NY Among Most Giving States, GoFundMe Says: Here Are Top Long Island Campaigns Of 2025

By Michael Mashburn From Daily Voice

New York has been ranked the fifth most generous state in the country based on repeat donors, according to GoFundMe’s 2025 Year in Help report released Wednesday.

The annual report highlights the platform’s biggest moments of giving, noting that an average of 2.5 donations were made every second worldwide in 2025. 

GoFundMe said communities rallied around one another through natural disasters, medical crises, and everyday hardships, driving millions of people to donate, share campaigns, and support nonprofits.

This year’s data placed New York among the top five states with the highest percentage of returning donors — a metric GoFundMe uses to track consistent, repeated acts of generosity.

GoFundMe also released a list of Long Island’s most notable fundraisers of 2025, recognizing campaigns that drew widespread community support and raised significant financial help for families, survivors, and local organizations. 

According to the platform, the 10 standout Long Island fundraisers included:

• Support Happy Cat Sanctuary After Tragic Fire — Over $850,000 raised

• Support Scarlett Parry’s Battle with Brain Cancer — Over $200,000 raised

• Help the DeRosa Family Fight Brain Cancer UPDATE — Over $175,000 raised

• Help Éowyn Shine Through Her Cancer Fight — Over $165,000 raised

• Help Michael Hyland and His Family — Over $145,000 raised

• Help Support Timothy After Unimaginable Loss — Over $120,000 raised

• Support Seth Kurpiel’s Spinal Cord Injury Recovery — Over $140,000 raised

• Massapequa Family of 5 Loses Everything in House Fire — Over $100,000 raised

• The Holtslag Family — Over $100,000 raised

• Help Peter David’s Family — Over $140,000 raised