Paid in full · Apr 8, 2026
Mom's cataract surgery co-pay
"My mom needed cataract surgery. Insurance covered most of it but the co-pay was the wall. 14 friends pulled it down — and the money went straight to the hospital, not me." — Tia
$1,840
Initiated by
Tia Brooks
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Paid to
NewYork-Presbyterian
Payee verification ✓ Verified
EIN 13-1633581 · IRS BMF · NPI 1992826537 · ICD-10 H25.13 (cataract co-pay)
Verified via IRS Business Master File and the NPI Registry on Apr 4, 2026 before the campaign was launched. The funds were ACH-transferred to the hospital's billing department on Apr 8 with reference: Tia Brooks · DOB 04-15-1962 · medical record TB-44182.
Timeline
APR 1
Tia opens outcome fund · payee NewYork-Presbyterian · goal $1,840
APR 4
Payee EIN verified via IRS lookup · campaign goes live
APR 5
@maya, @jordan, @chris contribute first · 18% raised in 4 hours
APR 6
50% raised · 7 contributors
APR 7
Goal hit · $1,840 of $1,840 · 14 contributors · 6 days under deadline
APR 8
Funds released to NewYork-Presbyterian · ACH cleared 15:42 UTC · receipt issued to all contributors
APR 9
Tia's mom received surgery confirmation · Tia posted thank-you note + photo to her wall
14 contributors
@maya
$200
@jordan
$150
@chris
$100
@nia
$200
@asha
$120
@diego
$150
@tunde
$100
@theo
$50
@mom_friends
$300
Anonymous
$120
@iris
$100
@vera
$80
@sam
$70
Anonymous
$100
What's an outcome fund?
An outcome fund is a Gish-native gift type where money never touches the recipient. Instead, contributions go into escrow and — once the goal hits — Gish wires them directly to a verified third-party payee (a hospital, a school, a landlord, a vendor, a non-profit). Every contributor gets a PDF receipt showing exactly where their share went. This makes outcome funds tax-friendly for personal hardship situations and impossible to misuse — the recipient can't divert the money even if they wanted to.