GoFundMe#Official George Floyd Memorial Fund

The company was founded in May 2010 by Brad Damphousse and Andrew Ballester. Both had previously founded Paygr, a website dedicated to allowing members to sell their services to the public.{{cite web |title = Paygr Looks To Combine Facebook And PayPal In A Marketplace For Local Buying And Selling |date = June 7, 2011 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/07/paygr-looks-to-combine-facebook-and-paypal-in-a-marketplace-for-local-buying-and-selling/ |publisher=Tech Crunch |access-date = June 16, 2012 }} Damphousse and Ballester created the website under the name "CreateAFund" in 2008 but changed the name to GoFundMe after making numerous upgrades.{{cite web |last=Create A Fund |title=Big News: CreateAFund Has Joined Forces With GoFundMe |url=http://www.createafund.com/index.php?route=home/pricing |access-date=June 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622005407/http://www.createafund.com/index.php?route=home%2Fpricing |archive-date=June 22, 2012 }}{{cite web |last = Crowdfunding Web Watch 2012 |title = Soliciting Donations From Individuals |url=http://libwww.freelibrary.org/rfc/rfc_downloaddoc.cfm?form=WebWatch_2012_Crowdfunding |access-date = June 21, 2012 }} The site was built off of PayPal's API.{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=Leena |date=2010-05-10 |title=GoFundMe Simplifies Group Fundraising |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/10/gofundme-simplifies-group-fundraising/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}} GoFundMe was founded in San Diego, California.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2016/10/19/free-market-philanthropy-gofundme-is-changing-the-way-people-give-to-causes-big-and-small/#27949f227796|title=Free Market Philanthropy: GoFundMe Is Changing The Way People Give To Causes Big And Small|first=Susan|last=Adams|website=Forbes.com|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

In March 2017, GoFundMe became the biggest crowdfunding platform, responsible for raising over $3 billion since its debut in 2010. The company receives over $140 million in donations per month and in 2016 made $100 million in revenue.{{cite web |title = How Crowdfunding Platform GoFundMe Has Created A Three Billion Digital Safety Net | work=Fast Company |date = February 13, 2017|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3067472/how-crowdfunding-platform-gofundme-has-created-a-3-billion-digital}} In June 2015, it was announced that Damphousse and Ballester had agreed to sell a majority stake in GoFundMe to Accel Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures. Damphousse and Ballester stepped down from the company's day-to-day oversight. The deal valued GoFundMe at around $600 million.{{cite news |title = GoFundMe Founders to Reap a Fortune in Buyout |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/06/24/gofundme-founders-to-reap-a-fortune-in-buyout/ |website = Wall Street Journal |date = June 24, 2015 |access-date = June 26, 2015 }} In January 2017, GoFundMe acquired CrowdRise.{{cite web |title = GoFundMe acquires CrowdRise to expand to fundraising for charities |date = January 10, 2017 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/10/gofundme-buys-crowdrise-to-expand-to-fundraising-for-charities// |publisher=Tech Crunch |access-date = January 10, 2017 }} GoFundMe's CEO is Tim Cadogan.{{cite web|title=Meet the GoFundMe Executive Team|url=http://www.gofundme.com/team|website=GoFundMe|access-date=April 28, 2020}} Ballester remains on the board of directors and holds an undisclosed stake in the company.{{cite web |title =A group of investors is buying GoFundMe |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/a-group-of-investors-is-buying-gofundme-2015-6 |website =Business Insider |access-date = June 10, 2017}}

Members describe their fundraising cause and the amount they hope to raise, and upload photos or video.{{cite web |last = Thrillist |title = Go Fund Me |date = May 12, 2010 |url=http://www.thrillist.com/nation/list-182 |access-date = June 16, 2012 }} Once the website is created, GoFundMe allows users to share their project with people through integrated social network links (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and email. People can then donate to a user's cause through the website using a debit card or credit card{{cite web |url=http://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-us/articles/203999308-Can-I-donate-using-PayPal- |title = Can I donate using PayPal? |publisher = GoFundMe Help Center |access-date = January 31, 2016 |archive-date = January 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103001210/http://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-us/articles/203999308-Can-I-donate-using-PayPal- |url-status = dead }} and track the funding. Those who donate can also leave comments on the website. The person raising funds is not charged.{{cite web |url=http://www.gofundme.com/questions/ |title = Does it cost anything? |publisher = GoFundMe |date = February 5, 2015 }} Payment processors collect 2.9% and $0.30 from each GoFundMe transaction.{{Cite news|url=https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/01/17/gofundme-introduces-a-0-platform-fee-for-personal-campaigns/|title=GoFundMe introduces a 0% platform fee for personal campaigns |date=January 17, 2018|publisher=Charity Digital News|access-date=March 13, 2018|language=en-GB}}

