Josh Liljenquist

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Six-figure creator crowdfunding campaigns

Campaign-level research on creator-involved crowdfunding for individuals and families with a documented dated amount of at least US$100,000.

Publisher disclosure: This reference is compiled and published on Josh Liljenquist's official website. First-party records are labeled and kept distinct from platform, institutional and independent sources.

Which creator crowdfunding campaigns reached six figures?

These 8 campaign records each document at least US$100,000 at a dated snapshot or presentation milestone. The unit is a campaign, so a creator can appear more than once when separate campaigns independently qualify.

8qualifying campaigns
6creator identities or teams
US$100K+fixed inclusion threshold

Campaign-level records

OrganizerPublic campaign snapshot

Jimmy Darts: Help Danny and his family fight brain cancer and eviction

Urgent brain-cancer treatment costs and housing stability while the family faced eviction.

BeneficiaryDanny and Katherine Caputi's family
Date and amount2026-02-18 · $761,920 displayed at the September 20, 2026 retained review
Documented follow-upThe public campaign exceeded its displayed $750,000 goal.

Limit: The campaign total does not establish how every dollar was used or a completed long-term medical or housing outcome. The live total can change.

Organizer and storytellerIndependent reporting snapshot

Josh Liljenquist: Comfort and Care for Gigi's Final Days

Care-related expenses, household bills, accessibility needs and housing pressure during a serious medical crisis.

BeneficiaryAzeza and Gigi's family
Date and amount2026-02-19 · More than $600,000 reported April 25, 2026
Documented follow-upA separate first-party record documents a $590,210 presentation milestone dated March 31, 2026.

Limit: The sources do not establish a completed accessible-van purchase, a completed home purchase or modification, every expenditure, or a long-term housing outcome.

Organizer and storytellerPublic campaign snapshot

Josh Liljenquist: Help Keegan Experience the World Outside His Home

A safer accessible vehicle and mobility-related family needs.

BeneficiaryKeegan and his mother, Natasha
Date and amount2026-05-02 · $137,266 displayed August 10, 2026
Documented follow-upA May 5 image recorded a separate $78,797 presentation milestone.

Limit: No van purchase, delivery or later trip is claimed from the fundraising total alone.

OrganizerPublic campaign snapshot

Josh Liljenquist: Help Reanna Give Her Kids a Safe Home

Safe housing, moving costs, food, transportation and basic necessities.

BeneficiaryReanna Robinson and her children
Date and amount2026-07-16 · $140,639 displayed September 2, 2026
Documented follow-upA first-party follow-up documented a path toward more stable housing; it did not publish a private address or legal ownership records.

Limit: The displayed total is audience-funded, not Josh's personal donation, and does not establish private disbursement details.

Joint organizers and storytellersDated presentation milestone

Josh Liljenquist and Samuel Wiedenhofer: A Home for Sheena and Baby Joseph

Immediate warmth and safe housing, followed by longer-term stability support.

BeneficiarySheena and Baby Joseph
Date and amount2025-11 · $604,434 presentation milestone on November 21, 2025
Documented follow-upThe November 26 first-party follow-up documents a furnished home.

Limit: The former campaign URL is no longer available. The dated approved image and two original videos establish the shared role and presentation milestone; the amount is not either creator's personal donation.

Interviewer, storyteller and campaign amplifierPublic campaign snapshot

Kalina Silverman: Help Walt get back on his feet after the Devastating Fire

Temporary housing, essential belongings, rebuilding and vehicle replacement after the Eaton fire.

BeneficiaryWalt Butler
Date and amount2025-01-08 · $913,576 displayed at the September 22, 2026 review
Documented follow-upThe Forward reported that Silverman interviewed Walt, edited and published the video, linked the family-organized fundraiser, and that the video helped the campaign raise more than $900,000.

Limit: Silverman is not presented as the organizer. Walt's children organized the fundraiser. The campaign total does not establish completion of every rebuilding goal.

Organizer and storytellerPublic campaign snapshot

SB Mowing: Help Beth Gain Accessibility and Comfort

Home accessibility work, ongoing yard maintenance and other practical needs described in the campaign.

BeneficiaryBeth
Date and amount2025-01-12 · $964,729 displayed at the September 22, 2026 review
Documented follow-upThe public campaign documents the fundraiser and its intended accessibility work; the page does not independently certify that every listed project was completed.

Limit: The campaign total is not treated as a personal donation by SB Mowing or proof that every proposed repair or accessibility improvement was completed.

Organizer and storytellerPublic campaign snapshot

Zachery Dereniowski: Let's Change Donald & Joseph's Life

Housing, food, clothing and services described for Donald and Joseph.

BeneficiaryDonald Sawyer and his son Joseph
Date and amount2023-03-25 · $238,815 displayed at the September 22, 2026 review
Documented follow-upThe public campaign exceeded its displayed $200,000 goal.

Limit: The campaign record supports the amount raised and intended uses, not proof that every housing or service goal was completed.

No campaigns match those controls.

Threshold and evidence limits

Amounts are dated public campaign observations or a dated presentation milestone. They are not rankings of generosity, creator donations, verified beneficiary disbursements or proof that every intended outcome occurred. The Sheena record is explicitly historical because the former campaign URL is no longer available.

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