Partnerships
GoFundMe.org is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that rapidly raises and distributes funds to address urgent, unmet needs of people and communities impacted by disaster or social injustice informed by the philanthropic priorities of a wide range of partners.
Amplify Your Impact
Our partners represent a wide range of community and corporate partners values around justice, equality, and opportunity. We tailor our partner programs to each organization’s unique social impact goals across many different use cases.
Our partnerships tend to fall into three categories:
Launching a charitable fund
Raise money for a charitable mission and you want donations to your fund to be tax-deductible to your network of prospective donors.
Distribute grants from your fund, benefitting people or nonprofits that align with your charitable objectives.
Championing an existing fund
Align your organization with a domestic social need that’s validated by thousands of GoFundMe platform fundraisers by amplifying the fund and its impact to your network.
Donate to support designated people, communities, or nonprofit organizations with grants in the wake of a crisis.
Collaborating on a crisis response
Help us help more people by working together to identify and support individual people or specific communities that need money in order to recover or thrive.
Recommend charities or philanthropic organizations that should receive grants based on your mission, work, and areas of expertise.
Partnership benefits
By leveraging support from our strategic corporate partner GoFundMe, Inc., we’re able to keep our costs low and our efficiency rate high, while giving partners access to best-in-class vetting, compliance, and security services.
Flexibility
- Tax-deductible donations (U.S. exemption) in any format, from credit cards to crypto and beyond
- Ability to receive donations globally from individuals, corporations, donor advised funds, and foundations
Customization
- Tailored impact reporting on your fundraising efforts
- Curated grantee lists
- Fiscal sponsorships and DAF arrangements
Experience
- Fast distribution of funds to those in need
- Expert compliance vetting
- Pulse on current news
- Deep understanding of urgent needs
Impact
- Opportunity to humanize social impact through direct giving and storytelling
- Exposure to a wide range of charitable causes permitted under the laws of the United States
- Visibility and amplification
Ready to Partner With Us?
GoFundMe’s robust platform data informs our expertise, granting partners real world insight into systemic social issues and local or national emergencies as they unfold. We’re set up to respond rapidly and can send grants to verified individuals within hours of a crisis.
Donations
We can receive tax-deductible donations in many formats, from credit cards to crypto. We accept donations globally from individuals, corporations, donor advised funds (DAFs), and foundations.
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Our partnership fees are customized for each partner and depend upon the scale, scope, and specific skills required. Fees depend on many variables including, but not limited to, budget, number of grantees/transactions, location, due diligence, and risk.
See FAQPast and Current Partners
GoFundMe.org has a proven track record of partner collaboration. Below are some of the partners we have been able to team up with to have a greater impact together.
Celebrities & Public Figures
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher
Leonardo Dicaprio and Laurene Powell Jobs
Phillip Lim
Pattie Gonia
Frederick Joseph
Ellen DeGeneres
Cast of Schitt’s Creek
Cast of Orange is the New Black
Deepak Chopra
Guy Oseary
Chris Vogt
Andriy Shevchenko
Yashar Ali
Michelle Obama
and others
Foundations & Nonprofits
Global Giving
Mattel Foundation
The Obama Foundation
The Asian American Foundation (TAAF)
Flexport.org
Airbnb.org
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Alumni
Immigrant Families Together
TIME’S UP
The Actors Fund
Welcome.US
The Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF)
Government Entities
Department of State
USAID
Steve Sisolak (Governor of Nevada)
Corporations
Old Navy
Express
Yelp
Intuit Quickbooks
GoDaddy
Barbie and Mattel
Buzzfeed Inc
Flexport
Airbnb
Crest
Netflix
GayCities
Google
Microsoft
Bill.com
Explore Some Partnership Examples
Since 2017, we’ve worked with brands, corporations, individuals, and other organizations to design and manage custom programs. These are some of the unique ways GoFundMe.org has helped partners meet their philanthropic goals.