GoFundMe is unique to crowdfunding in that the company is not an incentive-based crowdfunding website. Although it does allow projects that are meant to fund other projects for musicians, inventors, etc., the business model is set up to allow for donations to personal causes and life events such as medical bills.{{cite web |publisher = Daily Crowdsource |title = Raising Money For Medical Expenses |url=http://dailycrowdsource.com/crowdsourcing-help/case-studies/1144-raising-money-for-medical-expenses |access-date = June 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622194756/http://dailycrowdsource.com/crowdsourcing-help/case-studies/1144-raising-money-for-medical-expenses |archive-date = June 22, 2012 |url-status = dead }}{{cite web | publisher = Daily Crowdsource |title = Kickstart Yourself? Not So Fast! |url=http://dailycrowdsource.com/crowdsourcing/articles/opinions-discussion/1171-kickstart-yourself-not-so-fast |access-date = June 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617150320/http://dailycrowdsource.com/crowdsourcing/articles/opinions-discussion/1171-kickstart-yourself-not-so-fast |archive-date = June 17, 2012 |url-status = dead }}{{cite news |title = It's Not Billions, Bit It Can Help Rescue an Artist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/business/artists-rescue-funds-can-help-in-times-of-crisis.html |access-date = June 21, 2012 |work = The New York Times |date = June 2, 2012 }} GoFundMe also has a special section dedicated solely to users who are trying to raise money to cover their tuition costs. A prominent tuition project helped a user raise $25,000 for an out-of-state tuition to a PhD program.{{cite news |work = USA Today |title = Web Pleas Help Immigrants Pay for College |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-09-13/college-immigrant-funding/50383374/1 |access-date = June 16, 2012 |date = September 13, 2011 }} A 2014 tuition project raised over $100,000 for a homeless high school valedictorian to attend college and help his family.{{cite news |work = NBC News |title = The Power of Ambition: Homeless Valedictorian to Attend FSU |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/power-ambition-homeless-valedictorian-attend-fsu-n122881 |access-date = February 16, 2021 |date = June 4, 2014 }}

GoFundMe targets social media platforms to create awareness for campaigns, and encourages individual users to promote their fundraiser on social media throughout a campaign. According to a 2018 report by GoFundMe based on past campaign data, a donor sharing a campaign on social media results in $15 of donations on average, while any share of a campaign on social media, regardless of whether the user donated to the campaign, results in $13 of donations on average.{{Cite web|url=https://fundraising.crowdrise.com/blog/live-from-ifc-2018-the-social-fundraising-data-report-for-nonprofits|title=Live from IFC 2018: The social fundraising data report for nonprofits |last=Chastain |first=Rilee | publisher=fundraising.crowdrise.com|language=en-us|access-date=February 2, 2019}}

In 2015, GoFundMe announced that it would no longer support legal defense funds after the site suspended funding for the defense of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, a bakery that was fined for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding.{{cite web |last1 = Hatchet |first1 = Keisha |title = No, Kim Davis, You Can't Beg for Money on GoFundMe |date = September 5, 2015 |url=https://news.yahoo.com/no-kim-davis-cant-beg-041235821.html |publisher = Yahoo! News |access-date = September 5, 2015 }} {{as of|2017|November}} GoFundMe's terms and conditions allow for campaigns for certain kinds of legal defense.{{cite web |last1 = Guglielmi |first1 = Jodi |title = Time's Up: How to Request Legal Assistance from the Movement's Defense Fund |url=http://people.com/movies/times-up-legal-defense-fund/ |website = People |access-date = January 18, 2018 }}

