YouCaring

YouCaring
Type of site
Crowdfunding
Available inEnglish
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
US
Founder(s)Brock Ketcher, Naomi Ketcher, Luke Miner
URLyoucaring.com
CommercialYes
Launched2011
Current statusacquired by Gofundme 2018

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).[2][3][4] The company relied on voluntary donations from donors to fund operations.[5] YouCaring was acquired by GoFundMe in 2018.[6]

  1. ^ "Certified B Corporation: YouCaring". B Corporation Listing. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ Kulp, Kayleigh. "Crowdfunding to Pay Medical Bills and Expenses - Health Care - AARP". Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. ^ Kulp, Kayleigh (27 April 2012). "How to Use Crowdfunding to Cover Health-Care Bills". Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  4. ^ "The Sick Turn To Crowd Funding To Pay Medical Bills". Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jain was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "GoFundMe Acquires YouCaring – Giving Matters: Notes From GoFundMe". Giving Matters: Notes From GoFundMe. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-09.