REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GoFundMe, the world’s largest social fundraising platform, announced the company is acquiring personal fundraising site YouCaring, furthering the company’s mission to help people turn compassion into action.
During this transition, current YouCaring fundraisers can continue to collect donations and will have the opportunity to migrate to the GoFundMe platform with its world-class services. New fundraisers will launch on GoFundMe. The two companies are working together closely to ensure continuity of support to their respective user communities.
“GoFundMe and YouCaring share a common mission of making it easier than ever for people to get the support they need. With this acquisition, we strengthen our position as the place where more people can unite to make an impact far greater than they can on their own,” said Rob Solomon, CEO of GoFundMe. “We’re excited to welcome the YouCaring community to GoFundMe's global community of more than 50 million people and empower more changemakers to help make a difference in each other’s lives.”
YouCaring’s community will have access to GoFundMe’s best-in-class customer support, trust and safety teams, and donor protection backed by the GoFundMe Guarantee.
“Since 2011, YouCaring has helped hundreds of thousands of people raise over $1 billion to face hardship,” said Dan Saper, YouCaring’s CEO. “We are excited for the communities of YouCaring and GoFundMe to join and make a larger impact as one collective giving community.”
The announcement comes after a year of continued growth and major milestones for GoFundMe, including the company’s entrance into the nonprofit fundraising space with the acquisition and launch of Crowdrise by GoFundMe, rapid international expansion to 19 countries, and the recent move to a free platform for organizers. Now, with the acquisition of YouCaring, GoFundMe will continue the momentum, empowering more people to make a difference by making fundraising more efficient and effective.
The deal was signed on April 2, 2018 and is expected to close by the end of this week. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey served as exclusive financial advisor to YouCaring.
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