The amount of money donated for aid and assistance to the people of Haiti after the earthquake by Americans, individuals, foundations and corporations totals at least $333 million. That sum is dwarfed by the money donated at this same time interval for the SE Asian tsunami and for Hurricane Katrina.

Donations have slowed. The economy is in much poorer shape than it was at the end of 2004 and in 2005, when the other disasters happened. Corporations don’t have the money. Foundations have lost much of their endowments’ value in the stock market. People are out of work or restraining their charity due to the economy.

That said, the need of the people of Haiti is no less than it was on January 12. To add to the challenges they face, hurricane season is about four months away and Haiti is hit by several every year. Imagine living in a tent or under a tarp in a hurricane. Please consider how you can help.

At this point nearly every Roman Catholic parish in the United States has held a second collection for Haiti. We have located the amounts donated for only 8 dioceses and archdioceses out of over 175 in the country. Those eight have donated over $2.1 million to Catholic Relief Services.

We have prepared a pdf file listing some of the donations that we have been able to find for Haiti relief. That link is here. We recognize that it is incomplete. It will be updated often.

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As we learned in the aftermath of the Indonesian tsunami, not all aid and assistance is created equal. Many commitments by national governments and international governmental agencies are never funded. Other pledges by these groups actually consist of low interest loans or debt forgiveness to the stricken nation.

Aid organizations affiliated with churches did the best in delivering aid after the tsunami. Their people were on the ground and living with the people who needed their help. Large NGO’s and government agency types just flew in, stayed at the best hotels, and flew out. There was little attempt to work with the local leaders and address local needs. They just dictated and flew away.

This list is not complete. There are and will be many local and regional aid events, and groups to provide that aid. In addition, many groups do not have the resources to put out a press release and update a website.

Here are the websites for a few of the organizations responding to the Haitian earthquake.

• Action by Churches Together (ACT) International
• American Red Cross
• American Refugee Committee
• AmeriCares
• American Jewish World Service
• Caritas
• CHF International
• Compassion International
• Convoy of Hope
• Direct Relief International
• Episcopal Relief & Development
• Food for the Hungry
• GOAL – Irish aid group
• International Medical Corps
• Jesuit Refugee Service
• Lutheran World Relief
• Medical Assistance Programs (MAP) International
• Medical Teams International
• Mennonite Central Committee
• Mercy Corps
• Mercy Ships
• Operation USA
• Oxfam America
• Partners In Development
• Real Medicine Foundation
• Rotary
• Samaritan’s Purse
• Save the Children
• United Methodist Committee on Relief
• World Concern
• World Relief
• World Vision

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Updated information about the earthquake in Haiti at this link

For a growing collection of U.S. military photos from the Haiti earthquake, got to this collection at Flickr.

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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.