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"Medical and accessibility", "supportMechanism": "audience fundraiser", "creatorRole": "Creator or creator-group participant", "platform": "Public campaign or project record", "amountDisplay": "$761,920 displayed at review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-danny-and-his-family-fight-brain-cancer-and-eviction", "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD", "internalUrl": "/minnesota/profiles/jimmy-darts/", "outcome": "The public campaign exceeded its stated $750,000 goal.", "limitations": "The campaign total does not establish how every dollar was used or a long-term housing outcome.", "recordOrigin": "Minnesota creator-giving dataset" }, { "id": "mn-giving-jimmy-katie-2026", "creator": "Jimmy Darts", "aliases": [ "Jimmy Darts" ], "canonicalEntityId": "mn-internet-personality-jimmy-darts", "projectTitle": "Pediatric cancer family support", "date": "2026-08", "causeCategory": "Medical and accessibility", "supportMechanism": "medical/accessibility support", "creatorRole": "Creator or creator-group participant", "platform": "Public campaign or project record", "amountDisplay": "$300,000 and a vehicle reported", "sourceUrl": "https://www.wbrz.com/videos/denham-springs-family-whose-11-year-old-is-battling-cancer-gets-300k-from-social-media-personality/", "sourceClass": "INDEPENDENT LOCAL REPORTING", "internalUrl": "/minnesota/profiles/jimmy-darts/", "outcome": "Local reporting documented the financial presentation and a new vehicle for the family.", "limitations": "The report does not fully disaggregate the creator's money, audience donations, and vehicle funding.", "recordOrigin": "Minnesota creator-giving dataset" }, { "id": "episode-jimmy-darts-ramond-alvarez-cash", "creator": "Jimmy Darts", "aliases": [ "James Kellogg" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/minnesota/profiles/jimmy-darts/#person", "projectTitle": "$1,000 cash gift to Ramond Alvarez", "date": "March 2022", "causeCategory": "Food and meals", "supportMechanism": "Direct cash 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It did not independently verify later payment status.", "limitations": "The source documents the gift and intended use, not the ultimate use of the money or a longer-term financial outcome.", "recordOrigin": "Practical-assistance dataset" }, { "id": "episode-jimmy-darts-bertrand-hester-vehicle", "creator": "Jimmy Darts", "aliases": [ "James Kellogg" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/minnesota/profiles/jimmy-darts/#person", "projectTitle": "Toyota Prius presented to Bertrand Hester", "date": "November 2021", "causeCategory": "Transportation and mobility", "supportMechanism": "Donated vehicle", "creatorRole": "Creator and presenter", "platform": "Original public episode", "amountDisplay": "The car was donated by named third parties. People also reported a separate audience-funded campaign; neither is treated as Darts personally buying the vehicle.", "sourceUrl": "https://people.com/human-interest/tiktok-star-jimmy-darts-helps-strangers-in-need-with-cash-cars-and-tlc/", "sourceClass": "INDEPENDENT EDITORIAL REPORTING", "internalUrl": "/minnesota/profiles/jimmy-darts/", "outcome": "People documented the vehicle presentation and Hester's receipt of it.", "limitations": "The report does not establish registration, later vehicle use or a permanent housing outcome. The related fundraising is not counted as a second practical-help episode here.", "recordOrigin": "Practical-assistance dataset" }, { "id": "mn-giving-josh-egg-rolls-2024", "creator": "Josh Liljenquist", "aliases": [ "Joshlilj" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person", "projectTitle": "Restaurant food purchase and distribution", "date": "2024-01", "causeCategory": "Food and meals", "supportMechanism": "food/community assistance", "creatorRole": "Creator or creator-group participant", "platform": "Public campaign or project record", "amountDisplay": "$500 food purchase reported", "sourceUrl": "https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-tiktok-food-unhoused-homeless-social-media-clout-charity-altruism-facebook-instagram-viral/600336333", "sourceClass": "INDEPENDENT LOCAL REPORTING", "internalUrl": "/minnesota/creators-community-giving/", "outcome": "Independent reporting documented a restaurant purchase and distribution of the food.", "limitations": "The report also discusses ethical questions around filmed giving; the project is not presented as evidence of long-term impact.", "recordOrigin": "Minnesota creator-giving dataset" }, { "id": "campaign-josh-liljenquist-azeza-gigi", "creator": "Josh Liljenquist", "aliases": [ "Joshlilj" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person", "projectTitle": "Comfort and Care for Gigi's Final Days", "date": "2026-02-19", "causeCategory": "Medical and accessibility", "supportMechanism": "Audience crowdfunding", "creatorRole": "Organizer and storyteller", "platform": "GoFundMe", "amountDisplay": "More than $600,000 reported April 25, 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/24/st-paul-bans-then-rescinds-ban-on-kindness-influencer-josh-liljenquist", "sourceClass": "INDEPENDENT REPORTING + PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD", "internalUrl": "/impact-azeza-gigi", "outcome": "A separate first-party record documents a $590,210 presentation milestone dated March 31, 2026.", "limitations": "The sources do not establish a completed