Shadow Donation

Published by Whole Whale

The register

Meta / Facebook

Facebook fundraisers are started by users and route donations through PayPal Giving Fund; Meta stopped covering those fees in October 2023. Page 4950 found no auto-generated organization donation page and notes Meta is not an Alaska defendant. Whole Whale has no evidence bundle for it.

Tier
Compared, not listed
Payouts via
PayPal Giving Fund
Platform
www.facebook.com
Checked
5 of 6 checks · 0 on dated evidence
Evidence
No evidence bundle yet

The checklist

What we have checked on Meta / Facebook, what we found, and what it rests on.

No evidence bundle on file. Checks marked here rest on Whole Whale’s published article or the incumbent directory, not on dated captures. We will replace them with captured evidence, or remove them.

  1. Present, research only
    1. Off-domain Present, research only

    Fundraisers live on facebook.com.

    Basis: Shadow Donation Directory, nonprofitnewsfeed.com
  2. Absent
    2. Auto-generated Absent

    Page 4950 found no classic auto-generated organization donation page; fundraisers are user-initiated.

    Basis: Shadow Donation Directory, nonprofitnewsfeed.com
  3. Not yet examined
    3. No consent Not yet examined

    We have not looked. This says nothing about the platform either way.

  4. Present, research only
    4. Takes gifts Present, research only

    Fundraisers and donate buttons accept gifts routed through PayPal Giving Fund.

    Basis: Shadow Donation Directory, nonprofitnewsfeed.com
  5. Present, research only
    5. Intermediary Present, research only

    Donations route through PayPal Giving Fund.

    Basis: Shadow Donation Directory, nonprofitnewsfeed.com
  6. Absent
    6. Search-indexed Absent

    Page 4950 states Facebook's sitemaps cover groups and events and that fundraisers are not indexable organization pages; no page HTML was saved to confirm a noindex directive.

    Basis: Shadow Donation Directory, nonprofitnewsfeed.com

Event log

Everything that has happened on the record, newest first.

  1. Correction

    Moved to Compared, not listed

    Meta’s fundraisers are started by users, not generated by Meta for every nonprofit, so check 2 is absent. The register now shows Meta as a comparison rather than a listed platform.

    Source: Shadow Donation Directory, nonprofitnewsfeed.com (page 4950)
  2. Published

    NNF Shadow Donation Directory published

    WordPress page 4950 on nonprofitnewsfeed.com was published on 2026-07-23 with evidence dated 2026-07-21; this platform's row carries that date. The page revision history was not checked to confirm the row existed on day one.

    Source: NNF Shadow Donation Directory (page 4950)
  3. Capture

    Page 4950 capture

    Page 4950 dates its screenshots and sitemap column for this platform to 2026-07-21: the official Move for Hunger Facebook page and a Google search.

    Source: NNF Shadow Donation Directory (page 4950)
  4. Published

    Named in Whole Whale's source article

    Whole Whale's article "The Rise of Shadow Donation Pages", dated 2025-11-06, discusses Meta/Facebook fundraising in its current text. The saved copy carries later updates (one marked July 2026), so presence in the first version is not separately confirmed.

    Source: Whole Whale, The Rise of Shadow Donation Pages
  5. Platform change

    Donations move to PayPal Giving Fund

    Meta began routing donations through PayPal Giving Fund and stopped covering the processing fees.

    Source: Whole Whale, The Rise of Shadow Donation Pages

If your organization is on Meta / Facebook

We have not verified a removal or claim route for Meta / Facebook yet. Search the platform for your legal name and EIN, and contact the platform directly.

Reply and corrections

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