GoFundMe

Business News

'I Had To Make Something Up So People Will Feel Bad': Woman Guilty of $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Sentenced to 3 Years In Prison

In 2017, Kate McClure and then-boyfriend, Mark D'Amico, peddled a tender story about a unhoused veteran and an almost-empty tank of gas.

Business News

New Yorkers Are Helping Keep This Nostalgic Candy Store and its 90-Year-Old Owner in Business

Ray's Candy store owner Ray Alvarez has manned his shop daily since opening in 1974.

Leadership

How Tim Cadogan Used His Past Experience to Lead GoFundMe Through the Pandemic

Thirteen leadership lessons from the CEO of the world's largest fundraising platform.

Liderazgo

Cómo Tim Cadogan usó su experiencia pasada para liderar GoFundMe a través de la pandemia

Trece lecciones de liderazgo del CEO de la plataforma de recaudación de fondos más grande del mundo.

Business News

Yelp Adds GoFundMe Donation Button for Struggling Local Businesses

Look for the "Donate" option on the web and in the app to help support restaurant, nightlife, beauty and fitness operators.

Operations & Logistics

GoFundMe Creates Small Business Relief Initiative for Companies Affected by Coronavirus

Is your business (or a business you love) struggling? Help it through this tough time with a GoFundMe.

Money & Finance

5 Ways to Learn the Nuts and Bolts of Crowdfunding

A lot of people claim to be crowdfunding experts. A few of them actually are.

Fundraising

Olympic Athletes Turn to Crowdfunding for Travel Expenses, Training Gear and a Ticket to Their Dreams in Rio

More than $400,000 has been raised on almost 90 crowdfunding campaigns to help athletes from around the world take the final step to the summer games.

Fundraising

$2 Billion Has Been Raised on GoFundMe

It took the personal crowdfunding site five years go get to the first billion-dollar mark and only nine months to hit that second billion.

Fundraising

Former Senior Advisor to President Obama Joins GoFundMe

Longtime White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer will serve as the popular crowdfunding platform's VP of communications and policy.