In November 2017, GoFundMe announced it would no longer charge a 5% fee per donation for US, Canada, and UK individual campaigns, and instead rely upon tips left by donors to support the website. The processing fee for online credit card payments still applies to donations.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/30/gofundme-drops-5-platform-fee-for-u-s-personal-campaigns-adds-tips/|title=GoFundMe drops 5% Platform Fee for U.S. personal campaigns, adds tips|first=Ingrid|last=Lunden|website=Techcrunch.com|date=November 30, 2017 |access-date=December 31, 2017}}

In June 2019, GoFundMe terminated a $3 million fund-raiser for an Australian rugby player, Israel Folau, to finance a court case to appeal his multi-million dollar dismissal. He had quoted 1 Corinthians 6:9–10 on social media, which was said to be homophobic.{{cite news |title=Israel Folau: Australian Christian lobby hosts new fundraising effort |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/25/israel-folau-australian-christian-lobby-hosts-new-fundraising-effort |access-date=June 25, 2019 |agency=Australian Associated Press |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=June 24, 2019}} An alternative fundraising site was set up by the Australian Christian Lobby with the public donating $2 million in 24 hours.{{Cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/pause-button-hit-on-folau-fund-after-passing-2-million-mark-20190627-p521tg.html|title = 'Pause button' hit after Folau's Christian Lobby fund passes $2m mark|date = June 27, 2019}}

In May 2022, GoFundMe announced the acquisition of nonprofit donation site Classy. It was announced that Classy will remain and operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of GoFundMe.{{cite news |title=GoFundMe to Acquire Classy |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220113005248/en/GoFundMe-to-Acquire-Classy |access-date=22 May 2023 |publisher=Businesswire |date=January 13, 2022}}

GoFundMe has described itself as the "leader in online medical fundraising".{{cite magazine |last1=McClanahan |first1=Carolyn |title=People Are Raising $650 Million On GoFundMe Each Year To Attack Rising Healthcare Costs |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolynmcclanahan/2018/08/13/using-gofundme-to-attack-health-care-costs/#5c81ce6d2859 |magazine=Forbes |date=August 13, 2018}} One in three campaigns is intended to raise funds for medical costs, with about 250,000 campaigns for a total of $650 million in contributions each year.{{cite web |last1=Cerullo |first1=Megan |title=Their twins' medical costs total $750,000 — each. They and thousands of others are counting on GoFundMe |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crushed-by-medical-bills-many-americans-go-online-to-beg-for-help/ |work=CBS News |date=January 30, 2019}} This is partly attributed to the inadequacies of the U.S. healthcare system in which GoFundMe is used to bridge the gap.{{cite journal |last1=Sisler |first1=J. |title=Crowdfunding for medical expenses |journal=Canadian Medical Association Journal |date=January 9, 2012 |volume=184 |issue=2 |pages=E123–E124 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.109-4084|pmc=3273528 |pmid=22231688 }}

CEO Rob Solomon has said: "When we started in 2010, it wasn't purposefully set up and built to be a substitute for medical insurance. We weren't ever set up to be a health care company and we still are not. But over time, people have used GoFundMe for the most important issues they are faced with." He added that the large medical fundraising is the result of severe problems in his country's healthcare system, saying: "The system is terrible [...] there are people who are not getting relief from us or from the institutions that are supposed to be there. We shouldn't be the solution to a complex set of systemic problems."{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Sam |title=People are increasingly turning to GoFundMe for medical bills — and the company's own CEO realizes that's a huge indictment of the US healthcare system |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/gofundme-being-used-for-medical-costs-is-bad-sign-for-us-healthcare-2019-1 |website=Business Insider |date=January 17, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Jeffrey |title=Life And Debt: Stories From Inside America's GoFundMe Health Care System |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gofundme-health-care-system_n_5ced9785e4b0ae6710584b27 |website=HuffPost |orig-year=June 10, 2019|date= June 19, 2019}}

