THE COMMISSION
FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM

CHAPTER XV.
THE MOBILIZATION OF PUBLIC SUPPORT, cont'd

8. Summary of Cash Donations and Gifts in Kind. 1914-1919

The tables which follow are the total charitable contributions to the Commission 1914-1919. Documents 597, 598, and 599 show the value of gifts in cash and kind forwarded to the Commission by regional and local committees all over the world. These tables give an indication of the individual and collective effort of the groups supporting Belgian relief. The full record of the work of these numerous bodies is in the reports which they prepared when their activities ended.

CASH DONATIONS AND GIFTS IN KIND
1914-1919

Cash Donations	$20,490,321.80
Gifts in Kind	31,800,513.71
Total Charitable Contributions Cash, Food, and Clothing	$52,290,835.51

ANALYSIS BY COUNTRIES

United States of America
States, cities, and possessions		$32,109,863.69
British Empire
Australia	$6,210,288.08
British West Indies	36,209.98
Canada	4,153,723.87
India	197,692.22
New Zealand	2,462,272.07
South Africa	175,294.84
United Kingdom	5,739,349.10
Sundry Colonies	77,367.99	19,052,198.15
Other Countries
Argentine Republic	$ 200,608.77
Belgian Relief Fund*	485,000.00
Belgian Orphans' Fund*	65,475.00
Belgium	56,390.89
Brazil	16,233.33
China	20,724.13
Holland	168,662.63
Italy	34,993.66
Katanga. (Belgian Congo)	32,980.00
Spain	39,455.13
Sundry	8,250.13	1,128,773.67
Total charitable contributions		$52,290,835.51

*Chiefly American and British contributors.

1. Mobilized through the Commission's London Office
a) Received direct from independent committees, institutions, and individuals by the London Office (see Document 597)	$ 6,625,386.74
b) Received through the National Committee for Relief in Belgium (see Document 598)	11,144,421.78
II. Mobilized through the Commission's New York Office (see Document 599)	34,521,026.99
Grand total, charity	$52,290,835.51

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DOCUMENT NO. 597

Analysis
of Contributions in cash and in kind direct to the London office of the Commission in 1914-1919. Abstract of Commission's annual reports and, specifically, "The Commission for Relief in Belgium. Balance Sheet and Accounts," Oct. 1914-30th Sept. 1920.

CONTRIBUTIONS IN CASH AND IN KIND DIRECT TO LONDON OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION, 1914-1919

Committees, Institutions, and Individuals	Food and Clothing	Cash	Committee Total	State Total
Argentine Republic	190,656.87	9,951.90	200,608.77	200,608.77
Australia
New South Wales	50,642.25	742,010.01	792,652.26
Queensland	..........	50,784.02	50,784.02
South Australia	..........	97,727.50	97,727.50
Tasmania	..........	6,305.00	6,305.00
Victoria	1,571.40	423,162.50	424,733.90
Western Australia	..........	11,640.00	11,640.00	1,393,842.68
Belgium
Antwerp	8,545.70	..........	8,545.70
Belgium	22,800.90	..........	22,800.90
Ghent	18,545.29	..........	18,545.29
Ostend	6,499.00		6,499.00	56,390.89
Belgian Relief Fund	..........	485,000.00	485,000.00	485,000.00
Belgian Orphans' Fund	..........	65,475.00	65,475.00	65,475.00
Brazil	16,233.33	.......	16,233.33	16,233.33
Canada	1,518,664.11	......	1,518,564.11	1,518,564.11
China	..........	20,724.13	20,724.13	20,724.13
Holland	..........	168,662.63	168,662.63	168,662.63
India	727.50	......	727.50	727.50
Italy	..........	34,993.66	34,993.66	34,993.66
Katanga	.........	32,980.00	32,980.00	32,980.00
New Zealand	1,139.75	7,760.00	8,899.75	8,899.75
Spain	..........	39,455.13	39,455.13	39,455.13
United Kingdom
England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland	1,493,640.93*	1,090,938.10	2,584,579.03	2,584,579.03
Sundry	1,779.51	6,470.62	8,250.13	8,250.13
Totals	$3,331,346.54	$3,294,040.20	$6,625,386.74	$6,625,386.74

*This figure includes the value of gift clothing collected in 1918 through the National Committee for Relief in Belgium organization, which was revived for this purpose.

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DOCUMENT NO. 598

Analysis
of Contributions in cash to the London office of the Commission collected by the National Committee for Relief in Belgium from British Empire sources 1915-1919. Abstract from "The Commission for Relief in Belgium. Balance Sheet and Accounts," Oct. 1914-30th Sept. 1920 and, specifically, "The National Committee for Relief in Belgium," by Sir William Goode, K.B.E.

