5 times MrBeast took on projects that were larger than life
sportskeeda.comJimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast on the internet, is certainly a big personality. The YouTuber recently turned 24, but has already accomplished many large feats during his career. As one of the top earners on YouTube, he has the finances to accomplish some big feats.
On this list, we take a look at five of the biggest projects Donaldson has undertaken in his career.
In 2019, Donaldson teamed up with YouTuber Mark Rober to start the fundraising challenge Team Trees. The fundraiser pledged to plant one tree for every dollar donated, with the goal of raising $20 million for the Arbor Day Foundation.
The charity was a huge success, having raised nearly $24 million and vowing to fulfill their promise of planting all the trees by the end of 2022. So far, they have planted over half of the total trees pledged.
Team Trees was bolstered by support from multiple big YouTubers and streamers, such as Pewdiepie, Jacksepticeye and Ninja. It also received large donations from corporate executives like Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Tesla's Elon Musk.
Donaldson and Rober partnered up once again in 2021 for Team Seas. Following the same format as Team Trees, this time, the YouTubers pledged to remove one pound of marine debris from the world's oceans for every dollar donated to the Ocean Conservancy.
Team Seas was an even bigger success, raising over $30 million. The fundraiser featured a similar strategy to Team Trees, as thousands of content creators around the world made videos promoting it.
In 2020, MrBeast started a new YouTube channel called Beast Philanthropy. In the channel's first video, he announced that he had purchased a large warehouse that would be used as a studio and storage space for his new charity.
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