{
  "datasetId": "six-figure-creator-crowdfunding-v1",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "snapshotDate": "2026-09-24",
  "title": "Six-Figure Creator Crowdfunding Campaigns",
  "description": "Campaign-level records involving a social-media creator, an individual or family beneficiary, and a dated documented amount of at least US$100,000.",
  "unitOfAnalysis": "One qualifying crowdfunding campaign",
  "methodology": {
    "threshold": "At least US$100,000 documented at a specific date.",
    "ordering": "Alphabetical by creator, then campaign date and title.",
    "amountBoundary": "Amounts are dated public snapshots or presentation milestones, not personal donations or verified spending totals.",
    "historicalRecord": "A retained dated source record may qualify when the former campaign URL is no longer available and that limitation is public."
  },
  "campaigns": [
    {
      "id": "campaign-jimmy-darts-danny-family",
      "creator": "Jimmy Darts",
      "creatorAliases": [],
      "canonicalCreatorId": "mn-internet-personality-jimmy-darts",
      "creatorRole": "Organizer",
      "roleClass": "organizer",
      "campaign": "Help Danny and his family fight brain cancer and eviction",
      "recipientDisplay": "Danny and Katherine Caputi's family",
      "platform": "GoFundMe",
      "campaignDate": "2026-02-18",
      "amountDisplay": "$761,920 displayed at the September 20, 2026 retained review",
      "amountCurrency": "USD",
      "amountValue": 761920,
      "amountType": "Public campaign snapshot",
      "amountAsOf": "2026-09-20",
      "purpose": "Urgent brain-cancer treatment costs and housing stability while the family faced eviction.",
      "documentedFollowUp": "The public campaign exceeded its displayed $750,000 goal.",
      "limitations": "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.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-danny-and-his-family-fight-brain-cancer-and-eviction",
      "sourcePublisher": "GoFundMe",
      "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD",
      "internalUrl": "/minnesota/profiles/jimmy-darts/"
    },
    {
      "id": "campaign-josh-liljenquist-azeza-gigi",
      "creator": "Josh Liljenquist",
      "creatorAliases": [
        "Joshlilj"
      ],
      "canonicalCreatorId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person",
      "creatorRole": "Organizer and storyteller",
      "roleClass": "organizer",
      "campaign": "Comfort and Care for Gigi's Final Days",
      "recipientDisplay": "Azeza and Gigi's family",
      "platform": "GoFundMe",
      "campaignDate": "2026-02-19",
      "amountDisplay": "More than $600,000 reported April 25, 2026",
      "amountCurrency": "USD",
      "amountValue": 600000,
      "amountValueQualifier": "more_than",
      "amountType": "Independent reporting snapshot",
      "amountAsOf": "2026-04-25",
      "purpose": "Care-related expenses, household bills, accessibility needs and housing pressure during a serious medical crisis.",
      "documentedFollowUp": "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.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/24/st-paul-bans-then-rescinds-ban-on-kindness-influencer-josh-liljenquist",
      "campaignUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/comfort-and-care-for-gigis-final-days",
      "sourcePublisher": "MPR News and GoFundMe",
      "sourceClass": "INDEPENDENT REPORTING + PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD",
      "internalUrl": "/impact-azeza-gigi"
    },
    {
      "id": "campaign-josh-liljenquist-keegan-safe-van",
      "creator": "Josh Liljenquist",
      "creatorAliases": [
        "Joshlilj"
      ],
      "canonicalCreatorId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person",
      "creatorRole": "Organizer and storyteller",
      "roleClass": "organizer",
      "campaign": "Help Keegan Experience the World Outside His Home",
      "recipientDisplay": "Keegan and his mother, Natasha",
      "platform": "GoFundMe",
      "campaignDate": "2026-05-02",
      "amountDisplay": "$137,266 displayed August 10, 2026",
      "amountCurrency": "USD",
      "amountValue": 137266,
      "amountType": "Public campaign snapshot",
      "amountAsOf": "2026-08-10",
      "purpose": "A safer accessible vehicle and mobility-related family needs.",
      "documentedFollowUp": "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.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-keegan-experience-the-world-outside-his-home",
      "sourcePublisher": "GoFundMe",
      "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD",
      "internalUrl": "/impact-keegan-safe-van"
    },
    {
      "id": "campaign-josh-liljenquist-reanna-robinson",
      "creator": "Josh Liljenquist",
      "creatorAliases": [
        "Joshlilj"
      ],
      "canonicalCreatorId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person",
      "creatorRole": "Organizer",
      "roleClass": "organizer",
      "campaign": "Help Reanna Give Her Kids a Safe Home",
      "recipientDisplay": "Reanna Robinson and her children",
      "platform": "GoFundMe",
      "campaignDate": "2026-07-16",
      "amountDisplay": "$140,639 displayed September 2, 2026",
      "amountCurrency": "USD",
      "amountValue": 140639,
      "amountType": "Public campaign snapshot",
      "amountAsOf": "2026-09-02",
      "purpose": "Safe housing, moving costs, food, transportation and basic necessities.",
