Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of COVID-related GoFundMe campaigns.

Variable	N	n (%) or Sum	Median (IQR)	Min, Max
Campaign donation variables
Amount asked	3832	$1,597,000,000	$4500 ($1033 - $10,000)	$50, $1,000,000
Amount raised (total campaigns)	3832	$8,876,013	$170 ($0 - $1535)	$0, $28,125
Donation count	3832	99,227	3 (0–21)	0, 306
Mean donation	2360	$216,651	$66 ($43 - $100)	$5, $500
Social media variables
Number of shares	3722	488,857	0 (0–59)	0, 1787
Number of favorites	3722	90,502	3 (0–20)	0, 282
Campaign descriptive variables
Month created	3832
January		26 (0.7%)
February		36 (0.9%)
March		1054 (27.5%)
April		987 (25.8%)
May		646 (16.9%)
June		603 (15.7%)
July		480 (12.5%)
Campaign Category	3832
Accidents and emergencies		862 (22.5%)
Animals and pets		196 (5.1%)
Babies, kids, and family		261 (6.8%)
Business and entrepreneurs		229 (6.0%)
Community/volunteer/faith		589 (15.4%)
Dreams, hopes and wishes		154 (4.0%)
Education and learning		179 (4.7%)
Funerals and memorials		157 (4.1%)
Medical, illness, and healing		671 (17.5%)
Other		534 (13.9%)
At least a single donation	3857
Yes		2385 (61.8%)
No		1472 (38.2%)
Met monetary goal	3857
Yes		441 (11.4%)
No		3416 (88.6%)