{"sections": [{"components": [{"component_name": "heading", "heading": "Fast facts on philanthropy in gaming marathons", "level": 1}, {"component_name": "paragraph", "paragraph": "The figures below keep to what the supplied research explicitly supports: all-time totals, the largest cited event totals available in those sources, and the charities named there."}, {"component_name": "table", "table": "

Marathon	Total raised	Largest cited event in the supplied sources	Charities named in the sources
Games Done Quick	USD 60,996,188.22 across all events[[cite:1]].	Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 raised USD 3,416,729, and AGDQ 2020 raised USD 3,164,002[[cite:2]][[cite:3]].	Doctors Without Borders and Prevent Cancer Foundation[[cite:4]][[cite:5]].
Gaming Community Expo / Gaming Community Con	2019 raised USD 3.7 million over one weekend, and 2020 raised more than USD 6 million[[cite:6]][[cite:7]].	2020 GCX raised more than USD 6 million[[cite:8]].	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital[[cite:9]][[cite:10]].
Desert Bus for Hope	More than USD 12 million in lifetime donations[[cite:11]][[cite:12]].	2024 event raised over USD 1.25 million in a single week[[cite:13]].	Child's Play / Child's Play Charity[[cite:14]][[cite:15]].
European Speedrunner Assembly	Over USD 1 million since 2012[[cite:16]][[cite:17]].	ESA Winter 2024 raised over USD 85k for Make-A-Wish[[cite:18]].	Hand in Hand, Alzheimerfonden, Save the Children, and Make-A-Wish International[[cite:19]][[cite:20]][[cite:21]][[cite:22]][[cite:23]].
Zeldathon	USD 3,596,051 total[[cite:24]].	Not specified in the supplied sources.	Direct Relief, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and HelpHOPELive[[cite:25]][[cite:26]][[cite:27]].

"}]}, {"components": [{"component_name": "paragraph", "paragraph": "Where the memories did not give a ranked single-event figure, I left that field as not specified rather than guessing. The charity names are preserved as given in the source set."}]}, {"components": [{"component_name": "heading", "heading": "References", "level": 2}, {"component_name": "citations_list", "citations_list": [{"citation_index_integer": 1, "source_url": "https://tracker.gamesdonequick.com/tracker/", "source_title": "All Events \u2014 Index"}, {"citation_index_integer": 2, "source_url": "https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/117659-most-money-raised-by-a-videogame-speed-run", "source_title": "Most money raised by a videogame speedrunning event"}, {"citation_index_integer": 3, "source_url": "https://www.gamespress.com/Awesome-Games-Done-Quick-2026-Raises-More-Than-244-Million-for-Prevent", "source_title": "\"Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 Raises More Than $2.44 Million for Prevent Cancer Foundation\" - Games Press"}, {"citation_index_integer": 4, "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_Done_Quick", "source_title": "Games Done Quick - Wikipedia"}, {"citation_index_integer": 5, "source_url": "https://www.liquidweb.com/blog/charity-gaming-marathons-changed-fundraising/", "source_title": "How Charity Gaming Marathons Have Changed Fundraising"}, {"citation_index_integer": 6, "source_url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gaming-community-expo-gcx-raises-more-than-6-million-for-st-jude-childrens-research-hospital-301084115.html", "source_title": "Gaming Community Expo (GCX) raises more than $6 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital"}, {"citation_index_integer": 7, "source_url": "https://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/51975-gamespot-gcx-charity-event-raises-more-than-6-million-for-st-judes-childrens-hospital/", "source_title": "[GameSpot] - GCX Charity Event Raises More Than $6 Million For St. Jude's Children's Hospital - Gaming News Feeds - 343 Industries Community Forum"}, {"citation_index_integer": 8, "source_url": "https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/DesertBusForHope", "source_title": "Desert Bus for Hope (Web Video) - TV Tropes"}, {"citation_index_integer": 9, "source_url": "https://www.gamespress.com/CHARITY-FUNDRAISER-DESERT-BUS-FOR-HOPE-CONCLUDES-2024-EVENT-WITH-OVER-", "source_title": "\"CHARITY FUNDRAISER DESERT BUS FOR HOPE CONCLUDES 2024 EVENT WITH OVER $1.25 MILLION RAISED IN A SINGLE WEEK\" - Games Press"}, {"citation_index_integer": 10, "source_url": "https://childsplaycharity.org/news/post/desert-bus-hits-10-million", "source_title": "DESERT BUS HITS $10 MILLION - Child's Play - Play Games, Feel Better\u2122"}, {"citation_index_integer": 11, "source_url": "https://grokipedia.com/page/european-speedrunner-assembly", "source_title": "European Speedrunner Assembly \u2014 Grokipedia"}, {"citation_index_integer": 12, "source_url": "https://gaymingmag.com/2024/02/esa-winter-2024-raises-over-85k-for-make-a-wish/", "source_title": "ESA Winter 2024 raises over $85k for Make-A-Wish - Gayming Magazine"}, {"citation_index_integer": 13, "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Speedrunner_Assembly", "source_title": "European Speedrunner Assembly - Wikipedia"}, {"citation_index_integer": 14, "source_url": "https://www.thegamer.com/european-speedrunner-assembly-announces-esa-summer-2020-charity-event-has-been-cancelled/", "source_title": "European Speedrunner Assembly Announces ESA Summer 2020 Charity Event Has Been Cancelled"}, {"citation_index_integer": 15, "source_url": "https://www.speedrun.com/news/863-2021-8-3-highlights-from-the-end-of-esa-summer-2021", "source_title": "News - Highlights from the end of ESA Summer 2021 - speedrun.com"}, {"citation_index_integer": 16, "source_url": "https://mcvuk.com/business-news/the-european-speedrunner-assembly-raised-67189-for-make-a-wish-international/", "source_title": "The European Speedrunner Assembly raised \u00a367,189 for Make-A-Wish International - MCV/DEVELOP"}, {"citation_index_integer": 17, "source_url": "https://zeldauniverse.net/2025/03/30/zeldathon-voyage-date-and-benefiting-charity-announced-for-june-2025/", "source_title": "Zeldathon Voyage date and benefiting charity announced for June 2025 - Zelda Universe"}, {"citation_index_integer": 18, "source_url": "https://www.directrelief.org/2018/12/earths-most-legendary-zelda-marathon-begins-for-charity/", "source_title": "Earth\u2019s Most Legendary Zelda Marathon Begins for Charity"}, {"citation_index_integer": 19, "source_url": "https://www.directrelief.org/2016/06/zeldathon-blasts-off-charity/", "source_title": "#Zeldathon, World's Most Legendary Gaming Marathon, Blasts Off For Charity"}, {"citation_index_integer": 20, "source_url": "https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/crawford-county/2014/07/09/zeldathon-to-benefit-children-s/24748947007/", "source_title": "Zeldathon to benefit children's cancer research"}]}]}]}

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