UPDATE as of July 1, 2020

I am happy to inform you that GoFundMe & PayPal Giving Fund are finally clearing up the confusion between “Black Lives Matter Foundation” (incorrect foundation) and transferring your donations to the CORRECT organization “Thousand Currents”, the fiscal sponsor for the Black Lives Matter Global Network.

You may have received an email from Paypal Giving Fund with the subject line “PayPal Giving Fund Donation Payment Failure” &    "(Time-Sensitive – Response Needed) Your recent donation to benefit Black Lives Matter"
 addressing this correction. No action is required on your part at as PayPal Giving Fund has stated, “If we don't hear from you within 14 days, we’ll grant the funds to Thousand Currents in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.”

Thank you again for all your patience, understanding, and most importantly, your support and generous donations.  As always, feel free to call me at (213) [phone redacted] with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Tessa Young
Founder of Prism DJs



UPDATE as of June 18, 2020.

Thank you for your donations to our fundraiser for the Black Lives Matter Movement.  Words cannot express how grateful we are for your support!

As you may be aware, this campaign is linked to an organization called “Black Lives Matter Foundation”  in Santa Clarita (verified on GoFundMe), which is completely separate and independent from the Black Lives Matter movement. Please see this article for more information: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/black-lives-matter-foundation-unrelated- blm-donations 

GoFundMe is in the process of moving all your donations to the proper organization: Thousand Currents, the fiscal sponsor for the Black Lives Matter Movement (https://thousandcurrents.org/black-lives-matter).  All donations are still tax deductible.

When asked about moving the donations to the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles campaign (https://www.gofundme.com/f/blmla), they said, “At the moment, we don't have a way to direct money to BLM LA, because they're not set up as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so PayPal Giving Fund doesn't have a way to transfer the money to them. The campaign you referenced is set up as a personal campaign, which means that donations don't go through PayPal Giving Fund and aren't automatically tax-deductible.”

GoFundMe has also updated us with the following:

"None of the money you've raised so far has been sent to the Black Lives Matter Foundation. PayPal Giving Fund will reach out to your donors to confirm their intent before granting any of the money to a charity, so each donor will have the opportunity to clarify where their money should go."

"Future donations to your campaign will be sent to Thousand Currents, the fiscal sponsor for the Black Lives Matter movement (https://thousandcurrents.org/black-lives-matter)."

"Donors will receive a final confirmation email once they select the beneficiary of their donation, and as an organizer, you can refer to this email as confirmation of the destination for future donations to your campaign."

"I'm sorry we still don't have an estimate for the date we'll change the charity shown on your campaign, but our goal is to do so within the next 3 weeks, and I'll make sure yours is first in line."

Thank you so much for your patience and understanding through all of this, and I will continue to send updates as they come in.  Feel free to call me any time with any questions at (213) [phone redacted].


Sincerely,

Tessa Young
Founder of Prism DJs