After the murder of George Floyd, his brother Philonise Floyd established the fund "to cover funeral and burial expenses, mental and grief counseling, lodging and travel for all court proceedings, and to assist our family in the days to come as we continue to seek justice for George. A portion of these funds will also go to the Estate of George Floyd for the benefit and care of his children and their educational fund." One week after the tragedy and only four days after the start of the fund, it had already raised $7 million, putting it in ranking as one of the most highly funded GoFundMe campaigns to date.{{cite news |last = Nelson |first = Joe |title = GoFundMe for George Floyd family one of the biggest of all time |url=https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/gofundme-for-george-floyd-family-one-of-the-biggest-of-all-time |access-date = June 2, 2020 |newspaper = Bring Me the News |date = June 2, 2020}}

Created by entrepreneurs and investors Alex Iskold and Minda Brusse in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, The $1K Project uses individual GoFundMe pages to match specific donors with specific families who have been adversely affected by the pandemic. Donors agree to contribute a minimum of $1,000 per month for three months, for a total of $3,000 per family. Small-dollar donors can make contributions that are pooled together and then matched to a family. In August 2020, Andrew Yang's Humanity Forward Foundation committed to matching donations, dollar-for-dollar, up to $1 million. As of mid-October 2020, more than 800 families had been fully funded.{{Cite web|title=The $1K Project|url=https://www.1kproject.org/|access-date=December 6, 2020|website=www.1kproject.org}}{{Cite web|title=Humanity Forward X The $1K Project|url=https://movehumanityforward.com/1kproject/|access-date=December 6, 2020|website=Humanity Forward|language=en|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130172503/https://movehumanityforward.com/1kproject/|url-status=dead}}

In 2015, after the site suspended funding for the defense of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, a bakery that was fined for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, GoFundMe announced that the site would no longer support legal defense funds on their platform. {{as of|2017|November}} GoFundMe's terms and conditions allow for campaigns for certain kinds of legal defense.

Created by Kelly Wright to raise money to help former intelligence analyst and whistleblower Chelsea Manning pay $256,000 in court fines levied against her after her refusal to testify to a grand jury about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Nearly 7,000 contributions ranging from $5 to $10,000 were made within two days.{{cite web |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/mann-m16.html |title=Fund drive to pay Chelsea Manning's court fines raises $267,000 in two days |publisher=World Socialist Web Site |date=March 16, 2020 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |author=Reed, Kevin}}

Nominally a legal defense fund for Louis Daniel Smith, who faced criminal charges in relation to him selling "MMS" (Miracle Mineral Supplement). On May 27, 2015, Smith was found guilty of fraud and other charges.{{cite web |url=http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/seller-miracle-mineral-solution-convicted-marketing-toxic-chemical-miracle-cure |title = Seller of "Miracle Mineral Solution" Convicted for Marketing Toxic Chemical as a Miracle Cure |date = May 28, 2015 }} On May 31, 2015, the mmsdefensefund was removed from GoFundMe (an archived copy is available).{{cite web |url=http://www.gofundme.com/mmsdefensefund |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528060419/http://www.gofundme.com/mmsdefensefund |title = Help Daniel Defend His Freedom by MMS Defense Fund – GoFundMe |archive-date = May 28, 2015 |work = GoFundMe.com }}

This fundraiser was created by Kate McClure, Mark D'Amico, and Johnny Bobbitt Jr. to defraud people. Their fictitious story was that Bobbitt, a homeless veteran, spent his last $20 to assist McClure on the highway when her car ran out of gasoline. Widely reported in the US and internationally, it exceeded its goal by 4000% but when they began publicly squabbling for the money, an investigation was launched and all three were arrested and charged with theft by deception. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to one year and a day, five years and five-year special probation, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/homeless-man-gofundme-campaign-280000-johnny-bobbitt-kate-mcclure-philadelphia-gas-station-a8073196.html|title=People have raised $280,000 for a homeless man who lent a woman his last $20|date=November 24, 2017|website=Independent.co.uk|access-date=December 31, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/us/homeless-veteran-pays-it-forward-trnd/index.html|title=Homeless veteran who received thousands in donations now paying it forward|first=Alaa |last=Elassar|agency=CNN|date=December 8, 2017|website=CNN.com|access-date=December 31, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/good-news/generous-homeless-man-johnny-bobbitt-jr-gets-500k-from-gofundme-users-with-account-set-up-by-kate-mcclure/news-story/5187f80de45e4589d6b1c8152fc995b8|title=Generous homeless man gets $500k|website=News.com.au|date=December 5, 2017|access-date=December 31, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Kelley |title=Homeless veteran will get the $400,000 owed to him from GoFundMe campaign |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/07/us/philadelphia-homeless-veteran-johnny-bobbitt-gofundme-trnd/index.html |access-date=September 7, 2018 |work=CNN |date=September 7, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Neuman |first1=Scott |title=Police Raid Home Of New Jersey Couple Who Raised $400,000 For Homeless Man |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/645471944/police-raid-home-of-new-jersey-couple-who-raised-400-000-for-homeless-man |access-date=September 7, 2018 |work=NPR |date=September 7, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Romo |first1=Vanessa |title=New Jersey Couple's GoFundMe Campaign To Help Homeless Man 'Was Predicated On A Lie' |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/15/668454611/new-jersey-couples-gofundme-campaign-to-help-homeless-man-was-predicated-on-a-li |work=NPR |date=November 15, 2018}}{{Cite news|date=July 23, 2022|title=Woman sentenced to prison for collecting $400,000 in viral GoFundMe scam|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/23/us/katelyn-mcclure-gofundme-scam-new-jersey/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=July 31, 2022}}

