A GoFundMe campaign raising money for a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico has surpassed the Humboldt Broncos鈥檚 campaign as one of the top-grossing fundraisers of the year.

has raised more than US$16.6 million as of Monday afternoon, surpassing the of CAD$15.2 million.

The border wall campaign will still need to raise another US$5.5 million to surpass the as the top-grossing fundraiser in GoFundMe history.

Brian Kolfage, Purple Heart recipient and triple amputee veteran, began the campaign earlier this week and says the money will go directly to help build the border wall.

has raised more than US$142,000 for ladders.

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the partial shutdown of the government after not receiving the US$5 billion needed to build the wall.