accessible-van purchase, a completed home purchase or modification, every expenditure, or a long-term housing outcome.", "recordOrigin": "Creator crowdfunding dataset" }, { "id": "campaign-josh-liljenquist-keegan-safe-van", "creator": "Josh Liljenquist", "aliases": [ "Joshlilj" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person", "projectTitle": "Help Keegan Experience the World Outside His Home", "date": "2026-05-02", "causeCategory": "Medical and accessibility", "supportMechanism": "Audience crowdfunding", "creatorRole": "Organizer and storyteller", "platform": "GoFundMe", "amountDisplay": "$137,266 displayed August 10, 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-keegan-experience-the-world-outside-his-home", "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD", "internalUrl": "/impact-keegan-safe-van", "outcome": "A May 5 image recorded a separate $78,797 presentation milestone.", "limitations": "No van purchase, delivery or later trip is claimed from the fundraising total alone.", "recordOrigin": "Creator crowdfunding dataset" }, { "id": "campaign-josh-liljenquist-thomas-bever", "creator": "Josh Liljenquist", "aliases": [ "Joshlilj" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person", "projectTitle": "He Helped Save Lives. Now Let's Help His Family", "date": "2026-05-20", "causeCategory": "Housing and basic needs", "supportMechanism": "Audience crowdfunding", "creatorRole": "Organizer and storyteller", "platform": "GoFundMe", "amountDisplay": "$30,205 displayed at the September 22, 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/he-helped-save-lives-now-lets-help-his-family", "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD + INDEPENDENT REPORTING", "internalUrl": "/impact-tom-injured-firefighter", "outcome": "Alpha News reported more than $22,000 from more than 600 donors after seven days; a separate later first-party record shows a $25,000 presentation milestone.", "limitations": "This is not a six-figure campaign. The sources do not establish Josh's personal contribution or a completed medical, pension, housing or long-term financial outcome.", "recordOrigin": "Creator crowdfunding dataset" }, { "id": "mn-giving-josh-firefighter-2026", "creator": "Josh Liljenquist", "aliases": [ "Joshlilj" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person", "projectTitle": "Injured firefighter fundraiser", "date": "2026-05-26", "causeCategory": "Veterans and first responders", "supportMechanism": "audience fundraiser", "creatorRole": "Creator or creator-group participant", "platform": "Public campaign or project record", "amountDisplay": "More than $22,000 from 600-plus donors after seven days (reported May 26, 2026)", "sourceUrl": "https://alphanews.org/minnesota-influencer-raises-money-for-injured-st-paul-firefighter-featured-in-alpha-news-report/", "sourceClass": "INDEPENDENT LOCAL REPORTING", "internalUrl": "/minnesota/creators-community-giving/", "outcome": "Independent reporting documents that Liljenquist started the fundraiser and that it drew more than $22,000 from more than 600 donors in seven days.", "limitations": "The report is a dated campaign snapshot, not a final total. It does not establish a six-figure campaign, Josh's personal contribution, or a completed medical, pension, housing, or long-term financial outcome.", "recordOrigin": "Minnesota creator-giving dataset" }, { "id": "campaign-josh-liljenquist-reanna-robinson", "creator": "Josh Liljenquist", "aliases": [ "Joshlilj" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person", "projectTitle": "Help Reanna Give Her Kids a Safe Home", "date": "2026-07-16", "causeCategory": "Food and meals", "supportMechanism": "Audience crowdfunding", "creatorRole": "Organizer", "platform": "GoFundMe", "amountDisplay": "$140,639 displayed September 2, 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-reanna-give-her-kids-a-safe-home", "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD", "internalUrl": "/impact-reanna-robinson-safe-home", "outcome": "A first-party follow-up documented a path toward more stable housing; it did not publish a private address or legal ownership records.", "limitations": "The displayed total is audience-funded, not Josh's personal donation, and does not establish private disbursement details.", "recordOrigin": "Creator crowdfunding dataset" }, { "id": "mn-giving-josh-steven-mills-2026", "creator": "Josh Liljenquist", "aliases": [ "Joshlilj" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person", "projectTitle": "Kidney-donor search and medical fundraiser", "date": "2026-08-09", "causeCategory": "Medical and accessibility", "supportMechanism": "medical/accessibility support", "creatorRole": "Creator or creator-group participant", "platform": "Public campaign or project record", "amountDisplay": "More than $55,000 reported", "sourceUrl": "https://www.kmbc.com/article/steven-mills-kidney-donor-kansas-tiktok-josh-liljenquist/73386625", "sourceClass": "INDEPENDENT LOCAL REPORTING", "internalUrl": "/minnesota/creators-community-giving/", "outcome": "KMBC documented the fundraising and donor-search effort; no donor had been found at the report date.", "limitations": "The fundraiser outcome and medical outcome are kept separate.", "recordOrigin": "Minnesota creator-giving dataset" }, { "id": "episode-josh-liljenquist-brooklyn-park-food-drinks", "creator": "Josh Liljenquist", "aliases": [ "Joshlilj" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person", "projectTitle": "Brooklyn