CONTRIBUTIONS IN CASH COLLECTED BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM, 1915-1919

Committees, Institutions, and Individuals	Committee Total	State Total
Australia
Commonwealth	$13,710.32
New South Wales	2,250,484.83
Queensland	728,993.38
South Australia	409,880.35
Tasmania	230,986.84
Victoria	1,072,663.12
Western Australia	119,727.06	$4,826,445.40
British West Indies	36,209.98	36,209.98
Canada	223,996.46	223,996.46
India	196,964.72	196,964.72
New Zealand	2,453,372.32	2,453,372.32
South Africa	175,294.84	175,294.84
United Kingdom	3,154,770.07*	3,154,770.07
Sundry Colonies Including twenty-six separate colonies, all over the world	77,367.99	77,367.99
Totals	$11,144,421.78	$11,144,421.78

*Exclusive of the value of gift clothing collected in the United Kingdom by the Commission through the organization of the National Committee in 1918. See Document 597.

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DOCUMENT NO. 599

Analysis
of Contributions in cash and in kind mobilized through the New York office of the Commission 1914-1919. Abstract of Commission's annual reports; "The Commission for Relief in Belgium. Balance Sheet and Accounts," Oct. 1914-30th Sept. 1920; and specifically, "Commission for Relief in Belgium, Benevolence---New York office," by Anne Osterberg.

