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<p>qwiki: internal-operations/gofundme.md</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Tool<br /> |company=GoFundMe<br /> |tagline=personal and charity crowdfunding platform<br /> |protocol=https<br /> |url=gofundme.com<br /> |pricing=varies<br /> |amount=Charity fundraisers: 2.2% + $0.30/donation; personal fundraisers: 2.9% + $0.30/donation<br /> (plus an optional donor tip in both cases)<br /> |source_license=closed<br /> |hosting=cloud<br /> |description=The largest mainstream crowdfunding platform, offering the widest donor reach of<br /> any option in this category. A &quot;personal&quot; fundraiser can be started with no nonprofit<br /> registration at all -- funds go to a personal or associated bank account -- while the<br /> lower-fee &quot;Charity&quot; fundraiser type (direct-to-org transfer) requires the org to first<br /> enroll and be verified.<br /> |usage_notes=Registration: no 501(c)(3) or formal registration required to raise money on<br /> the org&#039;s behalf -- start a personal fundraiser, select &quot;Myself or Someone else,&quot; and route<br /> funds to a personal or associated bank account. The lower-fee &quot;Charity&quot; type isn&#039;t available<br /> until we&#039;re a verified nonprofit.<br /> <br /> Deplatforming risk (high, and specifically relevant to our alignment): documented 2025<br /> pattern of GoFundMe freezing or refunding Palestinian/Gaza-related fundraisers even after<br /> they&#039;ve raised significant funds -- e.g. The Sameer Project had $250K+ refunded after<br /> raising over $1M, despite GoFundMe already collecting roughly $44K in fees. Civil society<br /> groups have called this discriminatory, and GoFundMe has declined to disclose comparative<br /> takedown rates against Israel- or Ukraine-related campaigns. GoFundMe has also removed<br /> fundraisers across the political spectrum (legal-defense funds, Jan 6-adjacent travel<br /> funding, a bar owner&#039;s post-Floyd-protest remarks) citing vague terms-of-service violations<br /> with a weak appeals process. This is a live risk for us, not a hypothetical one.<br /> |rejected_alternatives=<br /> |category=Fund Raising<br /> }}</div>

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