Just because people choose to be kind doesn’t mean that you can take advantage of this kindness. That sounds about right, doesn’t it, dear Pandas? Unfortunately, some people have so little shame that they flaunt their greed and beg for money openly. In the digital age, that’s easier to do now than ever.
For example, tons of people create GoFundMe projects to try and weasel out some money from naive altruists. That’s where the aptly named ‘Don’tFundMe’ subreddit comes in. It’s an online community that names and shames the most egregious and greedy GoFundMe campaigns.
Some of these projects are as shameless as they can be. However, some others are clearly tongue-in-cheek social commentaries, attempts to have some fun and brighten people’s day. Scroll down to see what the GoFundMe landscape is really like, dear Pandas. And be sure to tell us about the worst campaigns you’ve ever laid eyes on.
Bored Panda reached out to the founder and moderator of the subreddit to have a chat about the online group's history and dumb GoFundMe campaigns.
"I was inspired to create /r/DontFundMe after seeing a college friend post a GoFundMe for a Christian mission trip overseas that, at worst, looked suspiciously like a vacation and, at best, looked to not be especially beneficial to the community it was supposed to help. Her campaign was never posted to the subreddit and only served as the initial inspiration," they shared with us.
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What The-
How many people donated without actually understanding it?
The founder of the online community told Bored Panda that they have no idea why the people behind the most egregious campaigns aren't ashamed of themselves.
"Maybe part of the reason is that these donations are entirely voluntary, so they don't have the same level of guilt as, for example, a pharmaceutical company holding lifesaving medication hostage behind outrageous costs," the moderator mused why some folks have an easy time begging for money on GoFundMe.
My Friend Sent Me This 2 Months Ago
Update: The Green Bean Man Has Raised $5
I know what go find me is but is this a real thing? Can people ask for these dumb things and actually get money? In which case why haven't I started trying this?
Bored Panda was curious what the mod would change about GoFundMe if they could do anything. However, they were candid that they haven't followed the platform's development over the years. Though they do have one novel idea.
"We could take all of the healthcare-related campaigns and bundle them all into one single one-day campaign, say on April 18th. We could call it 'Tax Day' and ensure that the funding is used to cover all healthcare costs for every citizen of the United States. Maybe we could even have all of the billion-dollar corporations donate to this campaign," they said. The idea sounds great. Hopefully, someone will pitch it to GoFundMe.
This Gives More Backstory To Actual Gofundme Idk If It Fits
The Hat Fund That's Actually Pretty Good
I can give you this for free, you poor fellow: hats-with-...e3fbca.jpg 
The Fund For This Lady's Midlife Crisis Tat
Now you can help one PA woman cross two items off of her bucket list. The first was to get a squirrel tattoo and the second was to orchestrate an online fundraiser. She decided to combine them into one glorious GoFundMe page
Hopefully, if she gets enough money, she can pay the artist extra to add a squirrel tail to the hamster in the drawing.
The founder told us that, unfortunately, r/DontFundMe "is a dying subreddit." There's been hardly any engagement or growth over the past several years.
"I'd like to believe that the majority of redditors are moving away from 'outrage' subreddits like this one I created. I've come to realize that subreddits like this probably don't have a positive lasting effect on mental health," they said.
A Fund To Erase This Bad Decision
Turns out getting a job was tough for this tattooed New Yorker. To help erase her (really, really, really) terrible decision and hopefully brighten up her job prospects, she started a GoFundMe campaign to get the 420 tattoo removed from her forehead.
Aiming for $800, she raised more than $1,000 in just a few days.
I guess if it will make her more employable and help boost her self esteem it's worth it. Tattoosists should NEVER tattoo drunk or dumb people tbh
I Insist You Don't Give This Guy Any More Money
Former Child Star Wants 100k, He Has Spent All His Money
California-based GoFundMe lets people fundraise money for pretty much anything and everything, so long as it fits the company’s community standards. So while you might see some fairly run-of-the-mill requests to help an animal shelter or a family who has lost their home, you’ll also find some Americans begging for help because they can’t afford life-saving medication or healthcare.
Between 2010 and 2020, GoFundMe raised over 9 billion dollars, contributed by over 120 million donors. However, not every project is altruistic. Some people see the platform as a way to make a quick buck by telling a sob story. And they get called out for it by the ‘Don’tFundMe’ subreddit.
