In this YouTube video, MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) launches a new weekly philanthropic series funded entirely by brand sponsorships. The episode is sponsored by the mobile app Quidd, which he promotes by describing its card‑collecting features and providing a download link. MrBeast then meets a homeless man in Greenville, North Carolina, learns that the man (named Chris) moved from Wilmington, lost his job at the Roberts Company, and has been living on the streets for about a year after his father's death and a layoff. MrBeast gives Chris $10,000, obtained from the Quidd sponsorship, with a simple condition that the money not be spent on drugs or excessive alcohol. They discuss how Chris might use the money—buying a moped or cheap car, securing a modest rental, and possibly supporting his mother. The pair go out to eat at Texas Roadhouse, and MrBeast records a brief follow‑up promise, stating he will return in a month to check on Chris’s progress. The video ends with a call to action for other brands to sponsor future giveaways and for viewers to subscribe and stay tuned for the follow‑up.
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This is not clickbait. I am going to give a random homeless guy $10,000 today. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. And just so we are all on the same page, this is not my money. This is a new weekly series where I'm getting companies to sponsor my videos and I'm giving 100% of what they pay me away to random people. For example, For example, this video is sponsored by Quidd. I'm doing a brand deal for Quidd and they paid me $10,000. And I'm taking that $10,000 and giving it to this homeless man. So before I show me giving the homeless man $10,000, I need to mention Quidd because they were so generous enough to sponsor this video and allow this to happen. Quidd is a new app on iOS and Android and it's pretty unique. Quidd allows you to collect cards and stickers from your favorite shows like Breaking Bad or Adventure Time. I like Adventure Time. All for free. I mean, surprisingly, it's a free app. So as you see, you open packs of cards and you collect cards, and actually some of these cards are pretty rare. There's only a limited amount, which makes it kinda cool because you can trade these cards back and forth with your friends, and you know, you can just try to collect all these cards. And if you really like a show, collect the cards to that show. And to make it even more interesting, and the part that I personally like about the app, is that you can send these cards through text messages. You can actually drag and drop them onto text messages, and, you know, me and my roommate have watched Adventure Time before, so it's kinda fun just to send him some of those. Or I'm sure a lot of you have seen Breaking Bad or know someone who loves Breaking Bad. You could, you know, open some packs and send them that. It's just a cool way to interact with other people that like the same shows as you. You can just, you know, send cards like that through text, and I don't know, I find it pretty cool. If any of that interests you, it will be linked on the top line of the description. Please download Quidd and make sure you add me. My name is MrBeast, but instead of a T on the end, it's an R. Because MrBeast was taken. And please, just whenever you finish watching, download Quid. They were just so gracious to sponsor this video, and I want to make sure that you guys support them in return. I guess that's a good problem to have when your money doesn't fit in your envelope. So now there's $10,000 in this envelope. You know, he's probably going to think you stole this money. I'm an undercover cop. Just kidding. You don't look like a cop at all. Look at those dang flip-flops. Beach bum having ass. Oh wait, dab for me again, I missed it. I don't double dab. Okay, damn, we missed it, guys. Hey, how's it going? Um, what happened?
A bunch of shit, man.
Like, I mean, you want to care to tell me?
I mean, dude, I moved here from Wilmington, lost my job, I have no family.
So you don't really have much?
No.
Well, I'm a I'm a YouTuber. I mean, you can see the camera. So I'm just— it's a series where I just be nice and just give people some help. So if you want to take it, it's about $10,000. I'm not joking. You're right, man. It's real. So yeah.
That's not, man.
So no, I have about a million subscribers. So I just wanted to do some good. I swear, man.
I got enough shit bad, man. Please don't buy it.
I'm serious, man. I promise. Well, that's kind of weird, but pinky promise. Yeah, like I said, I'm a YouTuber. YouTuber and I'm just going around doing some good. So no, I'm not. Yeah, I swear. Um, no, I don't like—
no, man, are you serious?
I swear. And I don't— problem is I don't want you— because like I said, this is a YouTube video. I don't want you to get like robbed or something. So do you have like a bank account or something you can put it in?
Yeah, man, I can go, uh, I can just stick it in, uh—
you want to check out his YouTube channel? Yeah.
One more.
So we've got him sitting there talking. Yeah, so you here, you— let's ask him a couple questions because I'm sure people are going to be interested what you're going to plan on doing. I don't know what she said. I just wave. Like, let me pull it down.