Created with the goal of building a wall as private citizens to inhibit illegal entry along the U.S.-Mexico border.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall |title=Fundraiser by Brian Kolfage : We the People Will Build the Wall |access-date=January 19, 2019 |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119043319/https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall |url-status=dead }} The founder, Brian Kolfage started a nonprofit with the money, We Build the Wall, which has constructed sections of the wall.{{Cite web |url=https://fox8.com/2019/05/27/private-group-says-its-started-building-border-wall-using-millions-donated-in-gofundme-campaign/ |title=Private group says it's started building border wall using millions donated in GoFundMe campaign |date=May 27, 2019 |website=fox8.com |language=en |access-date=July 25, 2019}} Currently most money raised on GoFundMe,{{cn|date=October 2022}} but in August 2020, Kolfage was indicted, along with Steve Bannon and two other co-defendants, on federal charges of defrauding hundreds of thousands of "We Build the Wall" donors by diverting money that was raised to personal use. Federal prosecutors said that despite "repeatedly assuring donors" that Kolfage would not be paid, the defendants engaged in a scheme to divert $350,000 to Kolfage, "which he used to fund his lavish lifestyle." He was separately indicted in May 2021 on federal charges of defrauding the IRS and filing false tax returns.{{cite news |author=Matt Zapotosky |date=May 6, 2021 |title=Bannon partner in alleged border wall fundraising fraud scheme hit with new tax charges |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/brian-kolfage-steve-bannon-tax-charge/2021/05/06/61e070b4-aeb6-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html}}{{Cite web |author=David Voreacos |date=May 6, 2021 |title='We Build the Wall' Co-Founder Kolfage Indicted in Tax Case |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-06/-we-build-the-wall-co-founder-kolfage-indicted-in-new-tax-case |publisher=Bloomberg News}}

This project was created for Jeff Bauman after he lost both legs during the Boston Marathon bombing.{{cite news |last = Bradford |first = Harry |title = Jeff Bauman, Boston Marathon Bombing Hero, Receives Over $360,000 In Online Donations |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/jeff-bauman-donations-boston-bombing_n_3123795.html |work = The Huffington Post |access-date = January 17, 2014 |date = April 20, 2013 }}{{cite news |last = Kuruvilla |first = Carol |title = Friends use crowdfunding to collect more than $1 million for Boston Marathon victims' medical expenses |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/crowdfunding-sites-boston-marathon-victims-article-1.1322359 |location = New York |work = Daily News |access-date = January 17, 2014 }}

Celeste and Sydney Corcoran were both victims of the Boston Marathon bombing: Sydney suffered severe injuries as a result of being hit with shrapnel, and Celeste lost both legs below her knees. This campaign page was created for their ongoing rehabilitation.{{cite news |last = Thorpe |first = Devon |title = Crowdfunding for Boston Marathon Victims Shows Support from Around the World |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2013/04/17/crowdfunding-for-boston-marathon-bombing-victims-demonstrates-outpouring-of-support-from-around-the-world/ |work = Forbes |access-date = January 17, 2014 }}{{cite web |last = Moskowitz |first = Eric |title = Marines bring hope to Marathon attack victims |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/23/marines-who-triumphed-over-injuries-bring-hope-boston-marathon-attack-victims/9VjmcxPVGEkrttRn25DZ6N/story.html |work = The Boston Globe |access-date = January 17, 2014 |archive-date = January 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119152757/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/23/marines-who-triumphed-over-injuries-bring-hope-boston-marathon-attack-victims/9VjmcxPVGEkrttRn25DZ6N/story.html |url-status = dead }}

