{
  "datasetId": "gofundme-creators-helping-people-v1",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "snapshotDate": "2026-09-24",
  "title": "Creators Who Use GoFundMe to Help People",
  "description": "Creator-level records linking a documented GoFundMe role to at least one identifiable individual or family campaign.",
  "unitOfAnalysis": "One creator or creator group with a qualifying GoFundMe relationship",
  "methodology": {
    "inclusion": "Identifiable creator, GoFundMe relationship, individual/family beneficiary, verifiable creator role, and public source trail.",
    "amountBoundary": "Campaign totals are audience-funded records, not creator donations or verified disbursements.",
    "publisherDisclosure": "Compiled and published on Josh Liljenquist's official website; original sources remain distinct."
  },
  "creators": [
    {
      "id": "gfm-jimmy-darts",
      "name": "Jimmy Darts",
      "aliases": [],
      "canonicalEntityId": "mn-internet-personality-jimmy-darts",
      "role": "Organizer",
      "campaignIds": [
        "campaign-jimmy-darts-danny-family",
        "campaign-jimmy-darts-stephanie"
      ],
      "recognition": "GoFundMe's creator page features Jimmy Darts and describes his fundraiser activity.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/c/gofundme-for-creators",
      "internalUrl": "/minnesota/profiles/jimmy-darts/",
      "limitations": "The platform's inspired-to-help figure is a GoFundMe profile metric, not a donation total or unique audience count."
    },
    {
      "id": "gfm-josh-liljenquist",
      "name": "Josh Liljenquist",
      "aliases": [
        "Joshlilj",
        "Joshua Liljenquist"
      ],
      "canonicalEntityId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person",
      "role": "Organizer and storyteller",
      "campaignIds": [
        "campaign-josh-liljenquist-azeza-gigi",
        "campaign-josh-liljenquist-thomas-bever",
        "campaign-josh-liljenquist-reanna-robinson",
        "campaign-josh-liljenquist-keegan-safe-van",
        "campaign-josh-samuel-sheena-baby-joseph"
      ],
      "recognition": "GoFundMe lists Joshua Liljenquist in its creator program and uses the term Impact Creator for creators using their audiences for fundraising and social impact.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/c/gofundme-for-creators",
      "internalUrl": "/josh-liljenquist-recognition/",
      "limitations": "Campaign totals are audience-funded. Recognition is a platform program designation, not independent journalism or a universal credential."
    },
    {
      "id": "gfm-kalina-silverman",
      "name": "Kalina Silverman",
      "aliases": [
        "Big Talk"
      ],
      "canonicalEntityId": "mn-internet-personality-kalina-silverman",
      "role": "Interviewer and amplifier",
      "campaignIds": [
        "campaign-kalina-silverman-walt-butler"
      ],
      "recognition": "GoFundMe features Silverman and describes fundraising connected to Big Talk conversations.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/c/gofundme-for-creators",
      "internalUrl": "/creator-resources/creator-led-crowdfunding/#campaign-kalina-silverman-walt-butler",
      "limitations": "The Walt Butler campaign was family-organized; Silverman's documented role is amplification, not organizer."
    },
    {
      "id": "gfm-samuel-wiedenhofer",
      "name": "Samuel Wiedenhofer",
      "aliases": [
        "ItsSozer",
        "Samuel Weidenhofer"
      ],
      "canonicalEntityId": "creator-samuel-wiedenhofer",
      "role": "Joint organizer and storyteller",
      "campaignIds": [
        "campaign-josh-samuel-sheena-baby-joseph"
      ],
      "recognition": "GoFundMe lists Samuel Weidenhofer on its creator page; the retained Sheena record credits ItsSozer and Josh with opening the fundraiser.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/c/gofundme-for-creators",
      "internalUrl": "/impact-sheena-baby-joseph",
      "limitations": "The former campaign URL is unavailable; the historical inclusion relies on dated approved first-party source records and original public videos."
    },
    {
      "id": "gfm-sb-mowing",
      "name": "SB Mowing",
      "aliases": [],
      "canonicalEntityId": "creator-sb-mowing",
      "role": "Organizer",
      "campaignIds": [
        "campaign-sb-mowing-beth"
      ],
      "recognition": "The public GoFundMe identifies SB Mowing's organizer role for Beth's accessibility campaign.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-beth-gain-accessibility-and-comfort",
      "internalUrl": "/creator-resources/creator-led-crowdfunding/#campaign-sb-mowing-beth",
      "limitations": "A funded campaign is not proof that every accessibility outcome was completed."
    },
    {
      "id": "gfm-zachery-dereniowski",
      "name": "Zachery Dereniowski",
      "aliases": [
        "MDMotivator"
      ],
      "canonicalEntityId": "creator-mdmotivator",
      "role": "Organizer",
      "campaignIds": [
        "campaign-zachery-dereniowski-donald-joseph"
      ],
      "recognition": "The public GoFundMe identifies Dereniowski as organizer for Donald Sawyer and his son Joseph.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-change-donald-josephs-life",
      "internalUrl": "/creator-resources/creator-led-crowdfunding/#campaign-zachery-dereniowski-donald-joseph",
      "limitations": "The campaign total is audience-funded and does not establish the creator's personal contribution."
    }
  ]
}