• Friday, February 10, 2012
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A Roundup of Haiti Fund Raising as of January 29

Donors have contributed more than $560-million to help earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.

Aid to Haiti has gotten a big lift from a star-studded telethon that was broadcast on major television networks last week. By Wednesday, donations made in response to the telethon totaled $66-million.

Among the results:

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee had raised $3-million as of Friday.

• American Jewish World Service had raised about $5-million as of Wednesday.

• American Red Cross had raised approximately $198-million as of Friday at 4 p.m. Eastern time. Of that amount, more than $30-million was received via text message.

• AmeriCares had raised more than $7-million as of Wednesday.

• Brother’s Brother Foundation had raised more than $480,000 from 3,200 donations as of Wednesday.

• CARE USA had raised $10.3-million as of Monday.

• Catholic Medical Mission Board had raised $1.1-million in cash as of Tuesday. The organization has also received donations of medicines and medical supplies worth $3.2-million.

• Catholic Relief Services had secured $31.8-million in gifts and pledges as of Friday. Approximately $13.2-million was donated online.

• ChildFund International had raised more than $159,000 as of Friday.

• The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund had raised $17-million from more than 168,000 donations as of Tuesday.

• The William J. Clinton Foundation had received $8.8-million from more than 95,000 donations as of Tuesday.

• Concern Worldwide US had raised $1.8-million as of Monday.

• Cross International had raised $189,141 through its radio programs as of Tuesday, while the Cross International Alliance had raised $598,246 online.

• Direct Relief International had raised roughly $2-million in cash as of Thursday, January 21.

• The Doctors Without Borders U.S. operations had raised $36.5-million for work in Haiti as of Wednesday. As of Friday, January 22, the organization had also received $11.9-million for its general Emergency Relief Fund.

• Feed the Children had raised more than $800,000 as of Friday.

• Friends of the World Food Program had raised about $4-million as of Friday.

• Habitat for Humanity had raised more than $1.7-million as of Friday morning.

• The Humane Society of the United States/Humane Society International had raised more than $1-million as of Wednesday morning.

• International Medical Corps had raised roughly $3.2-million as of Monday.

• The International Rescue Committee had raised more than $4.1-million as of Friday.

• Internews Network, a nonprofit group that promotes journalism abroad, received $200,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to help the news media in Haiti recover from the disaster and broadcast critical information about the relief efforts.

• Islamic Relief USA had raised about $1.4-million as of Friday.

• Lutheran World Relief had raised more than $1.9-million as of Friday morning.

• Medical Teams International had raised $2.1-million as of Friday.

• Mercy Corps had received $8.6-million as of Friday.

• Operation USA had raised $800,000 in donations as of Wednesday.

• Oxfam America had raised $11.9-million as of Friday.

• The Pan American Development Foundation had raised $30,000 online as of Wednesday, January 20, twice what it raised after flooding in Haiti in 2009. But the group estimates that it will need $10-million just for recovery efforts.

• Partners in Health had received donations totaling about $40-million as of Wednesday.

• Plan USA had raised $808,000 as of Friday. The group’s international affiliates had raised $26-million.

• Population Services International had raised $125,000 as of Friday.

• Project HOPE had raised $1.2-million in cash and pledges as of Friday.

• Relief International had raised $280,000 as of Tuesday, January 19.

• The Salvation Army had raised $8.8-million as of Friday. Of that amount, at least $82,500 came in via text message.

• Save the Children USA had raised more than $15.5-million as of Wednesday. The organization’s international affiliates had raised more than $19.2-million.

• The U.N. Foundation had raised more than $3.2-million as of Friday.

• The University of Miami had received more than $3.9-million as of Tuesday for its relief efforts in Haiti. The university runs a community health program and other projects in Haiti, and more than 100 of its doctors, nurses, and other staff members have traveled to Haiti since the earthquake.

• The U.S. Fund for Unicef had received $33.8-million as of Friday.

• World Vision’s U.S. operations had received $22.2-million in cash as of Friday.

Companies and charities that process online donations have seen a heavy volume of activity since the January 12 earthquake.Among the results:

• Convio, the company that provides software to charities, had processed more than $195-million through Friday. As a yardstick, the company processed $20-million on December 31, 2009, typically the biggest fund-raising day of the year.

• GlobalGiving had received more than $1.3-million as of Friday.

• JustGive, an online charity portal, had processed relief gifts totaling more than $3.8-million as of Friday.

• Network for Good, which collects online gifts for nonprofit groups, had raised $5.2-million for more than 140 charities providing aid to Haiti as of Friday.

Caroline Preston, Nicole Wallace, and Ian Wilhelm compiled this list.

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