This fundraiser was created by Equality Florida to help the victims of a nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.{{cite news |last = Whitten |first = Sarah |title = More than $1.6 million raised for Orlando shooting victims on GoFundMe |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/13/gofundme-campaign-for-orlando-shooting-victims.html |publisher = CNBC |access-date = June 13, 2016 }}{{cite news |last = Wattles |first = Jackie |title = GoFundMe campaign raises more than $1.3 million for Pulse shooting victims |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/06/12/news/gofundme-orlando-pulse-shooting/ |publisher = CNBC |access-date = June 13, 2016 }} Over 90,000 people have contributed to this campaign. GoFundMe headquarters donated $100,000 and waived every transaction fee for this campaign.{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/06/14/technology/gofundme-orlando-pulse-shooting/|title=Orlando GoFundMe campaign sets record|first=Jackie Wattles and Amy|last=Chillag|date=June 14, 2016|website=CNN.com|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

This fundraiser was created to help the victims of a mass shooting from the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

There are a number of fundraisers for individual victims of the February 14, 2018, Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting in Parkland, Florida to help survivors' recovery and to fund causes chosen by family members in honor of the deceased.

In January 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that truck drivers crossing into Canada would have to be fully vaccinated.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-trudeau-defends-vaccine-mandate-for-cross-border-truckers-amid-supply/|title=Trudeau defends vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers amid supply chain concerns|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=January 19, 2022|last1=Kirkup|first1=Kristy}} In response, some truckers organized a convoy to Ottawa under the name Freedom Convoy 2022.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Ella |title=Fact check: Canadian 'Freedom Convoy' protest didn't surpass size of country's army |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/02/03/fact-check-canadian-freedom-convoy-didnt-outsize-countrys-army/9277919002/ |access-date=February 5, 2022 |work=USA TODAY}} A GoFundMe project was then created with the claim of raising money for fuel and food for the convoy.{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/theres-a-lot-of-trucks-in-freedom-convoy-2022-but-not-nearly-50000|title = There's a lot of trucks in Freedom Convoy 2022 — but not nearly the 50,000 they claim|newspaper = National Post|date = January 28, 2022|last1 = Hopper|first1 = Tristin}} On February 4, 2022, GoFundMe announced the fundraiser had been removed from the platform for violating terms of service, specifically "violence and other unlawful activity".{{cite news |title=CityNews |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/02/04/gofundme-freedom-convoy-2022/ |access-date=February 5, 2022 |work=vancouver.citynews.ca}} The company initially stated that $9 million in donations from the fundraiser would be redistributed to "credible and established charities" and would only be refunded upon application, subject to a two-week time limit. Following criticism, the company subsequently stated on Twitter that all donations would be refunded within 10 business days.{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/5/florida-investigates-gofundme-over-canada-trucker-donations|title=Florida investigates GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=February 5, 2022|accessdate=February 6, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/05/gofundme-removes-donation-page-for-canadian-truckers-protest|title=GoFundMe removes donation page for Canadian trucker protest|work=The Guardian|date=February 6, 2022|accessdate=February 6, 2022}}

In March 2019, GoFundMe banned fundraisers from anti-vaccine activists, including Stop Mandatory Vaccination founder Larry Cook, citing violations of their terms of service.{{Cite news |last=Arciga |first=Julia |date=2019-03-22 |title=GoFundMe Bans Anti-Vaxxers Who Raise Money to Spread Misinformation |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gofundme-bans-anti-vaxxers-who-raise-money-to-spread-misinformation |access-date=2023-03-06}}{{Cite web |last=Stubley |first=Peter |date=2019-05-09 |title=Anti-vaxxers banned from raising money on GoFundMe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/antivax-gofundme-ban-donation-crowdfunding-vaccines-conspiracy-a8870716.html |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=The Independent |language=en}} Despite the ban, The Independent found that several anti-vaccine campaigns were still running on GoFundMe as of May 2019.

