GoFundMe's Brad Damphousse Nominated for Entrepreneur® Magazine's Entrepreneur of 2013 Award

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GoFundMe, the #1 crowdfunding website in the world for personal causes and life events, announced today that co-founder and CEO Brad Damphousse has been named one of five finalists for Entrepreneur® magazine's Entrepreneur of 2013 award in the "Established" category. The business community can vote for Brad here until Tuesday, September 17^th.

GoFundMe has made it incredibly easy for family and friends to support one another during life's most important moments. 'The crowdfunding site for the rest us,' GoFundMe has helped personal fundraising campaigns raise over $95 million from more than 1.5 million donors. GoFundMe's donation volume grew 500 percent in 2012 and today the site is among the 1,000 most visited websites in the United States and continues to grow rapidly.

"We're most proud of how GoFundMe has helped those affected by national tragedies such as the Colorado theater shooting, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon bombings and the Oklahoma City tornadoes," said Damphousse. "By using GoFundMe, victims and their family members were able to receive massive amounts of financial support long before any aid organizations, non-profits or insurance companies could ever help."

While crowdfunding has been made popular by filmmakers and inventors, GoFundMe has made crowdfunding part of everyday life by empowering ordinary people to raise money online for the things that matter to them most. GoFundMe strives to ensure success of novice and veteran users with a delightful user experience and customer service response times of 5 minutes or less.

In August 2013, GoFundMe will surpass $100 million raised for its users' personal fundraising campaigns. The company already tripled its business in the first half of 2013.

To vote for Brad Damphousse in Entrepreneur® magazine's Entrepreneur of 2013 contest, visit http://www.entrepreneur.com/e2013. 

About GoFundMe
GoFundMe is the world's #1 crowdfunding website for personal causes. The service makes it incredibly easy for people to raise money online for the things that matter to them most. GoFundMe was founded in 2008 by Brad Damphousse & Andrew Ballester and is based in San Diego, CA.  The service is regularly applauded for its ease-of-use and 5-minute customer service response times.

SOURCE GoFundMe

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