The Chronicle of Philanthropy

After Katrina, the Public Wants Companies to Help the Poor

By Ian Wilhelm

U.S. companies had donated at least $379-million in cash as of last month to Hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts, as part of one of the largest philanthropic responses from the corporate world to a disaster, says the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Corporate Citizenship, in Washington.

Aside from cash gifts, businesses...

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