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Suneetha Gudipalli, the GoFundMe organizer, said in the description that the 43-year-old Potabathula is facing “extremely overwhelming” medical expenses in the wake of Tuesday’s crash.
GoFundMe said more people are using its crowdfunding site to pay for "essential expenses" like housing and food based on their annual "Year in Help" report released earlier this week.
More than 500 current campaigns are dedicated to asking for financial help for treating people, mostly kids.
GoFundMe has described itself as the "leader in online medical fundraising". [29] One in three campaigns is intended to raise funds for medical costs, with about 250,000 campaigns for a total of $650 million in contributions each year.
It now part of GoFundMe. Users have initiated fundraising pages on GiveForward.com to raise money for medical expenses incurred by a friend, a family member, or even a pet. In March 2009, two sisters used the site to raise $32,000 to pay for one sister's kidney transplant.
[1] Crowdfunded projects may include creative works, products, nonprofit organizations, supporting entrepreneurship, businesses, or donations for a specific purpose (e.g., to pay for a medical procedure). Crowdfunding usually takes place via an online portal that handles the financial transactions involved and may also provide services such as ...
A terminally ill single mom-of-two set up a GoFundMe page in the hopes of raising $5,000 to cover the expenses of her own funeral and support her children. Nevertheless, her heartbreaking story ...
YouCaring was a crowdfunding website for personal, medical, and charitable causes. The company was a Certified B corporation based in San Francisco, California. [1] YouCaring did not take a percentage of funds raised on its site, or charge those raising funds a fee (any fees associated with third-party credit card processors such as PayPal are paid by donors).