{"id":65530,"date":"2025-12-09T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/65530\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:17:09","slug":"brooklyn-named-fifth-most-generous-community-in-america-by-gofundme-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/65530\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn named fifth most generous community in America by GoFundMe \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GoFundMe named Kings County America\u2019s fifth most generous community in the annual \u201cYear in Help\u201d report. <\/p>\n

File photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

Brooklyn didn\u2019t just show up for its neighbors this year \u2014 it led by example.\n<\/p>\n

GoFundMe\u2019s 2025 Year in Help report, released Tuesday, named Kings County the fifth most generous community in the United States, highlighting the borough\u2019s deep-rooted culture<\/a> of mutual aid, solidarity and grassroots giving.<\/p>\n

The annual report captured a year of record generosity worldwide. In 2025, as natural disasters, economic pressures and emergencies mounted, people turned to GoFundMe at unprecedented rates \u2014 an average of 2.5 donations every second \u2014 to support one another, uplift nonprofits and respond to community crises.<\/p>\n

New York State as a whole also earned recognition, ranking fifth in the nation for repeat donors, demonstrating how residents continue giving long after their first contribution.\n<\/p>\n

Local fundraisers that defined Brooklyn\u2019s generosity<\/p>\n

According to GoFundMe, several Brooklyn-based fundraisers stood out among the thousands launched this year, each reflecting a different kind of heartbreak met with overwhelming community support.<\/p>\n

After a Sept. 17 fire devastated the Red Hook waterfront community, residents raised nearly $200,000<\/a> to help artists and businesses rebuild.<\/p>\n

\"redA five-alarm fire devastated a Red Hook warehouse on Sept. 17, 2025.File photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

When a man was pushed in front of a subway train in January, the local community raised more than $190,000<\/a> for Joe Lynskey\u2019s medical bills.<\/p>\n

After 7-year-old Devon Wong died in a tragic accident in July, the community raised more than $55,000<\/a> for a memorial, tribute and family support.<\/p>\n

After security officer Aland Etienne was killed in a July mass shooting, Brooklynites rallied to raise nearly $250,000<\/a> to support his children.<\/p>\n

And when local artist Jacolby Satterwhite needed treatment to resolve an infection in a prosthetic after surviving cancer twice, the community raised nearly $220,000<\/a> to help cover his care.<\/p>\n

\"GoFundMe\"The Brooklyn community proved its emphasis on mutual aid and support, helping numerous causes in 2025.File photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

Beyond Brooklyn, other global trends emerged in the report: fundraisers supporting volunteers tripled, fundraising for school supplies doubled and $330 million was raised for national disaster relief.<\/p>\n

This year also marked a major milestone for the platform \u2014 15 years of GoFundMe \u2014 during which users have raised more than $40 billion and supported over 165,000 nonprofits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GoFundMe named Kings County America\u2019s fifth most generous community in the annual \u201cYear in Help\u201d report. File photo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2603,98,100,99,6788,34181,27079,32384,9,24,12,370,63],"class_list":["post-65530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-acts-of-kindness","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-donations","tag-generosity","tag-giving-back","tag-gofundme","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}