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Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear raises big money. Who gets it? - CSMonitor.com
Very awesome to say the least.
Each of the two original events, Jon Stewarts Rally to Restore Sanity and Stephen Colberts March to Keep Fear Alive, designated a single charity to be the recipient of their fund-raising efforts. Whether people are buying merchandise or just making a contribution, all the money is being funneled into nonprofit pockets.
Mr. Stewart designated the Trust for the National Mall as his charitable recipient, much to the trust's surprise. In fact, when we first got the phone call, we thought it was a prank, admits Caroline Cunningham, president of the trust. It was an unexpected and wonderful surprise.
His fans responded. By close of business on the day before the Rally, supporters had contributed almost $150,000 over $30,000 of that on Friday alone. While the nonprofit organized its own, larger fund-raising events in the past, this is the most theyve ever received from online contributions.
Mr. Colbert or as he prefers, The Rev. Sir Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A. selected DonorsChoose.org, a charitable clearinghouse where teachers can describe classroom needs and donors can pick which project(s) to fund. odest viewers might need to shield their eyes, because by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, more than 10,000 donors had contributed just over half a million dollars.
Very awesome to say the least.