Giving Report

will.i.am’s American Dream Fund: The rapper and producer launches an effort to get robotics in schools and send deserving students to college.

Gaelics go the distance: In the small county of Leitrim, Ireland, supporters run and walk 50 miles for a cause to raise money for the Irish Gaelic Athletic Association club.

Restoring the college dream: For high school senior Alondra Carmona, studying medicine and science at Barnard College had always been the dream. She’d saved up the money to make it a reality, but when her mother lost her job during the pandemic and fell behind on rent, Alondra used her college fund to make sure they weren’t evicted. When she turned to GoFundMe, the community went well beyond Alondra’s goal, donating more than $175,000.

Putting out fires in Perth: Over $925,000 AUD is raised for local communities, families, and small businesses impacted by the widespread Perth bushfires in Australia.

GayCities Nightlife Relief: LGBTQ+ venues have historically served as a safe haven for queer people. GayCities steps up to help keep venues across the country open during COVID-19.

Shelter from the Texas storms: Texas residents face power outages and record low temperatures. Nearly $10 million is raised for those affected.

Taking a stand against Asian hate: As a horrific surge in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders happens, GoFundMe takes action, creating a central rallying point to uplift and protect the AAPI community. Fundraisers are created around the globe in Canada, Australia, and the UK, raising over $7 million in total. Donations to the GoFundMe.org AAPI Community Fund support organizations empowering and uplifting the AAPI community, increasing community safety, and supporting those affected by violence.

Game Show Fame: GoFundMe is featured as an answer on Jeopardy!

Standing with Subhakar: When Uber driver Subhakar Khadka is assaulted by maskless passengers during COVID-19, people raise $100,000 to support him.

It’s Nice to Have a Friend: Taylor Swift donates $50,000 to Vickie Quarels, a Tennessee mother of 5 who lost her husband to COVID-19.

Mental Health 101: Selena Gomez launches fund to support mental health resources and education through her beauty brand’s Rare Impact Fund.

Helping India fight COVID: When India experiences a devastating surge in cases, fundraising efforts spring up around the globe, from Canada to the UK and Australia, raising tens of millions to provide urgent oxygen supplies to burdened hospitals.

Spongebob spending spree: The internet’s collective hearts are captured by the adorable kid who accidentally purchased more than $2,500 worth of Spongebob Squarepants Popsicles on his mom’s Amazon account.

Find Our Lost Children: The first of many mass graves of Indigenous children are found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada. A GoFundMe is started to support efforts to search other residential school properties for more missing children.

Oscar, Eriksen, and the World Cup: Millions watch footballer Christian Eriksen collapse on the pitch during the World Cup. Realizing cardiac arrest could even happen to World Cup athletes, seven-year-old Oscar Jones raises thousands so his youth football team could have a defibrillator in case of such emergencies.

Celebrating Black joy: Black entrepreneurs, students, artists, activists, and visionaries: These are the voices who exemplify Black joy and their fundraisers are now featured on a dedicated hub spotlighting the passion, resilience, and hope for a future free from systemic inequalities. Fundraisers for future doctors and dancers, fashion designers, and country singers inspire the community as essential examples of Black joy.

Surfside condo collapse: On June 24, a condo partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida, prompting a massive search and rescue for the missing persons. $2.4 million is raised to help locate survivors, reunite families, and treat injuries.

Get Team Nigeria to Tokyo: The GoFundMe community and sports fans everywhere rally behind the unfunded Nigerian Men’s Basketball team to support their Cinderella run leading up to the summer games in Tokyo.

Historic flooding in Germany: After record-shattering rainfall that caused deadly flooding across Germany, people come together to raise millions to help those affected.

The kindest flavor of ice cream: On National Ice Cream Day, local ice cream shops across the country thank those that kept them afloat by donating on GoFundMe. Free scoops of GoFundMe’s new ice cream flavor, Sprinkle Kindness, are given out as a token of gratitude.

The Flying Farage: A tongue-in-cheek charity fundraiser raises more than £122,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution to buy a new life-saving hovercraft and name it after politician Nigel Farage.

Wildfires around the world: Global communities fundraise to aid relief efforts for those affected by wildfires in Canada, California, and Greece. Together, millions of dollars are raised for evacuees who lost their homes and belongings so that these communities can begin repairing and rebuilding.

Recovering from Haiti’s earthquake: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti and impacts over 1.2 million people. Fundraisers are created to support those seeking safety and beginning to rebuild.

#GoldOpen for Shang-Chi: To mark the release of the first official Asian superhero, Shang-Chi, the nonprofit collective, Gold House, starts a GoFundMe to buy tickets for hundreds of youth to see the film and support representation on the big screen.

Supporting Afghan relief: The global GoFundMe community comes together in support of Afghan evacuees who have to leave behind their homes and communities to escape the devastating violence in their country.

Enduring Ida: When category 4 Hurricane Ida makes landfall, nearly 250,000 donors give to help communities and families affected.

GoFundMe’s first sponsored athlete: Dillan Gibbons is the first college athlete to use his likeness for a good cause. Dillion raised close to $70,000 to enable Timothy Donovan, a devoted college football fan with a rare medical condition, the chance to attend Gibbons’ first big game playing at Florida State University.

That’s what makes you beautiful: Louis Tomlinson of One Direction donates to help a band who had their equipment stolen reach their goal.

In the image of the Dalai Lama: Himalaya Cafe in Edinburgh, Scotland, was inspired by the owner’s meeting with the Dalai Lama. When the owner later starts a GoFundMe to keep the doors open, the Dalai Lama himself donates to help out.

Kenny gets a ride: When 79-year-old Navy veteran, Kenny Jary, started a GoFundMe to help replace his broken-down mobility scooter, he had no idea the kindness he was unleashing. After surpassing his goal and getting his new scooter, Kenny keeps paying it forward, giving away 25 scooters to other veterans who also needed to get out of isolation and around town. He creates yet another fundraiser with a goal of giving away dozens of scooters by Veterans Day. His positivity continues to inspire the world on talk shows like The Kelly Clarkson Show and on his own TikTok, @PatrioticKenny, with over a million followers.

This year’s Kindness Awards: In partnership with PEOPLE Magazine, we celebrate five people who are spreading kindness in their communities and beyond.

Love Actually… is all around: Hugh Grant donates £10,000 to Depher, a UK-based charity that provides free plumbing and heating for the elderly, vulnerable, and people with disabilities.

Keeping our day jobs: Trevor Noah calls for GoFundMe employees to keep on keeping on.

Human kindness of NY: When Brandon Stanton of @HumansofNewYork creates a fundraiser to help a deserving local bartender who lost his vision get back on his feet, he raises nearly $675,000.

The aftermath of Astroworld: In the wake of the Astroworld Festival tragedy in Houston, Texas, communities gather to show support to the families of the people who lost their lives and those who were injured.

Exonerated after 43 years: The GoFundMe community raises more than $1.5 million to provide Kevin Stickland with financial support to care for his basic needs after he is freed from his wrongful conviction.

The official day of Kindness: To celebrate World Kindness Day, GoFundMe and Upworthy hand out flowers to people around NYC to promote the Kindness Fund.