US EditionMore People Are Using GoFundMe for Help with Basic Necessities, Annual Report Finds
GoFundMe saw a 20% rise in fundraising for essentials and a sixfold increase in food bank campaigns between late October and early November, driven by disasters and economic challenges.
- Yesterday, GoFundMe's 2025 'Year in help' review found Americans increasingly used the platform for basic needs, with food banks seeing the most fundraisers and important expenditure fundraising rising by 20%.
- Natural disasters and growing everyday needs helped drive the trend, with Jan. 10 the most generous day amid the Los Angeles wildfires and donations averaged 2.5 per second.
- GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan told CBS News, 'For example, we saw people say they were behind on the month's rent and were looking for friends and family to help them get through the next month or two,' as requests for basic needs surged amid the federal shutdown and SNAP disruptions.
- Generosity rankings and public sentiment together show Ireland topped generosity for the seventh year, while a November Fox News national survey found roughly 76% of voters view the economy negatively this year.
- Coverage of tariffs and aid lapses highlighted policy debate as the White House framed inflation as a Biden-era problem, with spokesperson Kush Desai saying President Donald Trump acknowledges past inflation issues.
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The New York LedgerGoFundMe increasingly being used to fundraise for basic economic needs like food, housing
GoFundMe’s 2025 "Year in help" review found that its crowdfunding platform was increasingly used by Americans to fundraise for basic economic needs."Monthly bills" was the second-fastest growing category on the platform behind "Charity."The review found that the most common words in fundraiser descriptions this year were "work," "food," "bill," "home," "care" and "love."GoFundMe said essential expense fundraising increased by 20%, and more fundr…
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According to GoFundMe's annual campaign analysis, this year saw a significant increase in the number of people using the platform to cover housing, food, and other basic needs. The "A Year of Help" report, published by GoFundMe, revealed that the number of campaigns launched to help people with rent, utilities, and groceries increased by 20% compared to the previous year. The fastest-growing category on the platform was "Charity," followed by "M…
More people crowdfunded for basic needs like food in 2025, GoFundMe report finds
Bags of food wait to be distributed by volunteers on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, at the Regional Foot Bank of Northeastern New York in Colonie, NY. (Jim Franco/Albany Times Union via Getty Images) SAN DIEGO - GoFundMe’s 2025 Year in Help report shows global generosity reaching new heights, with people making an average of 2.5 donations every second as individuals and nonprofits rallied to support one another through rising needs and crises.Accordin…
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