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Gofundme will not release funds to a friend who is raising money to save his father's life in Venezuela. They are in desperate need of the money as his father is currently tubed in Venezuela due to COVID19. As we speak his father is fighting for his life and if he does not receive the money he will die. The clinic is threatening his family that if they do not receive further payment they will have to cut him off and hence he will die. Venezuela is not the U.S. By any means there is no human rights whatsoever; no money you die. Simple as that. Gofundme stop playing god and release the funds those in need. You are jeopardizing this family's wellbeing and I'm sure this is not the first one and will not be the last one. Please do something!! TICKET #**

Early 2020 I started a campaign to raise funds for a new invention called carbon monoxide. The campaign did not work within 2 months. I closed the campaign down and tried to receive my funds I donated to myself $110. I found it through the routing number electronically you had to set up but the money was donated off of my debit card. It's been over a year trying to collect my money now from GoFundMe. I filed a report with the Better Business Bureau. They stated they could not make them pay. Today it's October the 6th 2021 and I still have not received a dime. I was told they were not going to pay me. They sent me a text and "We can only pay you through an electronic means." I sent my new debit card and they contact and said, "We can't send money to that."

The GoFundMe website will not allow me to withdraw funds from a fully-funded campaign. I am the sole organizer on behalf of a private party. I have had an account for years and have donated and provided financial information for every donation. I deleted an old credit card on file but that should not prohibit me from withdrawing. The beneficiary is to do the withdrawal. I can't even get to that portal. There is no "team" as they say sometimes a "team member" can't withdraw. I am the sole fundraiser.

People need help, And help should not be denied because of their political views or race, religion, or whether they're a victim of medical malpractice. Am sure Gofundme started out with good intentions, Unfortunately your good reputation is being tainted by some bad decision.

Although I have used GoFundMe in the past, this last experience made me decide to never go back again under any circumstances. I pushed my financial limit and gave $500 to a fund raiser that was just getting started, with a goal of $25,000 and just a few donors totaling about $2,000 from about 5-6 people. I went back 2 days later to see how they were doing, and they were gone with no explanation whatsoever.

It's been months since I raised just under $1000. Unfortunately, the charity still hasn't received this money and it's becoming and back and forth email chain and still getting nowhere to solve it. The charity has enrolled and done everything requested and we're still having issues. Then the other issues is this company just charges fees after fees, not only do they take % of your donation, they also take a % of the total figure when you are ready to deposit the money to a charity. You will slowly see your raised money decline significantly. Avoid this company, use anything else such as Facebook. Thanks.

Let’s just that this is a platform who loves to prey upon vulnerable people in their greatest need. They approved my campaign but refused to release the funds: delaying, ghosting, and the demanding some serious sensitive documents. God knows what they do with them. I think they know that when you’re desperate you might disclose anything to get the issue resolved. That is what happened to me. I am disgusted with their approach to customer service. They refuse to call so they hide behind their emails stating “this is to keep track of the conversation”. In reality this how they hide behind their computer while they enjoy the 2.9% and more fees they collect from the donors. Also keep in mind, it is even better if they refund your campaign because the money gets to set in their account a little longer. You probably read the vibe here. I choose the worst platform to raise funds from my friends and family. Everyone was shocked to see this happen.

In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti on August 14, 2021. Our company Co-Founder who is from one of the affected areas fielded appeals from his hometown. We set up a fundraiser to provide water on an emergency basis to the town. The fundraiser is currently "blocked for review" since the day we initiated it while over $12K has been donated for the relief. We have managed on our own to get the water to the town, with still no access to the funds donated by our supporters. This had the potential to severely damage our reputation and adversely affect the beneficiaries. We may never use this platform again.

I had a friend who was in dire straits during Covid. They set up a GoFundMe account in order to feed their family. I attempted to donate $500. Go fund me took a 10% fee of $50. So my donation was $550. When I spoke to my friend to confirm she received the $500 I learned they charged her $50 as well, so she only received $450. So GoFundMe charges 20% of any donated them out. This is ridiculous!!!! I will never use GoFundMe again. I should have sent the money through Venmo or Zelle and they were been no fees. I suggest anyone sending money to anyone not use GoFundMe and use one of these other methods that charge no fees.

What a dreadful time we are having with Go Fund Me in actually GETTING our funds withdrawn. True, it was easy to set up Go Fund Me, easy for our donators to donate and we did get some helpful advice from Marvel who helped us refund an elderly donator who got caught out by the tipping part; that was good. BUT in terms of setting up withdrawals we are having a nightmare of a time. And for us, time is running out with GFM threatening to refund all our donators by Sep 14th 2021 yet we started the withdrawal process July 30th and are still yet to see the money or get any REAL support from GFM to understand what the hold up is.