Want to help fund the essentials?
One donation helps many people pay for essentials like rent, food, and utilities.
1/sec
a donation is made every second on GoFundMe
$25B
all-time donations to individuals and nonprofits
28M
people have sent or received help this year
Our community takes care of each other
1 in 3
fundraisers are started for someone else
18M
thank you messages sent and received on GoFundMe
1 in 11
people donated to someone else after starting their own fundraiser
May 26
Most generous day of the year
More people donated to a GoFundMe on this day than any other day of the year to help families affected by the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting.
Ireland
Most generous country per capita for the fourth year in a row
Fastest-growing fundraising categories
Family & Community
Last year, the fastest-growing categories were Newlyweds and Animals.
Common words shared on fundraisers
Thanks, Prayer, Love, Help, Support
110%
increase in fundraisers for baby formula
Essentials Fund
Want to help fund the essentials?
One donation helps many people pay for essentials like rent, food, and utilities.
60%
increase in fundraisers for gasoline
10%
increase in fundraisers for groceries
$2.3M
raised for Eagle Scout and Girl Scout projects
$9M
raised for many different places of worship like churches, temples, mosques, ashrams, and gurudwaras
400K+
donations made to LGBTQ+ causes
3 in 5
Americans have an immediate family member who served in the military
Source: Pew Research Center
Veterans Fund
Want to help Veterans?
One donation helps many Veterans pay for food, rent, and other essentials.
$150K
raised for Veterans through our Veterans fundraising hub
Top education fundraising categories
Tuition,
Study abroad,
Class supplies
1.8M
donations made to animal fundraisers this year
Animals
There are more repeat donations made to animal fundraisers than any other fundraising category.
50M+
donated to help cats and dogs
Over 85,000 donations were made on our verified crisis fundraising hub in 2022
Bronx apartment fire
Iowa tornadoes
University of the Southwest bus accident
Texas wildfires
Sacramento shooting
Kansas tornado
Buffalo shooting
Uvalde elementary school shooting
Kentucky and Missouri flooding
Northern California fires
Afghanistan earthquake
Highland Park shooting
Hurricane Ian
Southern California fires
Hurricane Fiona
Southern Plains tornadoes
UVA Shooting
Colorado Springs Club Q shooting
$108M
raised to help people rebuild after natural disasters
$250M
raised for Ukraine relief efforts from over 2.1 million donations to individuals and nonprofits