Well, I came from Wilmington to work at the Roberts Company doing shutdowns. I don't know, my dad died this last year. I don't really have any family left really. I moved to Greenville to do that with Roberts. Got laid off. Basically ran out of money. Couldn't stay in hotels anymore and became homeless, man. It's a hard hole. It's a hard hole to get yourself out of. You can't wash your clothes, can't take a shower. It's so hard, it's so easy to get in the cycle situation and it's so freaking hard to get out.
So I can't relate, I really can't. I'm way too privileged.
This is amazing, man. This is— this is— dude, I'm still waiting on something to come in.
How long have you been on the streets, man?
Close to a year.
A year? Oh man. You normally stay around here or you just all over?
Man, all over Greenville, man. Like, I'll set up a tent. I used to stay at like, uh, the Roadway, man, and it's just like that place is so filled with drugs and it's just like it's a jungle in there, man. Like, it's just so much better just like when You can just stay in a tent and, you know, you stay away from this craziness at the shelter, but then you got to move a lot too because, you know, people run you off and everything else. But I don't know, man, this is just— I don't know what to say, dude. I, I don't even know what to say, man. I can get my life— this is like enough to start. Yeah, well, that's a redo, man. It's just, it's, it's like—
well, I'm sure they are interested. What do you think you would end up doing with it, man?
I'm gonna get my shit together, man. I'm gonna, uh, I don't— I'm gonna see about maybe getting a moped or something to get Transportation, maybe getting a trailer to rent or something, man. I don't know, something good.
Well, we can start off by driving you. Where do you want to go? I mean, cuz my car's right there.
You're all good, man. I got, I got my tent back in the woods. Yeah, you're, you're fine.
Can we— you mind if we just see it, or— I mean, just to give them a little bit more idea of how you live and stuff.
I don't care. You have to?
No, we don't have to. No, we don't. I don't want to overstep.
No, it's just, I don't know, man, some shit's just in embarrassing.
Yeah, I can understand.
Or even walking in like restaurants and shit, you smell.
Well, I do want to take you somewhere. Like, do you want to go get some food or anything? So, uh, right now we're just going to get some food. Um, by the way, where do you want to go eat?
Um, where are we gonna go? Um, we could go to, uh, man, what's, what's good, dude?
Where do you want to go, Chris? Uh, let's just go to Texas. Yeah, how about Texas Roadhouse?
That works, man.
Alright, anything you want to say real quick?
These guys are the best, man. These guys are unbelievable. Unbelievable. I'm still waiting on to be pumped, but I'm pretty sure this is the real deal, man. This is crazy.
So we all went out to eat and, you know, talked and got to know each other. I don't have much more footage because I didn't want to be like, "Hey, so tell me about living in a tent," you know, shoving a camera in his face the whole time. Just didn't seem genuine, and, you know, I just wanted to treat him like a normal person. Oops. So I didn't shove a camera in his face the whole time, but, you know, he told me his story and, you know, how he got laid off and how that facilitated to where he is. And basically, the money's his, you know, the $10,000 is completely his. All I made him promise me was that he would not spend it on drugs, and he would not spend it on excessive alcohol. You know, like, you know, a beer or two is fine, just nothing more. And he promised me he wouldn't, so as long as he's not spending it on substances, I don't care what he spends it on. He could give it all away. That was my only concern. And, you know, substance abuse wasn't the reason he became homeless, so I'm not really worried about him abusing it because he didn't have problems with them really in the past, so, you know. We also started to plan his budget. You know, he's still debating between moped or a cheap car. He told me he's planning on getting a job in construction. That's where he worked in the past before he got laid off. And once he gets that, here in North Carolina, you know, rent's pretty cheap, so he can get, you know, a house for like $500— not a house, but like a duplex or, you know, one or two-bedroom place for like $500, $700 a month. And he told me he wanted to bring his mom down, and, you know, because his mom's not in the best situation either, provide for her, take care of her. In exactly one month, I'm gonna do a follow-up video with him, so make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the follow-up video. And if you are a brand or a company, I want you to sponsor my next one of these videos. I want to do a series where I just give away money to people. You know, we could pay off someone's student loan, we can give 100 people $100. I don't care what we do, you know, you could tell me what you want me to do, any companies out there, and I'll do it. And I'll shout you out like I shouted out Quid, give you, you know, a minute or 2-minute slot in the middle of the video, whatever you want. My business email will be linked down below. Just, you know, shoot me an email. I'm down to work with you. And yeah, thank you guys for making this possible. So there's something I've always wanted to do, and don't lie, you've wanted to do this too. Mr. Bezos. Mr. Bezos. Mr. Bezos.
