Clone Builder

Build Your Own GoFundMe Clone

A fundraising site for your own cause, school, club or charity, built from your description

Campaigns with a story, a goal and a progress bar, donations by card, updates and a list of supporters. On Pro and Max, donations go through Stripe Checkout into your own Stripe account; paying out to other people who run their own fundraisers is not built in.

  • No coding required
  • Database included
  • Publish on Pro
Key takeaways
  • A GoFundMe-style fundraising site with campaigns, a goal and progress bar, card donations, updates and supporters can be built from a plain-English description
  • On Pro and Max, donations go through Stripe Checkout into your own Stripe account, and Fabricate takes no share
  • Paying out to other organizers, tax receipts and emails to donors are not built in
Features a build includes
5
Features a build includes
Not built in
2
Not built in
Fabricate's share of your sales
0%
Fabricate's share of your sales
Opens in any browser
Web
Opens in any browser
Understanding the Original

What is GoFundMe?

GoFundMe is a fundraising platform where anyone can raise money for a person, a cause or a nonprofit.

Why Build Your Own GoFundMe Clone?

Fundraising for one organization, under your own name

Campaigns your organization runs and approves

Your own list of donors

A page shaped around your cause

Features

What a Build Includes

Ask for the features marked Included and Fabricate builds them into your GoFundMe-style app. The ones marked Not built in are here so you know before you start.

Campaigns

Each campaign has a title, a story, photos, a goal and an end date, with a progress bar of what has been raised.

Included

Donations by Card

On Pro and Max, donors pay by card through Stripe Checkout into your own Stripe account, and the campaign total updates once Stripe confirms.

Included

Supporters

A list of donations on each campaign, with the name and message each donor chose to show, or "Anonymous".

Included

Updates

You post updates on a campaign, newest first, for donors to read.

Included

Admin

You create, edit, pause and close campaigns, and see every donation by campaign.

Included

Payouts to Organizers

Letting anyone start a fundraiser and paying them what it raises is not built in; donations go to your own Stripe account.

Not built in

Tax Receipts

Tax receipts and emails to donors are not built in.

Not built in
How It Works

Build Your GoFundMe Clone in 3 Steps

  1. 1

    Describe It

    Tell Fabricate what features you want in your GoFundMe clone. Be as specific or general as you like.

  2. 2

    Generate It

    Fabricate builds it as a web app with its own database and sign-in, and on Pro and Max card payments into your own Stripe account. Try it in the preview and ask for changes in the same chat.

  3. 3

    Launch It

    Publish your clone with one click on Pro, and share its link with your first users.

In-depth guide

What goes into a GoFundMe clone built with Fabricate

A GoFundMe clone is a fundraising site built around campaigns: a story, a goal and a total that grows as people give. Built with Fabricate, it is one web app made from your description, with public campaign pages, its own database and an admin page for you.

Campaigns and donations: each campaign has a story, photos, a goal and an end date. Donors give any amount by card, choose whether their name shows, and leave a message; the total and progress bar update once Stripe confirms the payment.

Money: On Pro and Max, the app can take card payments through Stripe Checkout, paid into your own Stripe account, which you connect under More > Payments. Every donation goes to that one account, which suits a school, club, charity or project raising money for itself. Letting the public start fundraisers and paying each organizer what they raise is not built in.

What is not built in: payouts to organizers, tax receipts, emails to donors and phone apps from the App Store or Google Play. Photos can be shown on campaigns, up to your plan's storage.

Use Cases

Who Builds GoFundMe Clones?

Entrepreneurs and businesses building in these spaces

A School or Club

Trips, kit and buildings, one campaign at a time.

A Charity

Appeals with a goal and updates for supporters.

A Community Project

A garden, a playground or a local event.

A Church or Faith Group

Appeals and building funds for a congregation.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do donations work?
On Pro and Max, the app can take card payments through Stripe Checkout, paid into your own Stripe account, which you connect under More > Payments. Each donation goes to that account, and the campaign total updates once Stripe confirms it. Fabricate takes no share of what you are paid; Stripe charges its own card fees.
Can other people start their own fundraisers?
They can create a campaign page if you ask for it, but the money goes to your own Stripe account: paying out to each organizer is not built in. It suits fundraising for one organization, where you run or approve every campaign.
Can donors stay anonymous?
Yes, if you ask for it: a choice when donating to show their name or "Anonymous" on the list of supporters. You still see who donated, in your admin page.
Does it send receipts or thank-you emails?
No. Emails to donors and tax receipts are not built in. Stripe can email a payment receipt to each donor if you turn that on in your Stripe account.
Are there rules for raising money online?
Often, yes: rules on fundraising, charities and tax receipts vary by country and state. Check what applies to you, and ask an adviser if you are unsure.
Is it legal to build a GoFundMe clone?
Building an app that works in a similar way is common, but do not use GoFundMe's name, logo, design or content. Fabricate writes your app's code from your description and does not copy GoFundMe's code. Pick a name of your own, and ask a lawyer if you are unsure.

Ready to Build Your GoFundMe Clone?

Describe the GoFundMe-style app you want and watch Fabricate build it in the preview. Build free, go live on Pro.