501(c)(3) public charities are the most common organizations on the GoFundMe Charity platform, but we also support other eligible US nonprofit types as well as Canadian registered charities.
If your organization is already listed on our platform (you can check here), then you're all set to begin raising money.
If not, you can follow the applicable steps below to determine if your organization is eligible to add it to our platform.
US 501(c)(3) public charities (most common)
Any financial administrator of the charity can enroll in PayPal Giving Fund with the steps below, which will automatically add the charity to our platform.
- Create a PayPal account or make sure that your existing PayPal account is upgraded to a business account: https://www.paypal.com/bizsignup.
- Confirm your charity's status here: https://www.paypal.com/charities. After you submit the required information, PayPal will follow up with you by email within three business days. You can move to step 3 here after you receive PayPal's confirmation email.
- Enroll in PayPal Giving Fund here: https://www.paypal.com/givingfund/enroll.
Your charity will appear on our platform a day or two after enrollment is complete, and then you can follow the steps in this article to claim your charity.
Other eligible US charities
In order to be eligible for addition to the GoFundMe Charity platform, other US charities must be listed in the GuideStar database and be one of the types noted below.
Donations are tax-deductible:
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501(c)(1) - Corporations Organized under Act of Congress (including Federal Credit Unions) |
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501(c)(3) - Private Foundations * |
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501(c)(8) - Fraternal Beneficiary Societies and Associations |
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501(c)(10) - Domestic Fraternal Societies and Associations |
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501(c)(13) - Cemetery Companies |
Donations may be tax-deductible:
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501(c)(4) - Civic Leagues, Social Welfare Organizations, and Local Associations of Employees
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Accepts tax-deductible donations if: • Has a separate charitable fund which is eligible to receive tax-deductible donations under section 501(c)(3). • Is a volunteer fire company or similar organization, and donations are exclusively for public purposes. |
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501(c)(19) - Post or Organization of Past or Present Members of the Armed Forces |
Accepts tax-deductible donations if 90% or more of the organization's members are war veterans. |
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501(c)(23) - Veterans' Organization (created before 1880) |
Accepts tax-deductible donations if 90% or more of the organization's members are war veterans. |
Donations are not tax-deductible
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501(c)(2) - Title Holding Corporation For Exempt Organization |
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501(c)(5) - Labor, Agricultural, and Horticultural Organizations |
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501(c)(6) - Business Leagues, Chambers of Commerce, Real Estate Boards, etc. |
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501(c)(7) - Social and Recreational Clubs |
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501(c)(9) - Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Associations |
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501(c)(11) - Teachers' Retirement Fund Associations |
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501(c)(12) - Benevolent Life Insurance Associations, Mutual Ditch or Irrigation Companies, Mutual or Cooperative Telephone Companies, etc. |
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501(c)(14) - State-Chartered Credit Unions, Mutual Reserve Funds |
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501(c)(15) - Mutual Insurance Companies or Associations |
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501(c)(16) - Cooperative Organizations to Finance Crop Operations |
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501(c)(17) - Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Trusts |
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501(c)(18) - Employee Funded Pension Trust (created before June 25, 1959) |
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501(c)(21) - Black Lung Benefit Trusts |
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501(c)(22) - Withdrawal Liability Payment Fund |
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501(c)(25) - Title Holding Corporations or Trusts with Multiple Parent Corporations |
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501(c)(26) - State-Sponsored Organization Providing Health Coverage for High-Risk Individuals |
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501(c)(27) - State-Sponsored Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Organization |
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501(c)(28) - National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust |
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501(c)(29) - CO-OP health insurance issuers |
GuideStar gathers and organizes nonprofit information from the IRS and other sources. To add your charity to GuideStar, please follow the steps on their website here.
Once your charity appears on GuideStar, please contact us, so we can help with the next steps.
Canadian charities
In order to use GoFundMe Charity, your organization must be have a business number, appear in the Canada.ca database, and be a Canadian registered charity which is eligible to receive donations. Once your charity meets those requirements, please contact us, so we can help with the next steps.