State Attorneys General Question GoFundMe Over Unauthorized Charity Donation Pages

According to recent reports, GoFundMe, an internet platform for people to fundraise and solicit donations, including for charities, created donation web pages for 1.4 million charities without their prior knowledge or consent. In response, a group of state attorneys general and charitable regulators, led by California, sent a letter on March 3, 2026, to GoFundMe demanding that it take down the unauthorized donation web pages by March 17, 2026.

The other states are Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, and . . .