Dave Portnoy’s ‘Barstool Fund’ hits $20M, helping over 90 small businesses during pandemic
The viral fundraiser launched by Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy surpassed a whopping $20 million, helping almost 100 small businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.
In lower than one month since Portnoy kicked off “The Barstool Fund” together with his personal $500,000, the fundraiser has tallied $20,119,270 from greater than 156,000 donors and has aided 92 small businesses throughout the nation as of Thursday night.
Earlier within the day, Portnoy took to Twitter to have a good time, however confused that their mission is removed from over.
“20 million raised! Thanks to everybody who donated!” Portnoy exclaimed. “But we still have a line of small businesses out the ass that need help and need help now. We need another 20 million.”
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On Dec. 17, Portnoy launched the fund for small businesses in want of a monetary lifeline. Companies can apply through electronic mail for help with wants equivalent to hire or tax funds, as long as they’ve continued to pay their workers all through the pandemic.
Some of the big-name contributors of the fund embrace NFL famous person Tom Brady, Food Network host Guy Fieri, and musician Kid (*90*).
Despite the success of Portnoy’s fundraiser, nevertheless, it has earned little to no press from the mainstream media.
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Earlier this week, Portnoy took discover of a tweet put out by CNN, which reported on Beyoncé’s “BeyGOOD Impact Fund” providing $5,000 grants to 100 folks dealing with foreclosures or evictions during the pandemic.
“This is great. I wonder if there are any other charities going on that are helping Americans with the corona pandemic that could use press coverage to help raise more money?” Portnoy reacted, including three cricket emojis.
“I have no problem with them talking about Beyonce,” Portnoy defined to Fox Business host Stuart Varney on Wednesday. “Any charity is good. She donated, I think, half a million dollars to helping people who are getting kicked out of their houses because of COVID, which is great.”
He continued, “I don’t care if you’re political or not political. Everyone should care about this.”
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CNN didn’t instantly reply to Fox News’ request for remark. Fox News additionally reached out to Portnoy for remark.
Portnoy has been repeatedly sharing recordings of FaceTime conversations with small enterprise homeowners, in addition to their emotional reactions to the information that they are going to be beneficiaries of The Barstool Fund.
Fox Business’ Thomas Barrabi contributed to his report.