Kid At The School I Go To
The Fund To Put A Tardis Into Space
A Fund For This Guy's Booty Call
What's a guy to do when his entire relationship hinges on a $325 plane ticket to Miami? His future is in the hands of the Internet.
r/DontFundMe has been active for almost 7.5 years. Founded way back in late October of 2014, it has amassed nearly 219k members since then. The entire subreddit is run by just a single moderator (though they also use Reddit’s AutoModerator for help).
The online group presents itself as “a subreddit for those born without shame-glands, dedicated to showcasing particularly egregious GoFundMe projects.” In other words, it’s about showing the weirdest, most shameless times people tried to swindle a quick buck or two from those willing to show kindness.
The Fund For Alabama
If you've had enough of donating to sickly children or homeless cats, then why not mix things up and donate to... the state of Alabama? That's right, Alabama State Senator Paul Sanford set up a voluntary tax page where you could help pay Alabama state taxes whether you actually live there or not.
Turns Out Having Kids Is Expensive
This was sleazy enough but then I read "conservative kids" and it become downright gross.
For people who love shitting on social welfare, they sure like asking for handouts
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What I have gathered from this is that people like piglets a lot more than conservative families who overpopulate. Sounds about right.
It's barbaric. Conservatives are killers. And they teach their children to be killers.
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nope. I am willing to help their kids pay off their therapy bills in a few years though.
They might as well write "we're entitled assholes who don't value the lives of animals and instead teach our kids to hunt them." Be honest with yourselves.
I realize this is a well- intentioned comment, and on the surface, I fully agree. (And hunting just for sport if that's the case, is atrocious) . Unfortunately, being honest with ourselves also means recognizing our acceptance of the fact that most of the beef and poultry we eat comes from animals who led horrific lives before slaughter. I'm not a fan of guns of any sort, but I do appreciate that hunting for your food forces you to face the animal who is feeding you instead of pretending that meat is just something wrapped in plastic and Styrofoam.
Load More Replies... People like this shouldn't have reproduced or even be allowed to reproduce.
I wonder if they vaccinated their kids, homeschooling and conservative go hand in hand with antivaxxers
I want to protest here, but I've found recently that that is true :/. A lot of fellow homeschoolers are antivaxxers, antimaskers, etc. I am not, and most of my friends aren't, but antivaxxers are indeed the sad majority.
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Perhaps asking to fund a vasectomy or an IUD or even condoms would be more successful.?
Of course they're "conservative." Especially with birth control. But not with grift.
This just wants me want to donate to injured piglets even more just to spite this person
Conservative kids? F**k you, where's that piglet I'm giving him the money.
If you don't have the means to pay for a large family, please don't have one. I can understand religious reasons, certainly, but there are natural birth control methods that won't infringe upon them. I am the second of 11. I have, luckily, always lived in comfort, because my parents, nay, my father alone is able to raise enough money for us all. Seriously, if you need to ask for money to give your kids education bc you have too many, you need to just send them to public school. The world doesn't owe you anything for your life decisions.
Have you heard of the magical, miraculous Mr. Condom?
"$70k is exactly 7 times more than what we raised for a single piglet in distress." Well, that convinced me!
Not interested in donating to them but gonna go look this piglet up and donate. Lol
Ugh. Unless she was meant to have one and ended up with 7 all at once... Then having a big family was your choice. Plus I'm sure they get taxes back per child every year.
Yep every year these grifters get $20,000 in IRS refunds. Ridiculous. And people that work get nothing.
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It's for our kids. Well, I mean a new pair of shoes every time we go hunting.
i dont support what they are doing, but i find the people in the comments slightly hypocritical; i'm sure many of you would immeadiatley fund abortions even though, most of the time that it caused by lifestyle choices. if you call having lots of kids lifestyle choices ( which i agree it is), so is getting pregnant most the time, so technically you shouldnt fund someones abortion. just a thought i had , dont down vote lmaoooo
God how many times can you say the same thing over and over? Sit down and be quiet.
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Homeschooling is normally a good thing but when combined with conservatives…run
Isn't it amazing that none of the "conservatives" here tell these people to keep their legs shut like they do women that need an abortion?
I've got no problem with people having kids. I've got a problem with people killing them.
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There are so many things I want to pick at here, I'm salivating!!!
Can't abort em, but conservatives don't wanna help ya raise em, so....
Let me rephrase your comment "Can't murder them, but others won't give you money to help raise them, so..." Being poor is better than being killed.
