Fact Check: Rumor has it Jason Kelce established Renee Good Hope Scholarship Fund. Here's the truth

Claim:

Former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce established the Renee Good Hope Scholarship Fund in honor of the woman fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in January 2026 and contributed $300,000.

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A rumor that circulated online in January 2026 claimed former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce established the Renee Good Hope Scholarship Fund. Users who posted about the claim said Kelce kicked off the fund with $300,000 of his own money.

The supposed scholarship fund referenced Renee Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident fatally shot Jan. 7 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross.

For example, on Jan. 26, a user managing the Chiefs Strategy Central Facebook page posted (archived) an image collage of three pictures purportedly depicting Kelce hugging Good's son, Good holding her son in front of a body of water and Kelce crying by himself. The post's text claimed Good's killing inspired Kelce to launch the Renee Good Hope Scholarship Fund, including the $300,000 contribution.

In short, the rumor was false. One or more users fabricated and promoted the claim with the help of images and text generated with artificial-intelligence tools.

Snopes contacted a manager of the Chiefs Strategy Central Facebook page to ask about the fictional stories and AI-generated content displayed on the feed. The page's "page transparency" tab listed five page managers residing in Vietnam.

We also emailed Kelce for comment via the Wondery podcast company, which manages his "New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce" podcast, and will update this story if we receive more information.

Ad-filled articles, AI and glurge

The Chiefs Strategy Central Facebook post (archived) — as well as other Facebook posts (archived) sharing the same rumor — featured links leading to advertisement-filled articles hosted on WordPress blogs. The users owning those blogs earned revenue based on the combination of advertising and made-up stories. The Chiefs Strategy Central post redirected to an article on an untrustworthy website.

Searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo found no news media outlets reporting about Kelce establishing a scholarship fund in Good's name. A Google search did, however, mistakenly produce an AI-generated answer wrongly confirming the rumor as true. That AI answer displayed two Facebook posts as the alleged authoritative sources for the false information. Outlets would have widely reported on the story involving Kelce and Good, had it truly occurred.

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Regarding the fake, AI-generated photo of Kelce holding Good's son, the most evident sign of AI was that sports and news outlets would have widely publicized the moment had the meeting between the former NFL player and boy truly taken place.

Google Gemini's SynthID Detector tool found a digital watermark indicating someone used a Google AI tool for at least part of the image's creation, as well as for the image showing Kelce in tears.

The Chiefs Strategy Central Facebook post's text featured over-dramatic wording common with AI tools. For example, one part of the post read, "There were no cameras chasing charity. No speeches asking for praise. Just a quiet, powerful act of humanity — proving that even after violence and heartbreak, compassion can still speak louder than silence." Additionally, the idea that individuals or teams aiming to rapidly produce inauthentic content for ad revenue would carefully, slowly and manually write text for their articles simply does not square with reality.

Whoever authored the story about Kelce and Good fabricated the entire claim as one of hundreds of inspirational tales that depicted celebrities and athletes performing inspiring acts of kindness. Such stories resemble glurge, which Dictionary.com defines as stories "that are supposed to be true and uplifting, but which are often fabricated and sentimental."

The Chiefs Strategy Central Facebook post's claims

For readers interested in the story told in the Chiefs Strategy Central Facebook post, the post presented the made-up tale as follows:

🚨 BREAKING: Jason Kelce turns grief into hope — and ensures one child's future will never be forgotten.

This isn't about headlines.
This is about a life lost — and a promise made.

Jason Kelce has officially established The Renee Good Hope Scholarship Fund, personally committing $300,000 to honor Renee Nicole Good, a mother whose life ended in tragedy in Minneapolis — a loss that left an entire community grieving and searching for meaning.

But this moment goes far beyond a financial figure.

Kelce founded the scholarship himself, with one clear purpose: to guarantee that Renee's 6-year-old son will receive full educational support from elementary school through college — tuition, books, tutoring, and opportunities for personal growth. Not someday. Not partially. Fully.

This wasn't delegated.
This wasn't symbolic.

Alongside the donation, Kelce dedicated his voice, his platform, and his heart to a child now learning how to live in a world without his mother.

"This is about remembering Renee with dignity," one close source shared. "And making sure her son never feels alone."

Across the nation, people weren't moved by the size of the check — but by the intent behind it. A deliberate choice to say: her life mattered. That her son's future will be protected, supported, and filled with hope, even after unimaginable loss.

There were no cameras chasing charity.
No speeches asking for praise.

🔥 Just a quiet, powerful act of humanity — proving that even after violence and heartbreak, compassion can still speak louder than silence.

#FlyEaglesFly #EaglesNation #GoodHope #HumanityFirst #LegacyBeyondFootball 

For further reading, we previously reported about a fake quote attributed to Kelce, wrongly claiming he said, "If Bad Bunny is a bad fit for the Super Bowl, then maybe the people making these comments are a bad fit for America's future." We also debunked a similar claim about Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts establishing a scholarship fund in Good's memory.

Sources:

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Foley, Ryan J. "ICE Officer Who Shot Renee Good in Minneapolis Has Served Decades in Military and Law Enforcement." The Associated Press, 9 Jan. 2026, https://apnews.com/article/immigration-minnesota-jonathan-ross-b9ce88da676d74ec6a1ab36aa55fbda1.

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"New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce." Wondery | Premium Podcasts, https://wondery.com/shows/new-heights-with-jason-and-travis-kelce/.