Sep 25, 2026 · 17 min · 6 segments
This week on *Nonprofit News Feed*, the hosts examine the rise of “shadow donation” platforms—sites that create nonprofit fundraising pages without organizations’ consent. They discuss the takedown of…
So what did we do, George? We sent them a list of questions, which to my knowledge, they haven't actually formally responded to.
It wasn't even clear how many, if any, donations had been routed through the site.
George, listeners will know that in October of last year, GoFundMe and other organizations with shadow donation pages had, without permission, built pages to solicit donations in publicly indexable, that is SEO-friendly, donation pages.
However, there is a lawsuit by the state of Alaska against GoFundMe et al and some of those other organizations.
And the letter from 23 state attorneys general last year in light of the GoFundMe news made it very clear that this is at the very least a legal gray area, right? Well, determined to see what kind of Rulings are made.
But it is clear that it rose to the prominence that it attracted 23 state attorneys general of a bipartisan nature to condemn this practice.
What did we learn from this saga? Again, much smaller in prominence, not clear they had processed any donations, but George, also not clear they'd really thought through anything either.
So what did we do, George? We sent them a list of questions, which to my knowledge, they haven't actually formally responded to.
It wasn't even clear how many, if any, donations had been routed through the site.
George, listeners will know that in October of last year, GoFundMe and other organizations with shadow donation pages had, without permission, built pages to solicit donations in publicly indexable, that is SEO-friendly, donation pages.
However, there is a lawsuit by the state of Alaska against GoFundMe et al and some of those other organizations.
And the letter from 23 state attorneys general last year in light of the GoFundMe news made it very clear that this is at the very least a legal gray area, right? Well, determined to see what kind of Rulings are made.
But it is clear that it rose to the prominence that it attracted 23 state attorneys general of a bipartisan nature to condemn this practice.
What did we learn from this saga? Again, much smaller in prominence, not clear they had processed any donations, but George, also not clear they'd really thought through anything either.
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