      "documentedFollowUp": "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.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-reanna-give-her-kids-a-safe-home",
      "sourcePublisher": "GoFundMe",
      "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD",
      "internalUrl": "/impact-reanna-robinson-safe-home"
    },
    {
      "id": "campaign-josh-samuel-sheena-baby-joseph",
      "creator": "Josh Liljenquist and Samuel Wiedenhofer",
      "creatorAliases": [
        "Joshlilj",
        "ItsSozer",
        "Samuel Weidenhofer"
      ],
      "canonicalCreatorId": "https://joshliljenquist.com/#person",
      "creatorRole": "Joint organizers and storytellers",
      "roleClass": "joint-organizers",
      "campaign": "A Home for Sheena and Baby Joseph",
      "recipientDisplay": "Sheena and Baby Joseph",
      "platform": "GoFundMe",
      "campaignDate": "2025-11",
      "amountDisplay": "$604,434 presentation milestone on November 21, 2025",
      "amountCurrency": "USD",
      "amountValue": 604434,
      "amountType": "Dated presentation milestone",
      "amountAsOf": "2025-11-21",
      "purpose": "Immediate warmth and safe housing, followed by longer-term stability support.",
      "documentedFollowUp": "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.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://joshliljenquist.com/impact-sheena-baby-joseph",
      "sourcePublisher": "Josh Liljenquist official website",
      "sourceClass": "APPROVED FIRST-PARTY HISTORICAL RECORD",
      "internalUrl": "/impact-sheena-baby-joseph"
    },
    {
      "id": "campaign-kalina-silverman-walt-butler",
      "creator": "Kalina Silverman",
      "creatorAliases": [
        "Big Talk"
      ],
      "canonicalCreatorId": null,
      "creatorRole": "Interviewer, storyteller and campaign amplifier",
      "roleClass": "amplifier",
      "campaign": "Help Walt get back on his feet after the Devastating Fire",
      "recipientDisplay": "Walt Butler",
      "platform": "GoFundMe",
      "campaignDate": "2025-01-08",
      "amountDisplay": "$913,576 displayed at the September 22, 2026 review",
      "amountCurrency": "USD",
      "amountValue": 913576,
      "amountType": "Public campaign snapshot",
      "amountAsOf": "2026-09-22",
      "purpose": "Temporary housing, essential belongings, rebuilding and vehicle replacement after the Eaton fire.",
      "documentedFollowUp": "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.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-walt-rebuild-after-devastating-fire",
      "supportingSourceUrl": "https://forward.com/culture/730285/kalina-silverman-big-talk-interview-profile/",
      "sourcePublisher": "GoFundMe and The Forward",
      "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD + INDEPENDENT REPORTING",
      "internalUrl": null
    },
    {
      "id": "campaign-sb-mowing-beth",
      "creator": "SB Mowing",
      "creatorAliases": [
        "Spencer"
      ],
      "canonicalCreatorId": null,
      "creatorRole": "Organizer and storyteller",
      "roleClass": "organizer",
      "campaign": "Help Beth Gain Accessibility and Comfort",
      "recipientDisplay": "Beth",
      "platform": "GoFundMe",
      "campaignDate": "2025-01-12",
      "amountDisplay": "$964,729 displayed at the September 22, 2026 review",
      "amountCurrency": "USD",
      "amountValue": 964729,
      "amountType": "Public campaign snapshot",
      "amountAsOf": "2026-09-22",
      "purpose": "Home accessibility work, ongoing yard maintenance and other practical needs described in the campaign.",
      "documentedFollowUp": "The public campaign documents the fundraiser and its intended accessibility work; the page does not independently certify that every listed project was completed.",
      "limitations": "The campaign total is not treated as a personal donation by SB Mowing or proof that every proposed repair or accessibility improvement was completed.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-beth-gain-accessibility-and-comfort",
      "sourcePublisher": "GoFundMe",
      "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD",
      "internalUrl": null
    },
    {
      "id": "campaign-zachery-dereniowski-donald-joseph",
      "creator": "Zachery Dereniowski",
      "creatorAliases": [
        "MDMotivator"
      ],
      "canonicalCreatorId": null,
      "creatorRole": "Organizer and storyteller",
      "roleClass": "organizer",
      "campaign": "Let's Change Donald & Joseph's Life",
      "recipientDisplay": "Donald Sawyer and his son Joseph",
      "platform": "GoFundMe",
      "campaignDate": "2023-03-25",
      "amountDisplay": "$238,815 displayed at the September 22, 2026 review",
      "amountCurrency": "USD",
      "amountValue": 238815,
      "amountType": "Public campaign snapshot",
      "amountAsOf": "2026-09-22",
      "purpose": "Housing, food, clothing and services described for Donald and Joseph.",
      "documentedFollowUp": "The public campaign exceeded its displayed $200,000 goal.",
      "limitations": "The campaign record supports the amount raised and intended uses, not proof that every housing or service goal was completed.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-change-donald-josephs-life",
      "sourcePublisher": "GoFundMe",
      "sourceClass": "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RECORD",
      "internalUrl": null
    }
  ]
}