny, a US Marine Corps veteran charged in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, raised more than 2.9 million dollars.{{cite web |title=Crowdfund gives Daniel Penny millions for legal defense in alleged killing of homeless man Jordan Neely |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/crowdfund-daniel-penny-millions-legal-defense-alleged-killing/story?id=102017362 |website=ABC News |access-date=9 May 2025 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=GiveSendGo founder compares Karmelo Anthony case to Kyle Rittenhouse |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/karmelo-anthony-kyle-rittenhouse-givesendgo-fundraiser-b2744348.html |website=The Independent |access-date=9 May 2025 |language=en |date=3 May 2025}}

PayPal suspended payments to GiveSendGo because it was raising funds for people who had participated in the 2021 United States Capitol attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/capitol-riot-funding.html |title=Before the Capitol Riot, Calls for Cash and Talk of Revolution |work=The New York Times |date=January 16, 2021 |access-date=2022-02-13 |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=David D. |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116203208/http://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/capitol-riot-funding.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/paypal-dumps-givesendgo-the-christian-crowdfunding-sit-1846035526 |work=Gizmodo |title=PayPal Dumps GiveSendGo, the 'Christian' Crowdfunding Site Used By Proud Boys |first=Whitney |last=Kimball |date=January 11, 2021 |access-date=23 September 2023 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001210632/https://gizmodo.com/paypal-dumps-givesendgo-the-christian-crowdfunding-sit-1846035526 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/paypal-blocks-site-that-helped-raise-funds-those-who-attended-capitol-violence-2021-01-12/ |work=Reuters |title=PayPal blocks site that helped raise funds for those who attended Capitol violence |first=Kanishka |last=Singh |date=January 12, 2021 |access-date=23 September 2023 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001210627/https://www.reuters.com/business/paypal-blocks-site-that-helped-raise-funds-those-who-attended-capitol-violence-2021-01-12/ |url-status=live }} In January 2021, after receiving objections from Stripe, one of their payment processing providers, GiveSendGo suspended the ability for users to donate to pages associated with the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories.{{cite news |first1=Rebecca |last1=Ballhaus |first2=Khadeeja |last2=Safdar |first3=Shalini |last3=Ramachandran |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/proud-boys-and-oath-keepers-forceful-on-jan-6-privately-are-in-turmoil-11623859785 |title=Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, Forceful on Jan. 6, Privately Are in Turmoil |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=June 16, 2021 |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621112642/https://www.wsj.com/articles/proud-boys-and-oath-keepers-forceful-on-jan-6-privately-are-in-turmoil-11623859785 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/too-little-too-late-extremism-experts-criticize-payment-companies-n1253982 |title='Too little, too late': Extremism experts criticize payment companies |date=January 13, 2021 |first1=Olivia |last1=Solon |first2=Leticia |last2=Miranda |access-date=18 January 2024 |work=NBC News |archive-date=January 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118122322/https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/too-little-too-late-extremism-experts-criticize-payment-companies-n1253982 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Kate |last=Linebaugh |first2=Ryan |last2=Knutson |first3=Jessica |last3=Mendoza |url=https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/oath-keepers-and-the-business-of-extremism/325b7c0a-d2cd-43bb-a2dc-07764d111275 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=June 28, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2024 |title=Oath Keepers and the Business of Extremism |archive-date=August 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821030144/https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/oath-keepers-and-the-business-of-extremism/325b7c0a-d2cd-43bb-a2dc-07764d111275 |url-status=live }}

In early February 2022, supporters of the trucker convoy occupying Ottawa, the Canadian capital, and blocking border crossings between Canada and the U.S. to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions, raised over $9 million on the GiveSendGo platform.{{cite news |last1=McIntire |first1=Mike |last2=Keller |first2=Michael H. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/world/canada/canada-trucker-protests-donations.html |title=Canadians are responsible for roughly half of the money raised online for the trucker convoy, leaked data shows. |work=The New York Times |date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216003836/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/world/canada/canada-trucker-protests-donations.html |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/poi3.369 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/poi3.369 |access-date=3 May 2024 |title=Crowdfunding platforms as conduits for ideological struggle and extremism: On the need for greater regulation and digital constitutionalism |first1=Matthew |last1=Wade |first2=Stephanie A. |last2=Baker |first3=Michael J. |last3=Walsh |date=September 24, 2023 |journal=Policy & Internet |volume=16 |pages=149–172 |issn=1944-2866 |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503102420/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/poi3.369 |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/judge-freezes-access-to-funds-donated-to-canadian-truckers |title=GiveSendGo CFO rips GoFundMe for blocking Canada trucker donations: 'Stands in the face of all freedoms' |first=Joshua Q. |last=Nelson |work=Fox News |date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2024 |archive-date=November 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113141416/https://www.foxnews.com/media/judge-freezes-access-to-funds-donated-to-canadian-truckers |url-status=live }}