BENEVOLENT CONTRIBUTIONS IN CASH AND IN KIND RECEIVED THROUGH THE NEW YORK OFFICE, 1914-1919

Committees, Institutions, and Individuals	Food	Clothing	Cash	Committee Total	State Total
Alabama
Alabama Belgian Relief Fund	$ 14,504.10	$ 5,863.50	$ 158.78	$ 20,026.38	$ 20,026.38
California
Claremont Committee	..........	........	4,952.83	4,952.83
Los Angeles Belgian Relief Committee	..........	143.00	1,850.00	1,993.00
Belgian Relief Fund, Oakland	..........	.........	550.00	550.00
Stanford University Belgian Relief Committee	..........	573.00	9,354.75	9,927.75
Pasadena Committee C.R.B	..........	.........	4,388.10	4,388.10
Redlands War Relief Association	..........	.........	337.50	337.50
Church Federation, San Diego	..........	.........	912.98	912.98
Belgian Relief Committee, San Francisco	261,307.52	.........	..........	261,307.52
California Committee C.R.B., San Francisco	28,905.70	29,918.00	255,096.56	313,915.26
Montecito War Relief Association, Santa Barbara	..........	.........	200.00	200.00	598,484.94
Canada
Relief Work for Victims of the War In Belgium, Montreal	2,287,248.80	37,314.50	86,600.00	2,411,163.30	2,411,163.30
Colorado
War Sufferers Relief Committee, Colorado Springs	..........	.........	1,071.05	1,071.05
Delta Gamma War Relief Committee, Boulder	.......	.........	2,500.00	2,500.00	3,571.05
Connecticut
Children's Tin Box Fund, Bridgeport	..........	.........	818.90	818.90
War Relief Committee, Darien	..........	.........	66.52	66.52
Connecticut Belgian Relief Committee, Hartford	117,615.01	1,465.00	51,685.89	170,765 90
Salisbury-Lakeville Community Fund	..........	.........	758.11	758.11
Auxiliary No. 3, New Canaan	..........	.........	1,154.00	1,154.00
Yale Belgian Relief Fund, New Haven	..........	.........	1,420.00	1,420.00	174,983.43
Cuba
Commission Organizadora para Arbitrar Fondos para los Belgas Indigentes, Santiago	..........	.........	757.66	757.66	757.66
Delaware
Delaware Committee C.R.B., Wilmington	24,315.00	540.00	10,593.10	35,448.10	35,448.10
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Belgian Relief Committee	2,173.90	2,851.50	4,583.85	9,609.25	9,609.25
Florida
Belgian Relief Committee, Miami	..........	.........	129.00	129.00	129.00
Georgia
Children's Tin Box Fund	..........	.........	166.28	166.28	166.28
Hawaii
War Relief Committee, Honolulu	..........	10,704.00	39,216.66	49,920.66	49,920.66
Idaho
Idaho Committee C.R.B., Stanley A. Easton	..........	..........	200.00	200.00	200.00
Illinois
Chicago Bazaar	..........	..........	11,675.02	11,675.02
Illinois Committee C.R.B., Chicago	342,977.86	27,127.70	..........	370,105.56
Commission for Relief, Danville, and Westville	..........	..........	104.50	104.50
General Mission Board, Church of the Brethren, Elgin	..........	..........	1,250.04	1,250.04
Moline Daily Despatch, Moline	..........	..........	120.50	120.50
University of Illinois, Urbana	..........	..........	1,563.38	1,563.38	384,819.00
Indiana
University of Indiana, Bloomington	..........	..........	873.20	873.20
Belgian Relief Fund, Frankfort	..........	..........	816.55	816.55
Indiana Committee C.R.B., Indianapolis	73,304.72	8,919.00	152.83	82,376.55
American Fund for French Wounded, Indianapolis	..........	..........	136.21	136.21	84,202.51
Iowa
Children's Tin Box Fund, Burlington	..........	..........	15.60	15.60
Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids	..........	..........	3,189.05	3,189.05
Starving Children's Fund, Conrad		..........	110.00	110.00
Belgian Relief Association of Iowa, Des Moines	123,217.90	..........	83.65	123,301.55
People of the Diocese of Dubuque	..........	..........	7,100.00	7,100.00
Faculty and Students of Grinnell College and Citizens of Grinnell		..........	850.06	850.06
Belgian Relief Fund, Keokuk	..........	..........	391.52	391.52
Relief Fund, Marshalltown	..........	..........	28.17	28.17
People of Parkersburg	..........	..........	175.00	175.00	135,160.95
Kansas
War Relief Association, Salina	..........	..........	140.00	140.00
Kansas Belgian Relief Fund, Topeka	240,449.14	147.50	12,961.15	253,557.79	253,697.79
Kentucky
Belgian Relief Fund, Louisville	8,833.75	2,215.50	1,017.00	12,066.25
Victor Bogaert, Lexington	..........	..........	3,991.04	3,991.04	16,057.29
Louisiana
Louisiana Committee C.R.B., New Orleans	20,291.90	2,088.50	..........	22,380. 40	22,380.40
Maine
Maine State Committee C.R.B., Augusta	169.79	..........	207.09	376.88
Children's Tin Box Fund, Bangor	..............	..............	376.41	376.41
People of Waterville	..........	..........	300.00	300.00
People of Westbrook	..........	..........	162.34	162.34
Belgian Relief Committee, Wilton	...........	........	32.00	32.00	1,247.63
Maryland
Committee for Belgian Relief, Baltimore	173,988.60	28,227.50	14,760.40	216,985.50
Cardinal Gibbons Fund, Baltimore	..........	..........	70,000.00	70,000.00	286,985.50
Massachusetts
Belgian Relief Committee, Amherst	..........	..........	815.00	815.00
Congregationalist War Relief Fund, Boston	..........	.......	3,498.08	3,498.08
Children's Tin Box Fund, Boston	..........	..........	6,824.44	6,824.44
New England Belgian Relief Fund, Boston	469,722.80	307,714.85	208,952.19	986,389.84
W. Cameron Forbes and Family	..........	..........	49,549.03	49,549.03
Belgian Relief Fund, Fall River	..........	..........	47.00	47.00
Holyoke Belgian Relief Fund	458.10	5,356.20	.....	5,814 30
