“A pattern of complaints,” prompted the Better Business Bureau to warn that nonprofits have experienced “significant difficulties accessing donations raised through the Oakland-based fundraising platform Flipcause.
In the past three years, BBB received 105 complaints – 95 within the past year – from nonprofit organizations about Flipcause, said Alma Galvan, regional communications manager for the BBB serving the Bay Area and Northern Coastal California.
Last month Oakland Voices was the first to report that nonprofits were complaining of delays that kept them from accessing donations. Since then, 35 new complaints have been filed…