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Also known as gofundme.com

GoFundMe is an American for-profit crowdfunding platform that allows people to raise money for events ranging from life events such as celebrations and graduations to challenging circumstances like accidents and illnesses. From 2010 through early 2024, more than $30 billion has been raised on the platform, contributed by over 150 million donors.

Key facts

Website.name
GoFundMe
Website.logo
GoFundMe Logo.svg
Website.location_city
Redwood City, California
Website.location_country
United States
Website.caption
A screenshot of a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign illustrating its set goal.
Website.type
Crowdfunding
Website.language
English
Website.owner
GoFundMe, Inc.
Website.creators
Brad DamphousseAndrew Ballester
Website.CEO
Tim Cadogan
Website.current_status
Active

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

GoFundMe | The #1 Crowdfunding and Fundraising Platform

Start your fundraiser in minutes with tools to help you succeed. GoFundMe is the global leader in crowdfunding, trusted by 100+ million people.

gofundme.com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
enterprise
Industry
crowdfunding
Location
Redwood City
Official website
www.gofundme.com
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inception
2010-00-00
Alexa rank
1452
privacy policy URL
www.gofundme.com/c/privacy
terms of service URL
www.gofundme.com/terms
Commons category
GoFundMe
social media followers
58100
hashtag
gofundme
review score
3,1/5
DuckDuckGo bang
gofundme
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Encyclopedic overview

29 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Business model
  • Nonprofit pages
  • Notable projects
  • Medical fundraising
  • Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
  • The $1K Project
  • Sweet Cakes By Melissa
  • Help Chelsea Manning Pay Her Court Fines
  • Charity fraud
  • MMS Defense Fund
  • Paying it Forward
  • We The People Built the Wall!
  • For victims of mass shootings in the U.S.
  • Bucks for Bauman
  • Celeste & Sydney Recovery Fund
  • Support Victims of Pulse Shooting
  • Las Vegas Victims Fund
  • Stoneman Douglas Victims' Fund
  • Canada convoy protest
  • Anti-vaccine fundraisers
  • Jean Messiha's fundraising
  • Grayzone donations freeze
  • Alleged shooter of Brian Thompson
  • Abundant Life Christian School shooting
  • Scam Accusations
  • Further reading
  • References
  • External links

GoFundMe is an American for-profit crowdfunding platform that allows people to raise money for events ranging from life events such as celebrations and graduations to challenging circumstances like accidents and illnesses. From 2010 through early 2024, more than $30 billion has been raised on the platform, contributed by over 150 million donors.

== History == 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. Damphousse and Ballester created the website under the name "CreateAFund" in 2008 but changed the name to GoFundMe after making numerous upgrades. The site was built off of PayPal's API. GoFundMe was founded in San Diego, California.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GoFundMe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.