Americans contributed to roughly half of what has been raised so far, Christian crowdfunding site estimates

Foxnews reported today that they found that the "Freedom Convoy" of Canadian truckers that have been peacefully protesting in their country for weeks over the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandates have received significant support from Americans, according to the crowdfunding site currently facilitating donations to the group.

GiveSendGo says it is still running the numbers, but it confirmed to FOX Business on Tuesday that it estimates roughly half the donations it has collected to help the group came from small donations made from the U.S.

Foxnews added that the confirmation comes after a hacker took over GiveSendGo's site over the weekend and posted a purported list of 93,000 donors to the Freedom Convoy's cause, along with a manifesto condemning the Christian crowdfunding site and the Canadian truckers. No credit card details were leaked.

GiveSendGo co-founder and CFO Jacob Wells told FOX Business that he could not confirm the validity of the entire distribution list being circulated at this point, but said prior to the hack it did appear that there was "a pretty even split between donations coming from Canada and donations coming from the U.S.," and that "the average donation was quite small – less than $100."

GiveSendGo became the fundraising platform for the truckers after competitor GoFundMe shut down a fundraising page for the Freedom Convoy on its own site a few weeks ago, when donations surpassed more than $10 million.

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