Tag: GoFundMe

Peter Strzok, the disgraced and now-fired former FBI chief, is using a Weekly Standard (TWS) testimonial to raise $500,000 in a GoFundMe campaign.

A Louisiana grocery store employee who captivated the hearts of social media users for letting a young autistic customer stock the store’s shelves is getting $100,000 to go to college.

Leeta Bigbee has put up a GoFundMe to support her sister, Tia Coleman, after the tragic loss of nearly her entire family.

James Wolfe, the former Senate Intelligence Committee security director indicted for making false statements to the FBI about leaking information to reporters, entered a not guilty plea Wednesday.

A western central Texas community jumped in to help an area veterans group raise funds to restore a war memorial that mysteriously sustained thousands of dollars of damage in the past week.

The hero who wrestled a gun away from the suspected shooter at a Tennessee Waffle House raised more than $160,000 for the shooting victims as of Thursday morning—more than ten times the initial fundraising goal.

Fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has raised more than $400,000 on GoFundMe to pay for his legal defense less than 24 hours after the crowdfunding page’s Thursday launch.

School children in Baltimore started the school year wearing coats during class, and dozens of schools subsequently closed as aging heating systems failed. In January, Gov. Larry Hogan said the city would tap into its “catastrophic event” account to address frigid classrooms.

Pro-choice actress Jessica Chastain made a charitable contribution to one of her pro-life Instagram followers on Thursday after the two had a brief debate about abortion.

A victims’ fund for the Las Vegas shooting victims and their families announced Friday that it would distribute a total of $31.5 million in payments.

A GoFundMe page for a sexual abuse victim’s father who in court Friday lunged at disgraced U.S. Olympics Gymnastics Dr. Larry Nassar, received more than $31,000 in donations in 24 hours.

The parent of a teen girl who is “transitioning” to become a boy is urging the increasing number of families coping with the radical transgender movement to fight back rather than succumb to its ideology.

An Army veteran in Oklahoma reunited with his canine companion on Christmas Eve after the dog went missing for nearly a week.

A homeless veteran, who received $400,000 from a crowdfunding campaign after he gave a woman stranded on the road his last $20 to buy gas, announced that he bought a home this weekend.

A nanny from Washington state made a dramatic citizens’ arrest after she chased down and tackled a woman who allegedly stole an Amazon package, surveillance footage shows.

A homeless veteran who spent his last $20 to help a woman buy gasoline received more than $370,000 from the woman he helped, and now he wants to use some of the money to help others.

A New Jersey woman has raised more than $200,000 for a homeless man in Philadelphia who previously bought her gasoline when she unexpectedly ran out.

A woman who flipped off President Trump’s motorcade is laughing all the way to the bank after her supporters raised thousands of dollars for her.

Las Vegas residents and people around the world are coming together to help victims of Sunday’s deadly shooting, raising millions of dollars and waiting for hours to donate blood to the victims.

Hundreds of people lined up outside Las Vegas blood banks Monday morning to help the victims of Sunday night’s massacre, which killed 58 people and left more than 500 people injured.

The rapper B.O.B has set up a crowd-funded campaign to prove the Earth is flat, which involves launching multiple satellites into space to disprove the current scientific consensus that the Earth is round.

GoFundMe has reportedly removed the account of the Glazov Gang, who were raising funds for an anti-Sharia law tour and their conservative web show.

A general election tactical voting campaign set up by Brexit-opponent Gina Miller has crowd-funded more than £150,000 in just one day. The campaign will support parliamentary candidates who want to see the outcome of the Brexit negotiations put to a

Facebook has introduced a new crowdfunding feature, similar to sites like GoFundMe, allowing users to raise money for particular causes.

Former President Barack Obama tried to pay a quiet visit to Silicon Valley in the late afternoon on Sunday as a private citizen to meet with tech leaders, apparently to consider his future options.

Supporters of President Trump have helped raise nearly $24,000 for a limo owned by a Muslim immigrant after it was set on fire and destroyed by left-wing protesters during the inauguration riots.

After facing fierce backlash, the marching band of Talladega College — Alabama’s oldest private historically black college — has raised over $320,000 to help fund a trip to Washington D.C. to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

A man is accused of strangling his wife, then posing as her on her social media account to cover up her death, police said.

Reddit users contributed to the GoFundMe campaign for a Chicago disabled man who was tortured during a Facebook Live stream while his accused attackers shouted, “F*** Trump,” and, “F*** White People,” pushing donations to over $150,000.

Donations for the mentally disabled victim who was tied up, beaten, and tortured during a Facebook Live broadcast in Chicago reached over $80,000 on the fundraising website GoFundMe.

A series of articles published this week are criticizing crowdfunding platform GoFundMe for allowing conservative students to use the service to raise funds to cover security costs for their MILO events.

A U.S. Army veteran has turned a negative experience into a positive one by launching a campaign to feed hungry and homeless vets after he was denied a free meal at the Chili’s Bar and Grill in Cedar Hill, Texas, in observance of Veterans Day.

Rapper The Game and his oldest son have raised over $53,000 on behalf of Little Rock, Arkansas police officer Tommy Norman, a white officer known for spending quality time with children within the predominantly black communities he serves.

World-renowned business coach Tony Robbins came to the rescue of the two French nuns who faced eviction after their landlord reportedly doubled the rent of the little San Francisco soup kitchen they were renting with proceeds from the sale of their handmade pastries.

Hundreds gathered at the St. Catherine of Alexandria Church in Riverside on Friday to lay Damian Meins, one of the victims of last week’s radical Islamic terrorist attack, to rest.