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Conservative kids is what got me. I can’t think of any well adjusted child being branded as Conservative.
One time I saw a guy raised over 7k for a new Tesla, because it was his dream car and he really NEEDED it, meanwhile just a few pages up a single mom of 3 whose house burnt down only got like 3-4k
You get tax credits for those seven sex trophies. If you were raising liberal, open minded kids, I might have cared. Breeders are a drain in society.
https://www.gofundme.com/manage/it-will-help-me-go-to-a-college-for-a-field-trip
Girl Posts On Facebook Group Begging People To Give Her $20,000 To Impress Her Dad So She Can Use His Car
Now, there are a few rules that you have to be aware of if you plan on joining r/DontFundMe and posting content there. For one, as much fun as it is to poke fun at people who deserve it, the subreddit’s members are asked to blur out all identifiable info. What’s more, posters should avoid adding visible links to the projects themselves. That’s to avoid promoting any and all campaigns directly (whatever they might be).
The Instagram Egg
Oh this is egg dude! They hold the record for the most liked instagram photo, they did it to beat Kylie Jenner
Woman Who Abused Starbucks Barista And Refused To Wear A Mask Wants $100k... For Abusing Starbucks Barista And Refusing To Wear A Mask
More like, 'Woman Who Doesn't have functioning brain cells Wants $100k.....for not having functioning brain cells'
It’s A Mood For Sure
What’s more, the content that you post on r/DontFundMe has to be in some way related to egregious GoFundMe projects. There’s a separate subreddit for bad Kickstarter projects. Meanwhile, general begging posts go on the legendary r/ChoosingBeggars. In other words, the content has to be mainly focused on GoFundMe. Though the ‘Don’tFundMe’ team explains that they do allow some non-GoFundMe posts “within reason.”
I Think This Is Appropriate Here
A Fund To Help Someone Adopt This Creature
After going through a harrowing divorce in August of 2015, a Denver woman decided that there were only two things in this world that could ever revive her happiness. The first was adopting this adorable hedgehog.
The second was collecting the $500 dollars it apparently takes to adopt an adorable hedgehog.
Of all the things in this article, this one is probably the one I find the least objectionable - assuming this is a domestic hedgehog, no different to adopting a cat or dog. Second assumption is that her back story is accurate, what you're actually donating to is this woman's emotional recovery. $500 is not an exorbitant amount to ask for.
Look At Diss Dude
The sub also isn’t the place for any actually good campaigns. There has to be an element of malevolence, absurdity, or hilarity present. “This subreddit is for bad GoFundMe projects that obviously beg for money or don't have a clear objective other than the ability to sponge money from your wallet,” the mod writes.
The Fund To Send A Woman Around The World For 'Spiritual Healing'
Traveling the world sounds like an amazing opportunity. And the chance to travel the world on someone else's dime? Even better. Rebecca G. is asking people to help her pay for a $10,000 round-the-world trip, all so she can advance in her "spiritual journey."
Sure. She promises that as she travels she will help others realize their own spiritual journey, all while living out her dream. How she plans to help others is unclear, though. What we do know is that she plans to write a book about it. Yay?
This Woman Gave Her Son Industrial Bleach To Drink, Uploaded It To Youtube, & Is Now Trying To Sue Nbc For Reporting This
Anyone who’s caught promoting projects or soliciting donations on r/DontFundMe will bet permanently banned. And, as always, members of the subreddit are duty-bound to follow Reddit’s general rules, aka be a nice person, not a jerk. That means no spamming. No harassment. No threats. No organizing witch-hunts against GoFundMe beggars that you personally don’t like. Poking fun at them online is fine—but there’s no excuse for abuse.
Wwjd?
There was a televangelist back in the day that told his followers that if he didn't raise 3 mil he would "bring him home"...it worked
Because iPhone X Is More Important That Preparing For Your Baby
Seriously...?
Which of these projects did you think were the dumbest, dear Pandas? What do you think it would take to ensure that people stop trying to make a quick buck at the expense of others? Is there anything that you wish you could change about GoFundMe as a whole? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
Please Show Some Love
The Fund To Prove The Earth Is Flat
Despite the overwhelming amount of scientific evidence to the contrary, rapper B.o.B. is thoroughly convinced that the Earth is flat. He is so certain, in fact, that he launched a GoFundMe campaign in September 2017.
The goal of the campaign? To raise $1 million to send satellites into space to "find the curve" that, in his mind, is the only real proof that the world is spherical.
