Much of Sept. 11 Charity Remains to Be Disbursed

Washington Post ^ | June 11, 2002 | Lena H. Sun, Sarah Cohen and Jacqueline L. Salmon

[gubamyster]

Of the $2.3 billion raised by the largest charities in the nine months since the terrorist attacks, 29 cents of each dollar has gone to the survivors of those killed.

A survey by The Washington Post of the major charities, which raised virtually all of the funds that flowed in after Sept. 11, found that roughly 20 cents of each dollar has gone to displaced workers and others affected by the attacks and an additional 40 cents has yet to be distributed. Several charities reported that money continues to come in -- in one case an average of $21,500 a day -- even though the organizations have long since ended their appeals for donations.

[Paul Atreides]

They are still trying to figure out a way of giving it to homosexuals and feminists without anyone finding out.

[Northpaw]

• The largest charity, the American Red Cross, has in its Liberty Fund about $400 million still to distribute, but officials at the organization have pledged to spend most of that by Sept. 11 this year.

Will they also distribute the one-year interest accrued on that $400 million?

[donozark]

And Marxists, universities, and anti-RKBA orgs. as well!

[Jack Wilson]

It needs to go into a general terrorist relief fund, not just for 911 victims.

[2banana]

This is in addition to the 1.6 million tax free the feds are giving to each family