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American Horizon

Name: American Horizon
Brand: Stephen Barton
Rating: 4.0 (170 reviews)

A mass shooting survivor and new father retraces a cross-country trip from his youth to rediscover the nation his child will inherit

Created by Stephen Barton · Launched Jul 20, 2026 · Closes Sep 18, 2026

Source: public Kickstarter page · all funding figures & images via KickstarterView on Kickstarter →

Raised

$38K

Goal $30K

Backers

170

121 data points

Funded

128%

Goal hit ✓

Time Left

15 days left

BackerLens analysis

🟢 Outperforming the Documentary category average. This project has hit 128% of its goal, while the average live Documentary project on Kickstarter sits at 43% (3.0× the category median).

Lens Score: 74 / 100 — strong potential, flagged as a Kickstarter Staff Pick (a strong early-signal). 24-hour funding growth of +3245.3% suggests sustained momentum.

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Funding trend

121 snapshots since launch · refreshed every 8 hours

Jul 20, 2026Sep 3, 2026

Backer growth

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Funding curve story

front loaded

Hit goal in week 3.

Front-loaded curve — most pledges came in the early days, typical of strong pre-launch lists.

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LENS SCORE

74/ 100

Strong potential

Based on funding velocity, backer momentum, target completion, and Kickstarter staff-pick status.

Target completion128%

Backers170

Days running44d

Staff pickYes

FORECAST

BETA

~$60K

Predicted to fund 198% of goal

● High confidence

How is this calculated? ›

BackerLens uses an empirical Kickstarter funding curve: ~30% of final pledged comes in days 1-3, ~70% by 85% of duration, then a final-week push to 100%. We divide current pledged by where the curve says we should be at this point in the campaign.

Late-campaign forecast — most of the curve is already known, prediction is much more reliable.

This is an experimental model. Don’t bet sourcing decisions on a single number — the funding curve cross-section is just a heuristic.

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