Ash Chudgar

One final update for all of Minneapolis Spider-Man’s supporters, across the Twin Cities and around the world: Spider-Man has now received your incredibly generous donations, which will sustain his work for a long time to come. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU! By chipping in to support our friendly local superhero, you took meaningful action to respond to hatred and bigotry by standing up for courageous community defense. Thank you!

Friends of Spider-Man everywhere: your generosity is astounding! We are profoundly grateful to every single person who has chipped in to support our Minneapolis superhero, from the Twin Cities and all around the world. As we bring this fundraiser to a close, we want to offer an update for all of you. WHO WE ARE: As the press has already figured out, “your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man” is none other than the valiant William Nicholas Love. His fiancée Keyssy Figueroa is the beneficiary of this fundraiser and another. Ash Chudgar (that’s me) is just a guy from Minneapolis who was inspired by Spider-Man’s actions and wanted to support him. NEED IS MET! Keyssy and I started our fundraisers with very modest goals. But as people donated more and more, GoFundMe raised the funding goal automatically. As of yesterday, we disabled that feature and closed the fundraiser to donations. THE RISKS HE TOOK. Our Spider-Man took real risks to combat hate in Minnesota, with his family’s full support. Sadly, the sudden spotlight has made him and his family a target of racists everywhere. Your prayers for their safety are welcome. NO LEGAL FEES. Wonderfully, Spider-Man is being represented on a pro bono basis. No funds will go toward legal fees related to Spider-Man’s actions on August 22. The police charged Spider-Man with assault, and GoFundMe’s terms specify that “funds raised on the platform cannot be used to cover legal fees for an individual who has been charged with a violent crime.” WHERE YOUR MONEY WILL GO. Instead of paying for legal fees, your gifts will help Spider-Man pay for other needs such as medical treatment, helping secure his and his family’s safety, and funding his ongoing work to entertain, inspire, and organize local community efforts to combat hatred in all its forms. REFUNDS AVAILABLE. If you’d like to request a full refund in light of this update, just contact GoFundMe support directly by September 10: https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-us/articles/204150420-Request-a-refund. After that date, your gifts will be released to Spider-Man. Thank you again for your solidarity, your generosity, and most of all for your joy! We in Minneapolis are are deeply grateful that you and thousands of others around the world chipped in to support “our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.”

Great news: I'm in touch with Spider-Man's family, and we're setting things up so the money we raise will go *directly* to him. Keep those donations coming, friends!

Update: Just learned that Spider-Man's family has set up another GoFundMe for him! I've sent a message to the person who's running that fundraiser to see how we can coordinate. Stay tuned for updates! gofund.me/a7f19a162

Update: many local sleuths are working diligently to figure out Spider-Man’s secret identity, and we’re getting close. ️ Once we do that, I’ll get in touch with him or his lawyer to set up the transfer of funds. I’ll keep everybody posted. Thanks for your generosity, everybody!