September 11 Donations: How Much Charities Have Raised and Distributed
September 5, 2002 | Read Time: 11 minutes
| Relief Charities |
NAME OF FUND: Liberty Disaster Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $988,800,000
TOTAL SPENT: $590,000,000
PURPOSE:
The Liberty Disaster Relief Fund distributed $182-million to provide immediate relief for victims and their families; $276-million to help people who were displaced from their homes or jobs or were otherwise economically harmed by the attacks, as well as to help rescue and recovery workers; and $95-million to cover the immediate cash needs of families that lost at least one wage earner in the attacks. In addition, $133-million has been pledged for the September 11 Recovery Program, which will pay for long-term mental-healh treatment of families directly affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NAME OF FUND: AmeriCares Heroes’ Fund, Aid for Terrorist Attack Victims
TOTAL RAISED: $9,247,093
TOTAL SPENT: $8,982,000
PURPOSE:
Two funds — The AmeriCares Heroes’ Fund, and Aid for Terrorist Attack Victims — have distributed $5.3-million to support immediate family members of the New York firefighters, police officers, emergency-medical workers, and employees of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who died in the attacks. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NAME OF FUND: Terrorist Attack Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $31,000,000
TOTAL SPENT: $22,500,000
PURPOSE:
The Terrorist Attack Relief Fund has distributed $22.5-million to local Catholic Charities affiliates and other groups providing immediate and long-term assistance to families affected by the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NAME OF FUND: National Disaster Fund, Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Compassion Under Fire
TOTAL RAISED: $87,722,612
TOTAL SPENT: $64,629,024
PURPOSE:
Three funds — the National Disaster Fund, Operation Compassion Under Fire, and Operation Noble Eagle — have distributed $64.6-million to help victims and their families pay for housing, utilities, food, transportation, insurance, and other needs. The fund continues to accept contributions.
WORLD VISION AND CONCERTS OF PRAYER OF GREATER NEW YORK
NAME OF FUND: American Families Assistance Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $12,414,874
TOTAL SPENT: $11,792,900
PURPOSE:
The American Families Assistance Fund is providing training for trauma counselors, grants for widows and orphans of firefighters and police officers who were killed as a result of the attacks, and assistance to people who lost family members in the events of September 11 or became unemployed.
| Aid for All Victims |
CITIZENS’ SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF AMERICA AND LUMINA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION
NAME OF FUND: Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $65,000,000
TOTAL SPENT: $755,000
PURPOSE:
The Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund helps pay for the postsecondary education of the children and spouses of those killed or severely injured in the September 11 attacks. The fund is expected to be in existence for 25 to 30 years. It has distributed $755,000 to 108 students. The fund continues to accept contributions.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE FUND
NAME OF FUND: FEEA World Trade Center/Pentagon Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $5,500,000
TOTAL SPENT: $2,000,000
PURPOSE:
The FEEA World Trade Center/Pentagon Fund paid travel expenses for families of federal employees killed in the September 11 attacks to attend memorial and burial services and to help them meet their rent obligations, make loan repayments, and pay college tuition. The fund helped pay rent, utility, and other bills of postal employees who were unable to work as a result of the anthrax attacks. The fund continues to accept contributions.
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON
NAME OF FUND: Victims Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $565,000
TOTAL SPENT: $515,000
PURPOSE:
The Victims Relief Fund distributed money to organizations in New York and Washington that are working directly with victims of the attacks and their families. The remaining money will be used to provide for long-term needs, such as mental-health services.
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
NAME OF FUND: 911 Victims Children’s Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $1,500,000
TOTAL SPENT: $1,200,000
PURPOSE:
The 911 Victims Children’s Fund is covering short-term expenses such as day care and groceries, as well as long-term expenses such as college tuition. The Windows of Hope Relief Fund received $30,000 to assist the famlies of the 72 employees of the World Trade Center Club and Windows on the World restaurant, located at the top of the World Trade Center, who died in the attacks. The fund also provided $90,000 to send children who were affected by the attacks to a camp in upstate New York. The fund continues to accept contributions.
LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
NAME OF FUND: The September 11 Disaster Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $3,127,544
TOTAL SPENT: $739,358
PURPOSE:
The September 11 Disaster Relief Fund spent $167,000 on camp programs for the children of victims, and $80,000 to purchase nine temporary shelters that gave workers a place to rest. It also provided short-term financial assistance for victims, paying for supplies for relief workers in New York and Washington, and to assist with rent for a warehouse to store and sort supplies for the recovery effort. The remainder will support the efforts of Lions Clubs in New York, Washington, and other affected cities to assist the victims and their families, as well as relief workers, in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST AND UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY
NAME OF FUND: September 11th Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $503,000,000
TOTAL SPENT: $317,000,000
PURPOSE:
The September 11th Fund has distributed $272-million in cash assistance to victims and families and to help organizations provide other services to victims and families, such as grief counseling and job retraining, and for services to affected community organizations; $35-million in grants and loans to affected community organizations; and $10-million cash reimbursement to organizations that were involved in rescue and recovery efforts. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NAME OF FUND: Rotary Fund for Victims of the September 11th Tragedy
TOTAL RAISED: $1,800,000
TOTAL SPENT: $1,450,000
PURPOSE:
The Rotary Fund for Victims of the September 11th Tragedy provides cash awards and college scholarships for the families of the victims who died in the attacks or were adversely affected by the events of September 11. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NAME OF FUND: Tides 9/11 Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $608,916
TOTAL SPENT: $588,281
PURPOSE:
The Tides 9/11 Fund has awarded grants of up to $20,000 each to 55 nonprofit groups to provide immediate assistance to working poor people who were affected by the attacks, to promote tolerance, civil liberties, and human rights, and to provide alternative media voices to effectively frame the complex political, social, and economic history of the crisis. The fund has also pledged $18,315 to two organizations that it would not identify.
NAME OF FUND: September 11th Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $3,101,979
TOTAL SPENT: $2,938,000
PURPOSE:
The September 11th Relief Fund is helping workers and their families who were affected by the terrorist attacks.
NAME OF FUND: UJC Emergency Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $5,280,000
TOTAL SPENT: $3,500,000
PURPOSE:
The UJC Emergency Relief Fund reimburses local charities supported by Jewish federations for payments made to victims of the attacks and their families to cover mortgage, bereavement travel, counseling, and other expenses. The fund continues to accept contributions.
| Aid for New York |
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK
NAME OF FUND: 9-11 Respiratory Assistance Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $139,000
TOTAL SPENT: $63,748
PURPOSE:
The 9-11 Respiratory Assistance Fund has distributed $30,000 to the Visiting Nurse Service of New York City, to help people who do not have medical insurance to pay for the treatment of respiratory illnesses resulting from the attacks; $17,000 has been used to support Operation Return Home, a program to inform residents about proper cleanup of dust and debris from their homes and businesses, and to distribute air purifiers and vacuum cleaners to buildings affected by the disaster. Another $15,000 has enabled an environmental-health consultant to assist the American Lung Association of New York. The remaining money will go to support educational and research projects related to September 11.
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
NAME OF FUND: ASPCA Disaster Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $1,680,000
TOTAL SPENT: $1,200,000
PURPOSE:
The ASPCA Disaster Relief Fund provided rescue assistance, medical treatment, and new or temporary homes for pets whose owners were hurt or killed as a result of the September 11 attacks. The remaining money is pledged to endow the Pet Assisted Therapy Program, which trains dogs for therapeutic uses in health-care facilities.
NAME OF FUND: Victim Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $66,948
TOTAL SPENT: $61,230
PURPOSE:
The Victim Relief Fund has distributed $61,230 to help the spouses and children of victims of the World Trade Center attacks.
