In the midst of nonprofits’ discovery of GoFundMe’s creation of donation pages for approximately 1.4 million nonprofit organizations without their consent or knowledge , another online fundraising platform for nonprofits has...more
Going through a divorce is expensive both emotionally and financially. Between attorney fees, court costs, and the financial upheaval of separating one household into two, the temptation to seek crowdfunded financial support...more
Crowdfunding can provide financial support for people with special needs but may jeopardize their ability to qualify for means-tested government benefits such as Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid. Common reasons...more
With Giving Tuesday quickly approaching on December 2, 2025, nonprofits are alarmed to discover that GoFundMe, an online for-profit fundraising platform, had created donation pages for approximately 1.4 million nonprofit...more
Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: AGs Call for Reconsideration of Keystone...more
New Mexico AG Hector Balderas, Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch, and Louisiana AG Jeff Landry led a coalition of 28 AGs that sent a letter calling on the online crowdfunding platform GoFundMe to make improvements in the clarity and...more
Texas AG Ken Paxton issued a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act to crowdsourcing platform GoFundMe Inc. over GoFundMe’s removal of a fundraising campaign for the Canadian truckers...more
Since January of 2020, over 175,000 COVID-19 related GoFundMe campaigns were created, raising more than $416 million. While donors may be feeling charitable, they should know that their contributions are likely not...more
Crowdfunding – a mechanism which connects people in need directly to those who are able to provide support – has completely revolutionised the traditional fundraising landscape. But it can come at a cost if the fundraising is...more