Newsday.com: Too much generosity goes to Red Cross

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Newsday.com: Too much generosity goes to Red Cross: "Too much generosity goes to Red Cross



BY RICHARD WALDEN
Richard Walden is president and chief executive of Operation USA, a disaster relief agency based in Los Angeles. This is from the Los Angeles Times.

September 27, 2005

With Hurricane Rita making news, it's time for Americans to take a more disciplined look at their tremendous generosity.

As of last week, the American Red Cross reported that it had raised $826 million in private funds for Hurricane Katrina victims. The Chronicle of Philanthropy has the total figure at more than $1.2 billion for all relief groups reporting. So the Red Cross received about 70 percent of all giving."