Park food and drink distribution", "date": "Before August 8, 2024; exact activity date not established", "causeCategory": "Food and meals", "supportMechanism": "Meals and drinks", "creatorRole": "Creator, purchaser and distributor", "platform": "Original public episode", "amountDisplay": "Mixed creator purchase and business contribution. The report establishes that one restaurant refused payment and that the tea-shop owner covered half the drink purchase; it does not publish a total value.", "sourceUrl": "https://ccxmedia.org/news/charitable-tiktoker-visits-brooklyn-park-businesses/", "sourceClass": "INDEPENDENT LOCAL REPORTING", "internalUrl": "/impact/minnesota/#brooklyn-park-reported-work", "outcome": "CCX documented that the drinks were distributed. It does not establish a longer-term recipient outcome.", "limitations": "The article publication date is not treated as the activity date. The businesses were in Brooklyn Park, but the later distribution location is not stated.", "recordOrigin": "Practical-assistance dataset" }, { "id": "campaign-josh-samuel-sheena-baby-joseph", "creator": "Josh Liljenquist and Samuel Wiedenhofer", "aliases": [ "Joshlilj", "ItsSozer", "Samuel Weidenhofer" ], "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person", "projectTitle": "A Home for Sheena and Baby Joseph", "date": "2025-11", "causeCategory": "Housing and basic needs", "supportMechanism": "Audience crowdfunding", "creatorRole": "Joint organizers and storytellers", "platform": "GoFundMe", "amountDisplay": "$604,434 presentation milestone on November 21, 2025", "sourceUrl": "https://joshliljenquist.com/impact-sheena-baby-joseph", "sourceClass": "APPROVED FIRST-PARTY HISTORICAL RECORD", "internalUrl": "/impact-sheena-baby-joseph", "outcome": "The November 26 first-party follow-up documents a furnished home.", "limitations": "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.", "recordOrigin": "Creator crowdfunding dataset" }, { "id": "campaign-kalina-silverman-walt-butler", "creator": "Kalina Silverman", "aliases": [ "Big Talk" ], "canonicalEntityId": null, "projectTitle": "Help Walt get back on his feet after the Devastating Fire", "date": "2025-01-08", "causeCategory": "Disaster and emergency recovery", "supportMechanism": "Audience crowdfunding", "creatorRole": "Interviewer, storyteller and campaign amplifier", "platform": "GoFundMe", "amountDisplay": "$913,576 displayed at the September 22, 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-walt-rebuild-after-devastating-fire", "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD + INDEPENDENT REPORTING", "internalUrl": null, "outcome": "The 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.", "limitations": "Silverman is not presented as the organizer. Walt's children organized the fundraiser. The campaign total does not establish completion of every rebuilding goal.", "recordOrigin": "Creator crowdfunding dataset" }, { "id": "mn-giving-kenny-initial-scooters-2021", "creator": "Kenny Jary", "aliases": [ "Patriotic Kenny" ], "canonicalEntityId": "mn-internet-personality-patriotic-kenny", "projectTitle": "Initial veteran mobility-scooter campaign", "date": "2021", "causeCategory": "Transportation and mobility", "supportMechanism": "medical/accessibility support", "creatorRole": "Creator or creator-group participant", "platform": "Public campaign or project record", "amountDisplay": "25 scooters documented", "sourceUrl": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/tiktok-star-patriotic-kenny-veteran-scooters/", "sourceClass": "INDEPENDENT LOCAL REPORTING", "internalUrl": "/minnesota/creators-community-giving/", "outcome": "CBS Minnesota documented that the initial audience response enabled 25 free scooters for veterans.", "limitations": "This record covers the initial campaign, not the later cumulative foundation total.", "recordOrigin": "Minnesota creator-giving dataset" }, { "id": "mn-giving-kenny-foundation-expansion-2023", "creator": "Kenny Jary", "aliases": [ "Patriotic Kenny" ], "canonicalEntityId": "mn-internet-personality-patriotic-kenny", "projectTitle": "Patriotic Kenny Foundation scooter expansion", "date": "2023-08-31", "causeCategory": "Transportation and mobility", "supportMechanism": "nonprofit partnership", "creatorRole": "Creator or creator-group participant", "platform": "Public campaign or project record", "amountDisplay": "66 scooters delivered at report date", "sourceUrl": "https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-08-31/patriotic-kenny-tiktok-childrens-book-11230962.html", "sourceClass": "INDEPENDENT REPORTING", "internalUrl": "/minnesota/creators-community-giving/", "outcome": "Stars and Stripes documented the later foundation total and that part of book-sale proceeds would support more scooters.", "limitations": "The 66-scooter figure is a dated cumulative program snapshot, not a separate 66-scooter campaign.", "recordOrigin": "Minnesota creator-giving dataset" }, { "id": "mn-giving-mikayla-fox-rescue-2016", "creator": "Mikayla Raines", "aliases": [ "SaveAFox" ], "canonicalEntityId": "mn-internet-personality-mikayla-raines", "projectTitle": "2016 fur-farm fox rescue campaign", "date": "2016-05-06", "causeCategory": "Animals", "supportMechanism": "animal rescue", "creatorRole": "Creator or creator-group participant", "platform": "Public campaign or project record", "amountDisplay": "Public campaign; 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