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Cancer Care Crowdfunding Increasingly Common, But Rarely Successful
Cancer crowdfunding raised $506 million from nearly 4.5 million donations but met only 35% of requested funds, with just 1 in 9 campaigns reaching goals.
- Researchers at the American Cancer Society reported GoFundMe cancer fundraisers raised $506 million, covering under 35% of requested aid while only 1 in 9 campaigns met goals.
- Researchers said rising treatment costs and insurers shifting more costs to patients raise cancer patients and survivors' out-of-pocket burdens, driving growing crowdfunding use in the United States.
- Using AI, researchers reviewed more than 78,000 GoFundMe fundraiser stories up to November 2025 and collected 90-day donation records, with median goals and receipts of $10,000 and $4,000.
- Consequently, researchers said private crowdfunding helps some but highlights safety-net gaps for cancer survivors in the U.S., covering less than 5% of out-of-pocket costs.
- Only a small fraction of the more than 18 million cancer survivors in the U.S. initiated crowdfunding, with benefits focused on costly cancers like pancreatic, blood and brain cancer.
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