Citizens of Munson	..........	..........	80.00	80.00
Northampton Belgian Relief Committee	..........	..........	3,024.61	3,024.61
Springfield Committee for Belgian Relief	..........	..........	3,666.93	3,666.93
Belgian Relief Committee, WestfieId	..........	..........	338.00	338.00	1,060,047.23
Michigan
Adrian Daily Telegram, Adrian	..........	..........	204.95	204.95
Dollar-a-Month Club for Belgian Children, Ann Arbor	..........	..........	20,063.93	20,063.93
Michigan Committee C.R.B., Detroit	41,672.00	33,152.00	888.46	75,712.46
Needlework Guild of America, Detroit	..........	..........	2,382.00	2,382.00
Delta City War Relief Association, Escanaba	..........	..........	50.00	50.00
War Relief Society, Grand Rapids	..........	..........	595.45	595.45
War Relief Association of Dickinson County, Iron Mountain	..........	..........	1,000.00	1,000.00
Belgian Relief Committee, Traverse City	..........	..........	310.88	310.88	100,319.67
Minnesota
Minnesota Committee C.R.B., Minneapolis	65,934.40	720.00	492.34	67,146.74
Northwestern Miller Belgian Relief Fund, Minneapolis	510,233.42	..........	11,028.12	521,261.54
Women's Committee of the St. Paul Committee C.R.B	..........	..........	29,095.60	29,095.60
Waseca County Committee, Waseca	..........	..........	120.00	120.00	617,623. 88
Mississippi
Mississippi Committee for Relief in Belgium, Jackson	..........	..........	94.19	94.19
Relief Committee of Moorhead	..........	..........	6.78	6.78	100.97
Missouri
Missouri Belgian Relief Fund, St. Louis	14,913.22	4,967.50	145.07	20,025.79	20,025.79
Montana
Citizens of Armstead	..........	..........	46.25	46.25	96.25
Citizens of Dillon	..........	..........	50.00	50.00
Nebraska
Citizens of Center	..........	..........	7.00	7.00
Citizens of Cherry County	..........	..........	429.75	429.75
Belgian Relief Fund, Hastings	..........	..........	22.75	22.75
Nebraska Committee C.R.B., Lincoln	41,627.20	..........	3,278.57	44,905.77	45,365.27
Nevada
Nevada Commission Relief Belgium and France, Reno	..........	..........	2,669.66	2,669.66	2,669.66
New Hampshire
Children's Tin Box Fund, Concord	..........	..........	87.54	87.54
Citizens of Portsmouth	..........	..........	101.78	101.78	189.32
New Jersey
Hillsdale-Westwood Branch C.R.B	..........	..........	236.40	286.40
Citizens of Lambertville	..........	..........	25.00	25.00
Metuchen Fund for Belgian Children	..........	..........	50.00	50.00
Moorestown Association for Relief of War Sufferers	..........	..........	16.00	16.00
Children's Tin Box Fund, Morristown	..........	..........	115.35	115.35
New Jersey Committee C.R.B., Newark	..........	20.00	2,909.49	2,929.49
Citizens of Nutley	..........	..........	23.75	23.75
Committee of the Oranges for Relief of Children of Belgium, Orange	..........	..........	28,020.65	28,020.65
Plainfield Belgian Relief Society	7,500. 00	10,000.00	7,638.73	25,138.73
New Jersey Committee C.R.B., Princeton	.........	..........	1,706.02	1,706.02
Summit Committee C.R.B	..........	..........	6,413.66	6,413.66
War Sufferers Aid Society, Upper Montclair	..........	..........	23.35	23.35
War Relief Circle, West Milford	..........	..........	15.00	15.00	64,713.40
New York State
Belgian Relief Fund, Albany	31,611.51	..........	1,855.83	33,467.34
Albany War Chest	..........	..........	7,500.00	7,500.00
Mrs. William Gorham Rice, Albany	..........	..........	4,809.67	4,809.67
Commission for Relief in Belgium, Amsterdam	..........	..........	697.07	697.07
War Chest Fund, Amsterdam	..........	..........	1,000.00	1,000.00
Belgian and Poles Protest Meeting, Batavia	.....	..........	108.17	108.17
Bronxville Fund for Belgian Relief	.....	..........	3,410.00	3,410.00
Auxiliary No. 5 (Mrs. Alexander M. White), Brooklyn	..........	..........	10,687.79	10,687.79
Buffalo Belgian Relief Fund	46,520.09	..........	3,200.00	49,720.09
Belgian Relief Fund, Clinton	..............	..........	175.80	175.80
Belgian Relief Fund, Cortland	..........	..........	22.25	22.25
Flushing Committee for Belgian Relief	..........	..........	3,464.33	3,464.33
Belgian Relief Committee, Glens Falls	..........	..........	180.00	180.00
Belgian Relief Committee, Groton	..........	..........	90.61	90.61
Belgian Relief Committee, Hempstead	..........	..........	710.00	710.00
Belgian Relief Committee, Highland Falls	..........	..........	121.57	121.57
Huntington and Cold Spring Harbor C.R.B	..........	..........	4,550.00	4,550.00
Ilion-Mohawk War Chest, Ilion	..........	..........	100.00	100.00
Tompkins County Branch C.R.B., Ithaca	..........	..........	2,600.00	2,600.00
Tompkins County War Chest Association, Ithaca	..........	..........	1,540.00	1,540.00
Commission for Relief in Belgium, Jamestown	..........	..........	3.00	3.00
Auxiliary No. 2, Lake George	..........	..........	1,261.95	1,261.95
Citizens of Leroy	..........	..........	833.25	833.25
Mechanicsville War Chest	..........	..........	500.00	500.00
Belgian Relief Committee, Moore's Mills	..........	..........	232.00	232.00
Westchester County Committee C.R.B., Mt. Kisco	..........	..........	8,116.69	8,116.69
People of New Hartford	..........	..........	225.00	225.00
Belgian Relief Committee, Oneonta	..........	..........	210.53	210.53
City of Oswego	..........	..........	21.00	21.00
Oyster Bay Committee	..........	..........	3,731.00	3,731.00
Phelps War Chest Association	..........	..........	200.00	200.00