# GoFundMe Scraper — Fundraiser Leads & Data (`scrapersdelight/gofundme-scraper`) Actor

Scrape GoFundMe fundraisers by keyword: title, organizer, beneficiary, amount raised, goal, currency, donation count, category, location, charity, images, created & last-donation dates and the campaign URL. No login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersdelight/gofundme-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Delight](https://apify.com/scrapersdelight) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.80 / 1,000 per fundraiser scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## GoFundMe Scraper — Fundraiser Data & Leads

Search **GoFundMe** by keyword and export structured fundraiser data: title, organizer,
beneficiary, amount raised, goal, donation count, category, location, charity, images,
created & last-donation dates and the campaign URL. No login, no browser automation.

### What you get

One row per fundraiser, deduplicated by GoFundMe's own fund id:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `fundname` | Fundraiser title |
| `url` | Campaign URL (`gofundme.com/f/<slug>`) |
| `organizer` | Person who created the fundraiser |
| `beneficiary` | Who the money is for (often differs from the organizer) |
| `balance` / `goal` / `currency` | Amount raised, goal, currency code |
| `donation_count` | Number of donations |
| `category` | GoFundMe category (e.g. "Medical, Illness & Healing") |
| `city` / `state` / `country` / `location` | Fundraiser location |
| `latitude` / `longitude` | Coordinates |
| `charity_name` / `is_charity` | Registered-charity fundraisers |
| `created_at` / `last_donation_at` | Freshness signals (ISO timestamps) |
| `description`, `image_url`, `heart_count`, `comment_count`, `social_share_total` | Extra context |

### Input

- **Search terms** — one or more keywords, each on its own line (e.g. `cancer`, `house fire`,
  `animal shelter`). Each term is a real full-text search over GoFundMe's index.
- **Max fundraisers per term** — GoFundMe's search returns at most ~1000 results per term.
- **Country filter** (optional) — limit to one country.

### How it works

GoFundMe's search results are not present in the page HTML — the site loads them client-side from
its own public Algolia search API, the same call every browser makes. This actor uses that same
public search endpoint, so it is ordinary use of the site's own client-facing search. No login,
no CAPTCHA solving, no anti-abuse bypass. Runs on standard Apify datacenter proxies.

### Legality & responsible use

Use this data in line with GoFundMe's Terms of Service and applicable law. Fundraiser pages are
public, but they can contain **personal data** — you are the data controller for anything you
collect and are responsible for using it lawfully (GDPR/CCPA, marketing/anti-spam rules, etc.).
Do not use it to harass organizers or beneficiaries.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

One or more keywords to search GoFundMe for. Put each on its own line (or separate with commas) to run several searches in one go. Examples: cancer, house fire, veteran, animal rescue, school fundraiser.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many fundraisers per search term. GoFundMe's search index returns at most ~1000 results per term. Set 0 for as many as the index will give.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Limit results to one country (ISO-2 code). Leave blank for all countries.

## `hitsPerPage` (type: `integer`):

Page size for each API request (1–1000). Bigger pages = fewer requests.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy is enough — measured working on standard datacenter proxies. Residential is not required.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Pacing between paged requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerm": "cancer\nhouse fire\nanimal shelter",
  "maxItems": 200,
  "country": "",
  "hitsPerPage": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "requestDelayMs": 300
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `fundraisers` (type: `string`):

Fundraiser title, organizer, beneficiary, amount raised, goal, donation count, category, location, charity, images and campaign URL.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchTerm": `cancer
house fire
animal shelter`,
    "maxItems": 200
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/gofundme-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchTerm": """cancer
house fire
animal shelter""",
    "maxItems": 200,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/gofundme-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerm": "cancer\\nhouse fire\\nanimal shelter",
  "maxItems": 200
}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/gofundme-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapersdelight/gofundme-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/kIOXZLbBGXQUcapWU/builds/KjuPid8JlAq4bXyr9/openapi.json