Breaking down the Columbus donations to the Canadian trucker convoy

People in the United States donated millions of dollars in support of the trucker convoy that for weeks took over the Canadian capital and shut down a pair of border crossings, according to leaked fundraising data posted online in mid-February.

There were more than 55,000 U.S.-based donations made through the fundraising site GiveSendGo. Of those, 185 donations in the total amount of $10,151 were made from zip codes associated with the Greater Columbus area, according to Alive‘s analysis of the data.

In an interview with The Washington Post, GiveSendGo founder Jacob Wells said the hack did not necessarily reveal specific donor’s identities, since users are not required to give an authentic name or email address (though many did). Donors were required to provide a zip code when making a credit card transaction to guard against potential fraud, though, information that revealed the locations of those in the U.S. who made donations.