"At GoFundMe, our mission has always been to help people help each other. This mission extends to every nonprofit: we strive to connect nonprofits with new donors, empower supporters to give and fundraise, and enable communities to rally behind the causes they care about. However, we understand clearly that our recent efforts with Nonprofit Pages have caused confusion, concern, and distraction from the vital missions of the very nonprofits we aim to support. We are very sorry for this and take responsibility for missing the"
"The reason I even found out about it was because of 7 On Your Side,"
"I was just like -- I couldn't believe it!"
"We weren't sure what was going on!"
A crowdfunding platform created 1.4 million nonprofit pages worldwide, which surprised many organizations that were unaware such pages existed. Several nonprofits discovered pages listing their IRS employer identification numbers without their permission. Small nonprofit leaders reported shock and confusion upon finding pages tied to their organizations. The National Council of Nonprofits raised concerns about the practice. The crowdfunding platform issued an apology, acknowledged responsibility, and pledged to make changes and rebuild trust. The company framed the effort as an attempt to connect nonprofits with donors while admitting the rollout caused confusion and distraction for affected organizations.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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