Working with public figures to distribute funds to multiple beneficiaries
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Partnering with organizations to identify the best nonprofits in need of critical aid
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Collaborating with community leaders to identify grant recipients
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Support partner companies on corporate social responsibility
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Providing fast funding for critical work on major challenges
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Partnering with other nonprofits to fund charitable work abroad
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Working with government officials to manage donations following tragedies
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Collaborating with donors to set up donor-advised funds (DAFs)
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Acting as a fiscal sponsor while an organization awaits nonprofit status
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Working with public figures to distribute funds to multiple beneficiaries
The Stand with Ukraine Fundraiser (2022 – Present) was created in partnership with Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher to raise funds that benefit two nonprofit organizations. By working with GoFundMe.org, over $35 million has been raised and distributed to support housing and humanitarian aid for those forced to flee Ukraine.
Partnering with organizations to identify the best nonprofits in need of critical aid
In collaboration with the US Department of State and Global Giving, we identify beneficiaries of the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (2022 – Present). These partners help to ensure that donations raised are distributed to organizations doing top-tier humanitarian aid work and in need of funding.
Collaborating with community leaders to identify grant recipients
Following a rise in violence, the AAPI Community Fund (2021 – Present) was created to uplift and empower Asian and Pacific Islander communities across the nation. Supported by a twelve-person advisory committee of cultural leaders and activists, GoFundMe.org assesses and determines grant recipients and disperses funds. Over $7 million has been raised on the GoFundMe platform, including offline donations from corporations such as YouTube, Panda Express, and H&M.
Support partner companies on corporate social responsibility
GoFundMe.org partnered with Express on the Express Dream Big Project (2020 – Present) to fundraise for Express’ ongoing corporate responsibility initiatives including their program dedicated to creating opportunities and providing resources through Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
Providing fast funding for critical work on major challenges
Led by Leonardo DiCaprio and Laurene Powell Jobs, America’s Food Fund (2020 – 2022), a project of the Emerson Collective, was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over $45 million was raised and granted to charities addressing food insecurities in the United States. GoFundMe.org managed the project that included multi-million dollar donations and grants from corporations, celebrities, private foundations, and donor-advised funds, including Apple, the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. GoFundMe.org began issuing grants the same day that funds were received.
Partnering with other nonprofits to fund charitable work abroad
Over $2 million has been raised through the Girls Opportunity Alliance (2018 – Present) a project that builds schools, among other things, around the world and aims to empower girls globally through education. Working together with Michelle Obama and the Obama Foundation, GoFundMe.org issues grants, in the capacity of a fiscal sponsorship, to vetted foreign charitable entities around the globe. Donations and grants include corporate donations as well as foundation grants requiring the submission of applications and reporting.
Working with government officials to manage donations following tragedies
Over $11 million was raised and granted out through the Las Vegas Victims Fund (2017) to provide relief to the victims of the tragic Route 91 Harvest Music Festival shooting. GoFundMe.org worked with city and government officials to manage the influx of donations made through the GoFundMe platform, in addition to supporting long-term song royalties from artists who were performing at the festival and both personal and corporate contributions.
Collaborating with donors to set up donor-advised funds (DAFs)
In 2017, Hurricane Harvey became one of the most devastating storms in US history, and in just two months, over $65 million was raised on the GoFundMe platform to support relief and rebuilding. GoFundMe.org launched its first general fund that granted money to individual GoFundMe fundraisers started by and for people who needed immediate financial help before charity and government aid could reach them. GoFundMe.org worked with donors to establish a donor-advised fund that raised over $1 million that was then distributed directly to those impacted by this catastrophic storm.
Acting as a fiscal sponsor while an organization awaits nonprofit status
The Times Up fund (2017 – 2018) began as an extension of the powerful #MeToo movement that then raised over $24 million. Funds were granted out to organizations working to help build a world where safe, fair, and dignified work is a reality for women. Until the Times Up Foundation was established in late 2018, GoFundMe.org served as the fiscal sponsor for the foundation, receiving and managing donations via the GoFundMe platform, in addition to multi-year endowments, stocks, and large-dollar donations from various corporations, foundations, donor-advised funds, and public figures.
Girls Opportunity Alliance
We teamed up with the Obama Foundation to support girls’ education.
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