Help Me Buy A Tesla
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Any fool who has donated to something like this should seriously ask themselves why they didn't donate to the World Food Programme or Médecins Sans Frontières instead. At least those would be meaningful donations. Makes me sad....
Or donate time to something like Habitat for Humanity, or a local group that fixes up peopel's homes for them, free of charge, to keep the elderly from being displaced, etc.
Load More Replies... GoFundMe is just begging. Some (few) are true/genuine but most is just lack of planning. No health insurance but go down insanely dangerous sport? Buy a house/car and no insurance? Want an expensive wedding/dress/ring, but you expect it to be cheap for you? Meh. I have little empathy for most GoFundMe... like GoEarnitYourself.
Sometimes I put in my local town and see if there are any gofundmes that are worth supporting. 99 percent of them are just a waste of time. Lazy, entitled people who think the world owes them a living. I wish gofundme vetted the posts.
I've only ever done it once, after someone turned left at a red light as I was going through an intersection. Because MI has the most convoluted insurance system i've ever experienced, even though the other driver was found at 100% fault, they didn't have to pay me anything because my cars value was less than 5k... And my insurance company said her policy had to pay... we both had the same insurance company
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Look if you get screwed by happenstance and now waist deep in shite, then perhaps some help from kind souls is a good thing. But these are not that.
I feel like if I madea GoFundMe about how I need money because I quit my job after snapping at a rude Karen being difficult about masks, people would give me money. I told her "My name is Kiss My Ass" when she demanded repeatedly to know my name and talk to my manager after I told her I won't tolerate abusive behaviour and she needs to leave.
But who is dumber? the people who beg or the ones who donate to these useless causes....
Hmm...I wonder if I could get a campaign going for a nice house with a yard so that I can have a couple of dogs? Probably not.
I took a look at the Dutch section of GoFundMe and found a similar delusional request for money. "Help me to go on a six month vacation on a sailing ship organised by "School at Sea". To do this I must earn € 25000 all by myself. So please donate..." Strange thing is that I saw several of these requests from different people.
It is not funny, it is infuriating! Those entitled bastards deserve nothing but a slap in the face, and so do the idiots who donated to them.
I guess you missed all the other generations asking for stupid s**t as well?
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Any fool who has donated to something like this should seriously ask themselves why they didn't donate to the World Food Programme or Médecins Sans Frontières instead. At least those would be meaningful donations. Makes me sad....
Or donate time to something like Habitat for Humanity, or a local group that fixes up peopel's homes for them, free of charge, to keep the elderly from being displaced, etc.
Load More Replies... GoFundMe is just begging. Some (few) are true/genuine but most is just lack of planning. No health insurance but go down insanely dangerous sport? Buy a house/car and no insurance? Want an expensive wedding/dress/ring, but you expect it to be cheap for you? Meh. I have little empathy for most GoFundMe... like GoEarnitYourself.
Sometimes I put in my local town and see if there are any gofundmes that are worth supporting. 99 percent of them are just a waste of time. Lazy, entitled people who think the world owes them a living. I wish gofundme vetted the posts.
I've only ever done it once, after someone turned left at a red light as I was going through an intersection. Because MI has the most convoluted insurance system i've ever experienced, even though the other driver was found at 100% fault, they didn't have to pay me anything because my cars value was less than 5k... And my insurance company said her policy had to pay... we both had the same insurance company
Load More Replies... Look if you get screwed by happenstance and now waist deep in shite, then perhaps some help from kind souls is a good thing. But these are not that.
I feel like if I madea GoFundMe about how I need money because I quit my job after snapping at a rude Karen being difficult about masks, people would give me money. I told her "My name is Kiss My Ass" when she demanded repeatedly to know my name and talk to my manager after I told her I won't tolerate abusive behaviour and she needs to leave.
But who is dumber? the people who beg or the ones who donate to these useless causes....
Hmm...I wonder if I could get a campaign going for a nice house with a yard so that I can have a couple of dogs? Probably not.
I took a look at the Dutch section of GoFundMe and found a similar delusional request for money. "Help me to go on a six month vacation on a sailing ship organised by "School at Sea". To do this I must earn € 25000 all by myself. So please donate..." Strange thing is that I saw several of these requests from different people.
It is not funny, it is infuriating! Those entitled bastards deserve nothing but a slap in the face, and so do the idiots who donated to them.
I guess you missed all the other generations asking for stupid s**t as well?
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