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D&D Campaigns Raise Millions for Politics, Humanitarian Causes

7/17/2026

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Tabletop gamers are turning Dungeons & Dragons sessions into fundraisers and political resistance.
Six Los Angeles city-council candidates played a D&D campaign with Brennan Lee Mulligan and raised $30,000 for June primary.
The Critical Role Foundation has raised nearly $5 million for wildfire recovery, Gaza aid, and childhood-poverty campaigns.
Jes Wade’s ChariTTRPGs streams generated $1.1 million for Immigrant Defenders Law Center and Doctors Without Borders.

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Story summary

Tabletop gamers are turning Dungeons & Dragons sessions into fundraisers and political resistance.
Six Los Angeles city-council candidates played a D&D campaign with Brennan Lee Mulligan and raised $30,000 for June primary.
The Critical Role Foundation has raised nearly $5 million for wildfire recovery, Gaza aid, and childhood-poverty campaigns.
Jes Wade’s ChariTTRPGs streams generated $1.1 million for Immigrant Defenders Law Center and Doctors Without Borders.