To help fight fraud, GoFundMe created an online hub that contains verified fundraising pages related to the L.A.-area wildfires.
Mandy Moore shut down critics who took issue after she shared a GoFundMe page dedicated to helping her in-laws, who lost 'everything' amid the ongoing fires in Los Angeles.
Mandy Moore is clapping back at the critics. The actress, 40, is responding to those criticizing her for sharing a GoFundMe for her family members who were affected by the Los Angeles fires.
A 93-year-old grandfather lost his Pacific Palisades house — which he’d bought in 1963 with his wife, who recently died — to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, leaving him with only a small suitcase of clothes and not a single personal photo or keepsake.
Collectively, they’d raised more than $100 million as of Tuesday evening, a GoFundMe spokesperson told me. (The company did not immediately respond when asked where the totals currently stand.) In recent days,
Attributing some arbitrary amount of money google says someone has is NOT helpful or empathetic,” The “This Is Us” actress wrote on Instagram Thursday.
More than $100 million has been donated to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires through GoFundMe campaigns — the popular crowdfunding platform that verifies all accounts to protect against scams.
You want beef with your worst nightmare, which is me right now? You post about Mandy Moore. I will ride for Mandy Moore,” the “Hills” alum said.
Afterward, Moore shared a few GoFundMe pages on her Instagram account, including her in-laws, who she mentioned were just weeks away from welcoming their first child. This drew ire from followers claiming the actress should donate her own money instead of asking “regular people.” Moore gave the following response in the now-deleted Instagram post:
In the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, Flavor Flav is using his influence and platform to assist those impacted with the launch of a fundraiser. On Monday (Jan. 20), the Public Enemy member announced the new initiative,
Online fund-raisers with stories of loss and desperation have become a symbol of the Los Angeles wildfires’ destruction. Officials warned of scammers using them to prey on people’s generosity.
Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has raised over $100 million to help victims of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. The money will go toward helping affected families, communities, businesses, and nonprofits such as World Central Kitchen, Direct Relief, and the Salvation Army.