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ABC7 San Francisco: GoFundMe takes responsibility for creating pages without nonprofits' consent: 'We're very sorry' REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- GoFundMe is apologizing and taking action following a 7 On Your Side story that revealed a new product the company launched, aimed to solicit donations for nonprofits. GoFundMe takes responsibility for creating pages without nonprofits' consent: 'We're very sorry' After a week of backlash from nonprofits angry that donation pages GoFundMe created for their organizations were showing up high in searches by donors, the company has announced it is making the pages ...
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Backlash Grows as Charities Say GoFundMe’s Donation Pages Create Chaos Update: GoFundMe has reversed course on its nonprofit pages, which it had automatically created and published online for 1.4 million charities. The old policy required nonprofits to claim the GoFundMe ... The popular online fundraising site GoFundMe created more than 1.4 million unauthorized charity fundraising pages and directly charged everyday donors an additional 16.5% fee, according to New ... ABC7 San Francisco: GoFundMe created 1.4M donation pages for nonprofits; some Bay Area organizations had no clue