Donation Accounting by the Social Media Method
disclosed so far.

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In what might best be described as "social media accounting" Michael sometimes discloses snippets of donation information on social media. However, these disclosures do not answer the basic fundraising questions: How much was raised, how much was spent on exactly what, and what happened to any remaining balance.

Social media posts and stories showing snippets of invoices, or statements such as “all covered by the fundraiser” or "thanks for your support", or occasional notes that $X number of dollars were received from followers, is not up to the standard of tranparent reporting nor does it allow for independent verification. (See the Inventory of Fundraisig Campaigns.)

Michael posted three Instagram stories disclosing veterinary bills or payments totalling $6,944.32 including and $1,574.63 for the family's dog, and thanked supporters "for making the treatment possible".

From his "social media accounting" posts we have been able to locate, Michael has disclosed he has received what adds up to at least US in donations since May 5, 2024. The inventory of those include the following (click the links for details);

Questions have been raised as to how donated funds are used and whether they are indeed put to use solely "for the horses". Full and complete financial disclosure is the only objective and definitive way to respond to such questions and to dispose of any doubt about the use of donated funds. It has always been Michael's option to be transparent by making such a disclosure but so far he has elected not to.

The inventory of fundraising campaigns below shows appeals for donations include, but are not limited to, $17,218 for the "Weiser Strong Fund", $10,000K for water pumping equipment, $7,400 for vet services, money to find a wild stallion he calls "Gus", requests to purchase gift certificates for use at Beaver Valley Feeds in Williams Lake, raffle tickets to "win a trip to the ranch" (these raffles were illegal), requests to donate and have one's name written with a sharpie on the border company's replacement flag, and $10,000 to purchase an interest in some horses from a Xeni Gwet'in First Nations elder (Mr. Benny William) under the banner of "Let's help Elder Benny out".

Records disclosed in Freedom of Information Request #PSS-2024-42332 reveal concerns have been raised to the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch about transparency and accountability in respect to donations;

What concerns me is that there is no transparency or accountability whatsoever. The public never knows how the monies raised were are used, if in fact they were used for the intended purpose, or other purposes, or how much money was raised.

On November 9, 2024 Michael published an Instagram story indicating earnings from Instagram are meager and presented what may be the Instagram statement showing approximate earnings of $2.29 for the period Oct 10, 2024 to Nov 8, 2024. Third party tools are available to evaluate social media accounts. For example, here is the link to HypeAuditor's "Instagram Analysis, Net Worth, and Earning" of Michael's Instagram.

» Update on "Weiser Strong Fund" campaign:

In response to an Instagram user privately asked Michael for financial details of the "Weiser Strong Fund Phase 1 Tack Shed with Wing" project. Instead of being transparent and forthcoming Michael's response was to directed the user to the ranch's lawyer (Royal J. Morton of McQuarrie Hunter LLP) and then he blocked the user. Sometime after our last capture of the Weiser Strong Fund GoFundMe campaign on November 5, 2024, Michael deleted the campaign from GoFundMe. For more details see our page Intimidation and Cyberbullying page describing this incident.

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Last modified: September 2, 2026