On February 10, 2022, a statement was issued by Ontario's premier, Doug Ford, stating that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, upon request from the Ontario provincial Government, has granted a restraining order against the company, intended to freeze all donations raised for the protesters.{{cite news |date=February 10, 2022 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/freedom-convoy-2022-donations-frozen-give-send-go-1.6347345 |title=Ontario court freezes access to funds raised for protest convoy on GiveSendGo platform |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213181158/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/freedom-convoy-2022-donations-frozen-give-send-go-1.6347345 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/givesendgo-risks-breaking-anti-terrorism-laws-funding-truckers-protests-1679191 |title=GiveSendGo Risks Breaking Anti-Terrorism Laws by Funding Truckers' Protests |first1=Justin |last1=Klawans |first2=Katherine |last2=Fung |date=February 15, 2022 |work=Newsweek |access-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303184032/https://www.newsweek.com/givesendgo-risks-breaking-anti-terrorism-laws-funding-truckers-protests-1679191 |url-status=live }} The GiveSendGo founders responded on Twitter that any funds raised via GiveSendGo flow directly to the campaign recipients, denied that the funds are actually frozen, and denied that Canada has jurisdiction over GiveSendGo management.{{cite news |first1=Paul P. |last1=Murphy |first2=Paula |last2=Newton |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/11/business/givesendgo-trucker-convoy-protest/index.html |title=Crowd fundraising site says they will defy Canadian court order to stop disbursing funds to convoy protesters |date=February 11, 2022 |work=CNN |access-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712122319/https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/11/business/givesendgo-trucker-convoy-protest/index.html |url-status=live }}

During parliamentary questioning in March 2022, co-founder Jacob Wells stated that because of GiveSendGo's firm stance on free speech, even if individuals belonged to groups such the Ku Klux Klan and the Proud Boys, they would still be permitted to fundraise on their website, provided the activity was legal.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-co-founder-of-christian-fundraising-site-tells-mps-his-company-would/ |title=Co-founder of Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo says his company would allow fundraising for KKK if activity was legal |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=March 3, 2022 |last1=Kirkup |first1=Kristy |last2=Curry |first2=Bill |access-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926211223/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-co-founder-of-christian-fundraising-site-tells-mps-his-company-would/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-gofundme-president-tells-mps-convoy-fundraiser-was-unique/ |title=GiveSendGo co-founder says Ottawa protests were 'peaceful,' Trudeau should have met truckers |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=March 3, 2022 |last1=Taylor |first1=Stephanie |access-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208102704/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-gofundme-president-tells-mps-convoy-fundraiser-was-unique/ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8656947/gofundme-givesendgo-convoy-blockade-campaigns/ |title=GoFundMe, GiveSendGo defend handling of convoy blockade fundraising campaigns |first=Amanda |last=Connolly |work=Global News |date=March 3, 2022 |access-date=January 18, 2024 |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712122319/https://globalnews.ca/news/8656947/gofundme-givesendgo-convoy-blockade-campaigns/ |url-status=live }}

The Convoy to Canberra anti-vaccine mandate protest in Australia was organized on GiveSendGo, among other platforms.{{cite news|last1=Wilson|first1=Cam|date=16 February 2022|title=Bangladeshi Facebook accounts: the foreign links behind convoy protests|work=Crikey|url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/02/16/convoy-to-canberra-canada-foreign-facebook/|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217230711/https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/02/16/convoy-to-canberra-canada-foreign-facebook/|archive-date=17 February 2022}}

A legal defense fund was established by "The December 4th Legal Committee" for Luigi Mangione, the alleged shooter involved with the killing of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson. As of May 2025, the fund has raised over {{US$|1 million|link=https://www.givesendgo.com/legalfund-ceo-shooting-suspect}}.{{cite web |title=Luigi Mangione's legal defense fund tops $1 million in donations - CBS New York |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/luigi-mangione-legal-defense-fun-unitedhealthcare-ceo-murder/ |website=www.cbsnews.com |access-date=8 May 2025 |date=7 May 2025}} Mangione's defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo told Newsweek that Mangione is "aware of the fund and very much appreciates the outpouring of support" and "plans on utilizing it to fight all three of the unprecedented cases against him".{{cite web |title=Luigi Mangione officially accepts $300k for legal defense |first=Kelly |last=Rissman |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/luigi-mangione-legal-fund-defense-b2695424.html |access-date=27 March 2025 |website=The Independent |language=en |date=10 February 2025}}{{cite web |last=Katersky |first=Aaron |title=Donations to Luigi Mangione's legal defense fund slowed, then surged |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/donations-luigi-mangiones-legal-defense-fund-slowed-surged/story?id=118510427 |date=6 February 2025 |access-date=27 March 2025 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

