Founded: 1997
Headquarters: Eagan
Employees: 70
Donations: $7.4 million in 2010
Number of sites created to date: 248,000
Number of visits: 1.7 billion
Users: All 50 states, 225 countries and territories
Average user: 35- to 55-year old college-educated female
Pop culture milestone: 2004, when a "Doonesbury" comic strip character set up a CaringBridge site
Website: CaringBridge.org
Sources: CaringBridge Inc., Form 990
The U.S. stock market roared back on Friday, as technology stocks recovered much of their losses from earlier in the week and bitcoin halted its plunge, at least for now.
![Attendees of Frostbike made their way through the convention Saturday at the Quality Bike Products campus in Minneapolis. ] (AARON LAVINSKY/STAR TRIBUNE) aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com Frostbike 2016 was held at the Quality Bike Products Campus on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 in Bloomington, Minn.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/NH2BSHB74ND2V6GF2G2HI5X4MM.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
