# GoFundMe Charity

> GoFundMe Charity was GoFundMe’s nonprofit fundraising software, launched in November 2019 from the CrowdRise business. It offered donation pages, event registration, donor reporting, CRM integrations and an embeddable donate button, with a zero-platform-fee option funded by voluntary donor tips. The dedicated site stopped accepting donations on September 30, 2021; GoFundMe later built its nonprofit offering around acquired Classy technology under GoFundMe Pro.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Redwood City, United States
- **Founders:** Brad Damphousse (GoFundMe co-founder), Andrew Ballester (GoFundMe co-founder), Edward Norton (CrowdRise co-founder (predecessor)), Shauna Robertson (CrowdRise co-founder (predecessor)), Robert Wolfe (CrowdRise co-founder (predecessor)), Jeffrey Wolfe (CrowdRise co-founder (predecessor))
- **Products:** GoFundMe Charity fundraising suite, Donate Button by GoFundMe, GoFundMe Pro
- **Notable:** Launched publicly in November 2019 after thousands of charities joined a waitlist., Introduced an embeddable Donate Button and WordPress plugin alongside its nonprofit suite., Carried forward CrowdRise relationships with major charities and endurance events.

## Products & services

- **GoFundMe Charity fundraising suite** — Branded donation and peer fundraising pages, event registration and ticketing, donor reports, and integrations with tools including Salesforce, Mailchimp and Constant Contact; retired in 2021.
- **Donate Button by GoFundMe** — Embeddable donation checkout with suggested amounts, branding, receipts, recurring gifts and donor analytics; introduced with the Charity suite and stopped taking donations with it in 2021.
- **GoFundMe Pro** — Later nonprofit fundraising platform built around the Classy business GoFundMe acquired in 2022; distinct from the retired GoFundMe Charity product.

## Achievements

- Launched publicly in November 2019 after thousands of charities joined a waitlist.
- Introduced an embeddable Donate Button and WordPress plugin alongside its nonprofit suite.
- Carried forward CrowdRise relationships with major charities and endurance events.

## Latest updates

- **2021-09** — GoFundMe Charity campaigns and donate buttons stopped accepting online donations; recurring gift plans were canceled.
- **2021-12** — The deadline to view and export GoFundMe Charity donor and fundraiser data passed.
- **2022-04** — GoFundMe completed its acquisition of Classy, later the foundation of GoFundMe Pro.
- **2025-05** — GoFundMe introduced GoFundMe Pro as its later unified nonprofit fundraising platform.

## Links

- Website: https://www.gofundme.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gofundmecharity
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/gofundme
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gofundme
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gofundme/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gofundme/

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Last updated: 2026-09-28