Entrepreneur and digital activist Kiandria Demone is leading a growing online movement to dismantle the financial infrastructure enabling racially motivated crowdfunding campaigns.
She recently exposed the payment processing platform behind a fundraiser launched by a white woman who went viral for using racial slurs against a Black child.
The woman, who identifies herself as Shiloh Hendrix, has raised over $650,000 on GiveSendGo, a controversial crowdfunding site previously used to support Kyle Rittenhouse and January 6 rioters.
Hendrix claimed the 5-year-old boy “stole” from her son’s diaper bag in a Rochester, Minnesota park, then repeatedly used the N-word in a video that sparked national outrage. Rather than face consequences, she turned to fundraising—and profits have been soaring.
Thanks to Kiandria, the pipeline may soon be disrupted.
Cracking Code and Exposing Systems
Motivated both as a Black mother and a digital strategist, Kiandria didn’t stop at public condemnation. She applied her HTML coding skills to identify Square as the third-party payment processor linked to GiveSendGo’s embedded checkout system, according to BLCKPress.
“I cracked HTML web code to expose the payment processor funding the racist campaign,” she explained on Threads. “The real villains are the companies and banks enabling hate for profit.”
Kiandria’s revelations sparked widespread reporting and complaints, temporarily crashing Square’s support chatbot and triggering a coordinated online campaign demanding accountability.
Activists are now submitting formal complaints to Square, as well as federal oversight agencies like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
How the Internet Fought Back
Once Square was publicly linked, a decentralized network of tech-savvy volunteers began monitoring GiveSendGo’s backend in shifts, catching midnight attempts to quietly switch payment processors.
“It’s like financial whack-a-mole,” one supporter noted.
“We need that paper trail,” Kiandria said about the importance of legal documentation, urging affected users to file complaints and report any policy violations.
The Fight for Credit and Safety
Despite being the originator of the strategy, Kiandria says she’s been largely erased from the narrative as her findings and templates are reposted by larger accounts—often without attribution.
“People are doxing me, harassing me, calling me racial slurs,” she said. “I’m getting death threats, so yes, tag me.”
Kiandria also operates a boutique called Femme Finds, which has seen a spike in sales thanks to supporters rallying around her work.
Profits from her business are now being redirected to support the family of the child targeted by Hendrix.
“Your support doesn’t just fund justice,” she wrote. “It fuels the freedom for me to keep doing this work loud, bold, and unapologetically.”
How You Can Help:
- File complaints with Square or Block
- Report to the FTC and CFPB
- Credit and follow @kiandria when sharing her resources
- Support her work at Femme Finds to contribute to ongoing justice efforts
