More People Are Giving Online, Poll Shows

The number of Americans who donate to charities online has jumped sharply in the past year, bolstered by 13 million people who gave money over the Internet to help victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Eighteen percent of Internet users who responded to the survey, which took place in September and October, said they had at one time made an online donation — which translates into 26 million people,

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