An accidental donation of $15,000 has helped a fundraiser to feed the hungry rise beyond all expectations. A man who’s only given his name as Michael told his story on Reddit last month. He learned that his San Francisco neighbor, a Hindu priest, was running a charity to help support a community in poverty in […]
Ralph Yarl, shot for no reason, is the focus of a $3.2 million GoFundMe campaign for his medical costs and recovery. Ralph Yarl, 16, knocked on the door of Andrew Lester on Thursday night, after mis-reading the address at which he was to pick up his young brothers. Lester brought a gun to the door, […]
Damar Hamlin has to figure out what to do with $8.6 million raised by his small charitable toy drive after his cardiac arrest on the field last week. Damar Hamlin, 24, of the Buffalo Bills had just tackled Bengals receiver Tee Higgins when he took two steps and collapsed, going into cardiac arrest. Medics on […]
Nora Roberts has donated $50,000 to support the library of Jamestown Township after its community voted to defund it over LGBT books. In August, Jamestown Township voters rejected a vote which would have continued most of the Patmos Library’s funding, because the library refused to cull LGBT books from their collection. According to the library […]
Remember that heartwarming story about a homeless man who gave his last $20 to a stranded woman who ran out of gas? Well, as it turns out, it was all a lie. Court documents show that Johnny Bobbitt (the homeless man) conspired with Katelyn McClure (the stranded woman) and her former boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, to […]
Last year, Kate McClure was in an unfortunate situation: out of gas and stranded on the side of the freeway outside of Philadelphia. She was spotted by John Bobbitt Jr., a homeless man who was a regular to that stretch of road. He only had 20 dollars, but he spent it to get her a […]
Emma Watson, one of the stars of Harry Potter and The Circle, has been an outspoken ambassador for the need to fortify women’s rights worldwide. It’s not only words she puts forth; Watson donated £1 million (nearly $1.4 million) to the Justice and Equality Fund, a recently set-up initiative to wage war on sexual assault, […]
We all know by now that celebrities can help raise money for charity. But did you know that YouTubers can, too? A recent example of this is Markiplier, a YouTuber who is best known for gaming videos. Markiplier set out to raise $100,000 for the Human Rights Campaign via the crowdfunding site GoFundMe. Within 3 […]
Crowdfunding, using the Internet to raise money from large groups of people from across the country or the world, is a relatively new but very useful tool in generating capital. Companies often use it to generate investment from customers, and creative types use it to get the money to make films and other products. But […]