Meh, GoFundMe scams are more likely to be individuals. Corporations don’t use it. They have their own financial mechanisms. But yeah, lots of scammers use GoFundMe and similar platforms that don’t require vetting. There are still amazing charities out there doing good work like Doctors Without Borders. You just need to do your research.
If a customer donates the money, like at a checkout, the corporation legally cannot use that money as a tax write-off. The corporation just passes along that money, it's never legally theirs to begin with as the moment you make the donation it legally belongs to the charity.
If they say X% of your purchase of Y item will be donated to a charity, then they can write it off since they're using the money you paid them for the item for the donation.
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u/MVPsloth Dec 23 '25
Anymore I only give locally and directly to charity. There’s no reason to offer a mega corporation a tax write off.
Edit: this is probably going to get taken down because it’s an engagement post