FARMERS’ MARKET FEDERATION OF NEW YORK
NAME OF FUND: Fund for World Trade Center Greenmarket Farmers
TOTAL RAISED: $160,000
TOTAL SPENT: $150,000
PURPOSE:
The Fund for World Trade Center Greenmarket Farmers has distributed money to farmers who sustained losses after the attacks on the World Trade Center that were not covered by insurance. Distributions are also being made to help farmers who lost revenue at other markets in Manhattan that were closed following the attacks. The fund continues to accept contributions.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
NAME OF FUND: New York Fire Fighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $157,000,000
TOTAL SPENT: $144,000,000
PURPOSE:
The New York Fire Fighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund provides financial assistance, such as mortgage payments and transportation aid, to families of firefighters who died in the Wold Trade Center rescue efforts. More than $418,000 has been distributed so far to each of the 347 families. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION
NAME OF FUND: NIAF Twin Towers Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $200,000
TOTAL SPENT: $55,000
PURPOSE:
The NIAF Twin Towers Relief Fund pays for the educational needs of the children of firefighters, rescue workers, and medical personnel who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center. The fund expects to be helping with tuition costs for the next 20 years and continues to accept contributions.
NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION
NAME OF FUND: Heroes Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $10,600,000
TOTAL SPENT: $5,000,000
PURPOSE:
The Heroes Fund has distributed $5-million to help meet the financial, physical, and psychological needs of police personnel and their families, as well as the emergency needs of the New York City Police Department. The remaining money will be used to provide mental-health services for police personnel and other police-department needs. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NAME OF FUND: New York State World Trade Center Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $68,400,000
TOTAL SPENT: $56,400,000
PURPOSE:
The New York State World Trade Center Relief Fund has distributed $56.4-million to aid families and dependents of victims of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and of the plane crash in Pennsylvania. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NEW YORK STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOUNDATION
NAME OF FUND: World Trade Center Police Disaster Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $5,000,000
TOTAL SPENT: $3,000,000
PURPOSE:
The World Trade Center Police Disaster Relief Fund has distributed $3-million to support injured police officers and the families of officers who died in the attacks. The fund continues to accept contributions.
PORT AUTHORITY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
NAME OF FUND: Port Authority Police World Trade Disaster Survivors Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $11,611,173
TOTAL SPENT: $9,948,253
PURPOSE:
The Port Authority Police World Trade Disaster Survivors Fund is providing assistance to the families of Port Authority Police Officers who were killed or injured during the World Trade Center attacks. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NAME OF FUND: Robin Hood Relief Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $59,000,000
TOTAL SPENT: $35,400,000
PURPOSE:
The Robin Hood Relief Fund has distributed $20.4-million to organizations that work with families of the victims of the attacks. It puts particular emphasis on helping groups that work with low-income people who were affected by the attacks. In addition, the fund distributed $15-million in direct aid to the families of victims of the World Trade Center collapse, the Pentagon attack, as well as those whose relatives were on the four planes that were used in the attacks.
NAME OF FUND: Twin Towers Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $185,000,000
TOTAL SPENT: $155,000,000
PURPOSE:
The Twin Towers Fund has assisted 436 families of members of the New York City Fire Department and its Emergency Medical Services Command, the New York City Police Department, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, and rescue workers from other government offices who were killed or seriously injured in the attacks on the World Trade Center. The fund continues to accept contributions.
| Aid for Washington |
NAME OF FUND: Pentagon Victims Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $5,030,000
TOTAL SPENT: $400,000
PURPOSE:
The Pentagon Victims Fund has distributed $400,000 toward travel, funeral, educational, mortgage, and general living expenses for soldiers who were injured in the attack on the Pentagon, as well as for the families of those who died. The remaining money will be used to finance the postsecondary education of the children and spouses of the soldiers who were killed or severely wounded in the Pentagon attack.
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA
NAME OF FUND: The Survivors’ Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $20,000,000
TOTAL SPENT: $4,000,000
PURPOSE:
The Survivors’ Fund is providing long-term medical, educational, and emotional support to families and survivors affected by the attack on the Pentagon. The fund continues to accept contributions.
NAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY
NAME OF FUND: Pentagon Assistance Fund
TOTAL RAISED: $6,140,000
TOTAL SPENT: $89,000
PURPOSE:
The Pentagon Assistance Fund provides financial aid for the college education of dependent children and spouses of Navy and Marine Corps personnel killed during the attack on the Pentagon and during Operation Enduring Freedom.
