Wish You Could Change the Name of Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page? Now You Can
There’s a sixth upgrade I want to add to the recent blog post Five Recent Upgrades That Nonprofits Need to Know About – you can now request to change the name of your nonprofit’s Facebook Page by visiting:
Edit Page > Update Info > Basic Information > Name > Request Change:
Until recently, you could only change your Page name if your Page had 200 fans or less through a do-it-yourself method in the Admin Panel, but now their is an official process for Pages with 201 fans or more. That said, for the name change request to be approved, you must absolutely be 100% compliant with Facebook’s Terms of Service for Pages. If not, then you risk getting your Page deleted entirely for being in violation of their TOS by bringing your non-compliant Page to the attention of Facebook staff. Read the TOS very carefully. Please note that you will also have to submit documentation confirming the legality of your new name. That does not include logos, websites, and business cards, rather documentation such as a utility or phone bill.
Related Link:
Webinar: Facebook and Facebook Apps for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits 
That is great news and information. I recently struggled with getting a name change of Facebook and got no where. I ended up deleting the account and starting all over. Good thing most of the fans were loyal and jumped over to the new page. Thanks for sharing.
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We submitted a name change more than two weeks ago but haven’t heard anything yet. I’ll report back to let you know how long it took from request to completion!
It took us 8 weeks from the initial request to filing proof of trademark to the name actually going through.
But what if Facebook doesn’t want to give you ‘your’ name? I have been trying for over 6 months to get the name of my organisation for a facebookpage. Facebook states that the name already exists but that’s not the case. Someone a solution? http://www.facebook.com/stichtingspots
Can you change your name if you rebrand your org?
Yes… you can change your name if your name changes.
Did they change something? Because I can’t find a link to a request form
Still there on all my pages.
Seems to be missing from all my pages now. And I could really use it…
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