The family of the perpetrator, in the killing of Austin Metcalf, Karmelo Anthony, started a campaign in April 2025. The fundraiser has raised over $515,000 by May 1,{{cite web |title=Karmelo Anthony GiveSendGo raises $270,000 for defense |url=https://www.newsweek.com/karmelo-anthony-givesendgo-raises-270000-defense-2057333 |website=Newsweek |access-date=8 May 2025 |language=en |date=9 April 2025}}{{Cite web |last=Gamble |first=J. R. |date=April 17, 2025 |title="Be Confident In How Their Donation Is Being Used:" Karmelo Anthony's Family Blasts False Reports That Family Bought $900K Home With GiveSendGo |url=https://theshadowleague.com/karmelo-anthony-family-not-using-donations-for-900k-home-media-lies/ |access-date= |website=The Shadow League |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Neumann |first=Sean |date=May 1, 2025 |title=Accused Teen Track Meet Stabber Raises Over $500k for Legal Defense, 'Safe Relocation' Amid Threats |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/accused-teen-track-meet-stabber-211154109.html |website=People |via=Yahoo News}} and had received significant financial support from the Black community.{{cite web |date=April 18, 2025 |title=Did an Indian-origin couple rent their home to Texas murder accused Karmelo Anthony? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/did-an-indian-origin-couple-rent-their-home-to-texas-murder-accused-karmelo-anthony/articleshow/120383645.cms |access-date= |website=The Times of India |publisher=}} In early May of the same year, a woman who claimed to be the woman in the Rochester, Minnesota racial slur video, began a campaign titled "Help Me Protect My Family".{{cite news|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/03/playground-racial-slurs-video-fundraiser/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250505002306/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/03/playground-racial-slurs-video-fundraiser/|archive-date=May 5, 2025|title=Mom raises $500K after appearing to hurl racist slur at child in viral video|date=May 4, 2025|access-date=May 7, 2025|first=Angie|last=Orellana Hernandez}} As of May 6, it has raised over $700,000.{{cite web |title=Shiloh Hendrix GiveSendGo raises double amount of boy who was called N-word |url=https://www.newsweek.com/shiloh-hendrix-givesendgo-raises-700k-she-receives-flood-donations-2068603 |website=Newsweek |access-date=6 May 2025 |language=en |date=6 May 2025}} Some conservatives said they saw the campaign for the woman "as a form of backlash" for the funds raised for the accused in the Metcalf stabbing incident the month prior. On May 2, GiveSendGo disabled the comments on both fundraiser pages, citing "unacceptable volume of racist and derogatory remarks". GiveSendGo co-founder Jacob Wells said: "At the time comments were turned off, both campaigns had raised approximately $500,000 with around 15,000 donors each."{{cite web |last=Baragona |first=Justin |date=6 May 2025 |title=MAGA justifies turning n-word woman into folk hero by blaming Texas stabbing suspect |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/shiloh-hendrix-slur-karmelo-anthony-stabbing-maga-b2745949.html |access-date= |website=The Independent |language=en}}

In May, 2025, Mohammed Adnan Khan, "Mo Khan," raised $16,000 thus far.{{Cite web |title=Help defend me against Dave Portnoy attacks |url=https://www.givesendgo.com/mokhan |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=GiveSendGo}} Mohammed (or people supporting him) created two other GiveSendGo fundraisers so far as well.{{Cite web |title=Justice for Mohammed Adnan Khan |url=https://www.givesendgo.com/MohammedKhan |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=GiveSendGo}}{{Cite web |title=Stop Dave Portnoy and the Cancel Culture Mob! |url=https://www.givesendgo.com/FTJ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=GiveSendGo}} Mohammed created the campaign after he received significant backlash for posting a video of his involvement in purchasing a sign that stated "Fuck the Jews" at the Barstool Sports Samson street bar in Philadelphia.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-07 |title=GiveSendGo for Temple University student accused of antisemitism launched |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/barstool-bar-antisemitism-student-fundraiser-b2746492.html |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=The Independent |language=en}} Dave Portnoy found out about the video and reached out to Mo Khan to address the situation.{{Cite news |date=2025-05-07 |title=Who is Mohammed Adnan Khan? GiveSendGo launched for Temple University student accused of antisemitism |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-mohammed-adnan-khan-givesendgo-launched-for-temple-university-student-accused-of-antisemitism-101746583862879.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250508062728/https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-mohammed-adnan-khan-givesendgo-launched-for-temple-university-student-accused-of-antisemitism-101746583862879.html |archive-date=2025-05-08 |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}} Mo was initially apologetic and even agreed to go to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland to educate himself on the The Holocaust.{{Cite web |last=Scrivens |first=Kamryn |date=2025-05-06 |title=Barstool Philly bar antisemitic incident: Dave Portnoy claps back after student creates GiveSendGo |url=https://www.fox29.com/news/barstool-philly-bar-antisemitic-incident-dave-portnoy-claps-back-after-student-creates-givesendgo |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=FOX 29 Philadelphia |language=en-US}} However, the next day, Khan turned course and started his GiveSendGo campaign, requesting donations as a result of his claimed "edgy joke." Mohammed accused Portnoy of "hypocritically lynching" him.{{Cite web |last= |first= |author-link=Fox News |date=2025-05-07 |title=College student accused of promoting antisemitic sign at Barstool bar escalates feud with Dave Portnoy |url=https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/sports/college-student-accused-of-promoting-antisemitic-sign-at-barstool-bar-escalates-feud-with-dave-portnoy/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}} He then went on the Stew Peters show, a white nationalist internet show, to promote his campaign, where he received a further $100,000 in JPROOF crypto coin.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-08 |title=Temple University student defends antisemitic incident at Barstool bar |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/temple-university-student-defends-antisemitic-incident-barstool-bar-rcna205370 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

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