From livestreams and gaming to road trips and stadium events, inaugural honorees celebrate the creativity and community shaping a new culture of giving

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tiltify, the platform behind more than $500 million in creator-driven charitable fundraising worldwide, today named the Creator Impact Class of 2026, the inaugural class of its annual Creator Impact Honors. Co-founder and CEO Michael Wasserman announced the winners during a livestream on twitch.tv/tiltify.

Polish internet creator Łatwogang received the program's top honor, Impact Creator of the Year, along with the Grassroots Mobilization Award and the Storytelling for Impact honor. In April 2026, Łatwogang hosted a nine-day charity livestream on YouTube as part of "Diss na raka" (Diss Cancer), an initiative involving Cancer Fighters, rapper Bedoes 2115 and other creators and supporters. Bedoes recorded the song "Ciągle tutaj jestem (diss na raka)" with Maja Mecan, an 11-year-old receiving cancer treatment. Donations, auctions, charity events and partner and creator initiatives brought the campaign's total to more than $76 million.

The honors also recognize creators whose smaller audiences have come together to make an outsized difference. Atheenabean, a Twitch creator whose community fundraises as the Bean Squad, won the Small-But-Mighty Fundraiser award for raising $27,865 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Project HOPE. Of the 531 donations across her two campaigns, 478 were under $100. Creator couple Taz Zammit and Alessia Allfree received the First Light award for their 2025 annual 24-hour fundraiser, which raised $11,404 for Altru, an all-volunteer charity the pair had volunteered with the year before.

"This class covers just about every way a creator can raise money for a cause, from a nine-day livestream in Poland and a bike ride across Japan to a football match at Wembley and a Minecraft server where donors bought their names onto signs," said Michael Wasserman, co-founder and CEO of Tiltify. "These honorees give people creative, meaningful ways to help. They make generosity part of their communities' lives, and that's what we built the Honors to celebrate. We're grateful to every creator, moderator and community member whose work made this year's class."

Other honorees include the ZEvent team, whose September 2025 marathon in Montpellier brought together nearly 350 French-speaking streamers and raised more than $18 million for healthcare workers, patients and cancer research. The Sidemen's Charity Match drew a reported 2.26 million peak concurrent viewers and 90,000 live fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium, and raised more than $8.2 million for Bright Side and M7 Education. Ryan Trahan and Haley Pham's 50 States in 50 Days series raised $11,662,411 for St. Jude, and any single donation of $50,000 or more triggered a spin of the "Wheel of Doom," which added a new constraint to the trip. Hermitcraft's Minecraft charity weekend for Gamers Outreach, where donors could buy their names onto signs in the game, received two honors. Yogscast's Jingle Jam 2025 also received two, including the fan-voted Community Choice Award, and John and Hank Green received both the Livestream Impact Award and the Legacy of Giving honor.

An independent eight-member jury that included creator MatPat selected the winners after reviewing nominations and impact data supplied by Tiltify. Tiltify administered the program and had no vote. Nominations were open to creators on any platform, whether or not they had fundraised through Tiltify.

The full Creator Impact Class of 2026:

• Impact Creator of the Year: Łatwogang, "Diss na raka" (more than $76 million)
• Big Heart Award: jesthehuman (more than $813,000 across 17 Tiltify campaigns and two itch.io game bundles, No ICE in Minnesota and No ICE in California)
• Small-But-Mighty Fundraiser: Atheenabean and the Bean Squad ($27,865 for St. Jude and Project HOPE)
• Community-Powered Fundraiser of the Year: ironmouse (more than $1.3 million for the Immune Deficiency Foundation)
• Grassroots Mobilization Award: Łatwogang, "Diss na raka"
• First Light: Taz & Alessia ($11,404 for Altru)
• Behind-the-Scenes Impact Award: ZEvent Team, ZEvent 2025 (more than $18 million)
• Fandom Impact: Helldivers 2 Freedom Alliance, HEROES '26 ($270,163 for Save the Children)
• Storytelling for Impact: Łatwogang, "Diss na raka"
• Livestream Impact Award: John and Hank Green, Project for Awesome 2026 (approximately $4.2 million)
• Most Innovative Fundraising Concept: Ryan Trahan, 50 States in 50 Days ($11,662,411 for St. Jude)
• Interactive & Incentive Design: Hermitcraft, Gamers for Giving ($1,126,229 for Gamers Outreach)
• Best IRL Fundraising Event: The Sidemen, Sidemen Charity Match (more than $8.2 million for Bright Side and M7 Education)
• Marathon / Endurance Fundraising Award: Cdawg, Cyclethon 5 (more than $1.47 million for the Immune Deficiency Foundation)
• Collaborative Campaign of the Year: Yogscast & Community, Jingle Jam 2025 (more than $4.6 million across eight charity partners)
• Charity–Creator Collaboration of the Year: Hermitcraft x Gamers Outreach
• Community Choice Award (fan-voted): Jingle Jam 2025
• Legacy of Giving: John and Hank Green

View the Creator Impact Class of 2026 at https://creatorimpacthonors.com/awards.

About Tiltify

Tiltify is the essential fundraising infrastructure connecting creators and causes at scale. With enterprise-grade technology, interactive engagement tools, and unmatched access to next-generation donors, Tiltify powers campaigns for more than 8,000 nonprofits and 1,000,000 users worldwide. Learn more at tiltify.com.

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