“There’s a huge amount of fundraising that happens in the offline world where kids are being asked to do somewhat ridiculous things like selling cookie dough and selling gift wrapping, and we think that’s a quaint idea,” Solomon says as one example. Teams will still have a traditional GoFundMe page, but each will get a personalized link that lets the team track who has raised the most.įor some of these fundraisers, that eliminates the old model of going door-to-door to make solicitations (although that’s another important socializing experience the web just deleted). It’s a tool to reach sports teams, school groups, and groups of people who want their own way to rally around a community cause or specific charity.
The Independent has approached GoFundMe for further comment.GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon, who consistently talks about growing the “giving layer” of the Internet, says that addresses a massive new pool of prospective fundraisers and donors.
The website was accused at the weekend of allowing fund-raisingfor Kyle Rittenhouse – the teenager for shooting two men dead in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last August – following his acquittal on Friday. It added that it worked “with law enforcement to report issues and assists them in any investigations they deem necessary,” and that the individual behind the Darrell Brooks fundraiser had been banned from the platform. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office said that bail, set earlier in November, was “inappropriately low in light of the nature of the recent charges”, and after the tragedy in Waukesha.Ī spokesperson for GoFundMe told The Independent that “Fundraisers with misuse are very rare, and we take all complaints very seriously”. Police in Waukesha have meanwhile confirmed that Mr Brooks had been involved in an act of violence earlier on Sunday, and was out on a $1,000 (£750) bail for obstructing an officer and domestic abuse.
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