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‘$25 million donated online by over 368,000 donors in one week’
Howard Lake | 18 September 2001 | News
The ePhilanthropyFoundation claims that $25 million has been donated online in one week in response to the attacks in America on 11 September.
The American ePhilanthropyFoundation reports that “since September 11, more than $25 million has been donated by over
368,000 donors providing an overall average gift of $68.”
The magazine includes snapshots of the donations handled by various major online corporates on behalf of the emergency organisations.
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Total collected: $6,147,226.06
Number of gifts: 160,326
Average gift: $38.34
AOL Time Warner:
Total collected: $13 million
Number of gifts: estimate 128,700
Average gift: over $100
Helping.Org:
Total collected: approx. $4 million
Number of gifts: approx. 39,600
Average gift: over $100
PayPal
Total collected: $1,325,439
Number of gifts: 36,794
Average gift: $36.02
Yahoo!
Total collected: $300,611.75
Number of gifts: 2918
Average gift: $103.02
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.