Of the private donations, half went to Red Cross

Of the private donations, half went to Red Cross: "Of the private donations, half went to Red Cross
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
BY JEFF DIAMANT
Star-Ledger Staff

A year ago today, Americans signed checks and clicked on Web sites to raise an estimated $4.2 billion in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the most they have ever donated in response to a natural disaster, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

The worst U.S. natural disaster in the Internet age offered a model for how donors might respond to future catastrophes: increasingly online and to the largest, most established charities."

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