In December 2021, The Sunday Times reported that GoFundMe had enabled the donation of over €300,000 to anti-vaccine campaigns and challenges to vaccine certificates.{{Cite news |last=Tighe |first=Mark |date=December 5, 2021 |title=GoFundMe 'cashing in on antivaxer campaigns' |language=en |work=The Sunday Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/gofundme-cashing-in-on-antivaxer-campaigns-s5dt56pjc |access-date=2023-03-06 |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite news |last=Doak |first=Sam |date=January 30, 2023 |title='Vaccine Injury' Campaigns Raise Thousands on GoFundMe |url=https://www.logically.ai/articles/vaccine-injury-campaigns-raise-thousands-on-gofundme |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Logically |language=en}}

In January 2023, the British disinformation analysis organization Logically reported that GoFundMe had funneled over $330,000 in donations to fundraisers for injuries supposedly caused by the COVID-19 vaccine.

On Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk was killed by a French police officer after he failed to comply with traffic stops. While the police officer has been arrested on suspicion of "voluntary homicide by a person in authority", far-right activist Jean Messiha organised a controversial crowdfunding in favour of the police officer's family which reached €1.6 million. The killing sparked widespread protests and riots in France.{{Cite news |last=Masih |first=Niha |date=2023-07-04 |title=Fundraiser for French officer who killed teen raises over $1.5 million |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/04/france-police-killing-officer-gofundme/ |access-date=2023-07-05}} Nahel Merzouk's family has filed a complaint against Jean Messiha.{{Cite news |last1=Geoffroy |first1=Romain |last2=Maad |first2=Assma |date=2023-07-04 |title=La famille de Nahel M. dépose plainte contre Jean Messiha pour avoir ouvert une cagnotte en faveur du policier mis en examen |language=French |trans-title=The family of Nahel M. lodge a complaint against Jean Messiha for having opened a fund in favour of the police officer under investigation |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2023/07/04/la-famille-de-nahel-m-depose-plainte-contre-jean-messiha-pour-avoir-ouvert-une-cagnotte-en-faveur-du-policier-mis-en-examen_6180541_4355770.html |access-date=2023-07-05}}

In August 2023, GoFundMe froze more than $90,000 from 1,100 contributors to The Grayzone, citing unspecified "external concerns". Grayzone founder Max Blumenthal said he believed the concerns were political and related to the platform's coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite news |last=Hale |first=Erin |date=1 September 2023 |title=GoFundMe freezes donations for The Grayzone, sparking free speech debate |work=Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/9/1/gofundme-freezes-donations-for-the-grayzone-sparking-free-speech-debate |access-date=September 2, 2023 |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901131452/https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/9/1/gofundme-freezes-donations-for-the-grayzone-sparking-free-speech-debate |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Bloch |first=Ben |date=15 August 2022 |title=Russell Brand slammed by antisemitism campaigners for platforming Corbyn apologist |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news/russell-brand-slammed-by-antisemitism-campaigners-for-platforming-corbyn-apologist-7K4Tc6c5zGyTEbRhlK4s3g |work=Jewish Chronicle |quote=Aaron Maté is a Canadian journalist for the far-left blog, The Grayzone, which is known for its pro-Kremlin editorial line and its support for the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and has published content denying that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians.}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-28 |title=How a retired MI6 boss, his Brexiteer friends and a celebrity Marxist became targets in Russia's war on Ukraine |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/mi6-russia-hackers-used-a-pro-brexit-ex-mi6-boss-and-a-left-wing-labour-firebrand-in-its-ukraine-war/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Politico |language=en-US |quote=After weeks of sitting on the internet, the cache of Brexiteer emails was picked up by fringe website the Grayzone, which promises "original investigative journalism" on "politics and empire" and has earned praise from Hollywood director Oliver Stone, famous for his interest in — and occasional embrace of — conspiracy theories.}}

