GoFundMe’s 2025 “Year of Help” review found that its crowdfunding platform was increasingly being used by Americans to raise funds for basic financial needs.

“Monthly Bills” was the second fastest growing category on the platform behind “Charity”.

The review found that the most common words in this year’s fundraiser descriptions were “work,” “food,” “bill,” “home,” “care,” and “love.”

GoFundMe said fundraising for essential expenses was up 20% and more fundraisers were started food banks than any other community cause.

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Carts loaded with groceries await distribution at Curley’s House Food Bank in Miami on October 30, 2025, ahead of a possible expiration of SNAP benefits. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Getty Images)

“For example, we saw people saying they were behind on the month’s rent and looking to friends and family to help them get through the next month or two,” the CEO said. said Tim Cadogan CBS News “This shows us that life is getting more expensive and people are struggling with it, so they are reaching out to friends and family to see if they can help.”

A Fox News National Poll released in November It found that by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, voters say President Donald Trump is more responsible for the current economy than former President Joe Biden (62% vs. 32%).

Approximately 76% of voters say so view the economy negativelyup from 67% in July and higher than the 70% who held that view at the end of Biden’s term.

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The survey also found that many voters, including Republicans, complain the increase in costs for groceries, utilities, health and housing this year.

People browse a grocery store following the announcement of tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods by US President Donald Trump in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on March 4. (Arlyn McAdorey/Reuters/Reuters)

“President Trump and everyone in his administration fully recognize how Joe Biden’s generational inflation crisis left American families behind,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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“Turning the page on the Biden disaster has been a day one priority for the Trump administration, and everyone is doing their part to do it. economic relief for the American people, from lowering gas prices by freeing up American energy to getting historic working-class tax cuts to signing historic deals on drug prices.”

Dana Blanton of Fox News contributed to this report.