The American economy is far less robust than it was in late 2004 and 2005. Donations for Haiti relief made by Americans, individuals, foundations and corporations, are lagging the amounts raised after Hurricane Katrina and the SE Asian tsunami. Our list of donors and totals by category is at this link.

	HAITI QUAKE	HURRICANE KATRINA	INDONESIAN TSUNAMI
Date:	Jan 12, 2010	Aug 29, 2005	Dec 26, 2004
Plus 6 days	$156,044,390
Plus 7 days			$207,882,580
Plus 11 days		$632,783,990	$401,784,551
Plus 13 days	$306,797,596		$456,916,726
Plus 14 days		$690,763,790
Plus 15 days			$515,169,758
Plus 16 days	$321,256,096	$750,991,131

Comparisons between the American fund raising results for Haitian earthquake relief and the efforts after Hurricane Katrina and the Southeast Asian tsunami are inevitable. Private giving by Americans, individuals, foundations and corporations has always been generous. Our economy is significantly weaker than it was in 2004-2005 and that may be the biggest factor affecting giving to date.

Some of the historical numbers include money raised by churches. Those collections have happened but have not been reported publicly as far as can be determined for the Haiti relief effort.

Here are the current results as recorded on this site. The column titles are links to the articles on that topic.

	HAITI QUAKE	HURRICANE KATRINA	INDONESIAN TSUNAMI
Date:	Jan 12, 2010	Aug 29, 2005	Dec 26, 2004
Plus 6 days	$156,044,390
Plus 7 days			$207,882,580
Plus 11 days		$632,783,990	$401,784,551
Plus 13 days	$306,797,596		$456,916,726

This table will be updated as the donations continue for Haitian relief. Obviously there is quite a ways to go to catch up to the levels from Hurricane Katrina or the tsunami.

The record keeping is not intended to be complete, but only to illustrate the giving that Americans routinely do when there is a disaster. Our numbers will not tie to totals from other sources because we are just producing a snapshot of the outpouring of donations.

Individuals	$181,110,437	I
Corporate	$97,177,159	C
Foundations	$28,510,000	F	$306,797,596
NGO	$42,541,000	N
Governments	$410,357,900	G
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	$759,696,496

This is today’s update for fund raising numbers for the relief of the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The subtotal reflects the sum of American individual donations, corporate donations and donations from foundations.

The numbers in this table are from a PDF file prepared daily using available information from the Internet. It is not intended to be complete. That link is here.

Many companies are also matching employee contributions along with their donation.

The list is not intended to be complete. For example, all of the Roman Catholic parishes in the United States have held special collections for Haiti relief but we have been able to locate the total from only one diocese. There are at least 194 dioceses and 18,280 parishes so there is a considerable amount of money yet to be noted.

We have been tracking, through the media and on the Net, the dollars that Americans are donating for the Haiti relief effort. It is not an exact science. The latest PDF file listing what we have found is at this link.

The record keeping is not intended to be complete, but only to illustrate the giving that Americans routinely do when there is a disaster. Our numbers will not tie to totals from other sources because we are just producing a snapshot of the outpouring of donations.

Individuals	$103,307,231	I
Corporate	$79,497,159	C
Foundations	$18,660,000	F	$201,464,390
NGO	$42,041,000	N
Governments	$356,274,000	G
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	$495,079,390

This is today’s update for fund raising numbers for the relief of the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The subtotal reflects the sum of American individual donations, corporate donations and donations from foundations.

The numbers in this table are from a PDF file prepared daily using available information from the Internet. It is not intended to be complete. That link is here.

Many companies are also matching employee contributions along with their donation.

The list is not intended to be complete. The amount raised through the text messaging process is not current. It shows the generosity of the American people.