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GoFundMe will return $20 million to 330,000 border wall donors, but the creator has a different idea
by Anna Giaritelli
| January 11, 2019 07:51 PM
The 330,000 people who donated roughly $20 million to a crowdfunding campaign to fund the construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border now have the option to get a refund after the GoFundMe page creator changed the terms of the fundraiser.
Veteran Brian Kolfage, who created the campaign, wrote in a post Friday that he was unable to reach his $1 billion goal to build a barrier at the southern border.
"However, that did not happen," GoFundMe spokesperson Bobby Whithorne told BuzzFeed News. "This means all donors will receive a refund."
Donors will instead have the option of redirecting their gifts to the We Build the Wall, Inc., a private, not-for-profit social welfare organization.
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