In December 2024, multiple campaigns for the legal defense fund of the alleged shooter involved in the killing of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson were removed.{{cite web |last1=Bhojwani|first1=Janhvi|last2=Goggin|first2=Ben|date=December 13, 2024 |title=As GoFundMe pulls Luigi Mangione fundraisers, another platform is featuring one on its front page|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/gofundme-pulls-luigi-mangione-fundraisers-another-platform-featuring-o-rcna184044|accessdate=December 13, 2024 |website=NBC News}}{{cite web |last=Clark|first=Sophia|date=December 13, 2024 |title=Luigi Mangione Fundraiser Hits $70k: 'American Hero'|url=https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-fundraiser-hits-70k-american-hero-united-healthcare-2000374|accessdate=December 13, 2024 |website=Newsweek}}{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Morris |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91243533/luigi-mangione-gofundme-campaigns-suspected-ceo-shooter-removed|title=GoFundMe campaigns for suspected CEO shooter Luigi Mangione appear—and are quickly removed|work=Fast Company |date=December 9, 2024 |accessdate=11 December 2024}}{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Morris |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91244349/luigi-mangione-crowdfunding-campaigns-gofundme|title=More Luigi Mangione crowdfunding campaigns pop up, but experts urge caution|work=Fast Company |date=December 10, 2024 |accessdate=11 December 2024}}{{cite web|first1=Stacey|last1=Ritzen|title=GoFundMe, Etsy Crack Down on Support of Luigi Mangione, Accused of Killing Healthcare CEO|url=https://www.mensjournal.com/news/gofundme-etsy-luigi-mangione|work=Men's Journal|publisher=The Arena Media Brands, LLC|date=10 December 2024|access-date=11 December 2024}}{{cite web |date=December 12, 2024 |first=Jenna|last=Sundel|url=https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-gofundme-fundraiser-lawyer-advises-unitedhealth-ceo-1999988|title=Why Luigi Mangione May Not Get $45,000 Donated to His Legal Defense|publisher=Newsweek |accessdate=December 12, 2024}}{{cite web|first1=Nick|last1=Penzenstadler|first2=N'dea|last2=Yancey-Bragg|title=People donated $30K to Luigi Mangione's defense as experts warn donors to be careful|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/11/luigi-mangione-fundraiser-raises-30k/76917438007/|work=USA Today|publisher=Gannett, Co., Inc.|date=December 11, 2024|access-date=December 12, 2024}} However, a GiveSendGo fundraiser remained live,{{cite web |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Bill |date=15 December 2024 |access-date=17 December 2024 |title=Defense fund established by supporters of suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione tops $100K |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/supporters-suspected-ceo-killer-luigi-mangione-establish-defense/story?id=116718574 |website=ABC News |language=en}} and has raised over $125,000 as of December 16.{{cite web|first1=Novak|last1=Matt|title=GoFundMe Shuts Down Luigi Mangione Fundraisers|url=https://gizmodo.com/gofundme-shuts-down-luigi-mangione-fundraisers-2000538781|work=Gizmodo|publisher=Keleops Media|date=December 16, 2024|access-date=December 17, 2024}}

A fundraiser campaign for victims of the Abundant Life Christian School shooting was started by April Landphier, a parent of a student of the Abundant Life Christian School sister school Lighthouse Christian School.{{cite web|first1=Emell|last1=Adolphus|title=Luigi Mangione Fundraiser Outpaces Madison Shooting Victim GoFundMe|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/funds-pour-in-for-luigi-mangione-but-not-madison-shooting-victims/|work=The Daily Beast|publisher=The Daily Beast Company LLC|date=December 18, 2024|access-date=December 19, 2024}}{{cite web|first1=Alec|last1=Johnson|title=Fundraisers set up to help those affected by shooting at Abundant Life Christian School|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2024/12/17/fundraisers-to-help-those-affected-by-abundant-life-christian-school-shooting/77046404007/|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|publisher=Gannett|date=December 17, 2024|access-date=December 19, 2024}} It received $80 in its first 24 hours.{{cite web|first1=Keller|last1=Erin|title=Luigi Mangione Fundraiser Raises More Than Madison Shooting Victim GoFundMe|url=https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangioni-fundraiser-madison-shooting-gofundme-2003073|work=Newsweek|publisher=Newsweek Digital LLC|date=December 18, 2024|access-date=December 19, 2024}} As of December 18, it has raised $260.

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