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.

.

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

 
Clinton County Branch Belgian Relief, Plattsburg

..........

..........

321.20

321.20

 
Orange County Committee Relief in Belgium, Port Jervis

..........

..........

83.32

83.32

 
Belgian Relief Committee, Richfield Springs

..........

..........

87.37

87.37

 
Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil Joint Committee Belgian Relief

..........

..........

6,297.24

6,297.24

 
Belgian Relief Committee, Rochester

10,096.40

..........

693.95

10,790.35

 
Rockaway Peninsula Committee, Rockaway

..........

..........

4,160.20

4,160.20

 
Belgian Relief Committee, Scarsdale

..........

..........

2,126.25

2,126.25

 
War Relief League, Schuyler Lake

..........

..........

15.00

15.00

 
Belgian Relief Committee, Syracuse

9,184.00

12,117.00

17,048.00

38,349.00

 
Syracuse War Chest

..........

..........

5,000.00

5,000.00

 
Citizens of Ticonderoga

..........

..........

208.61

208.61

 
Central New York War Relief Committee, Utica

..........

..........

228.00

228.00

 
Utica War Chest Association

..........

.....

5,000.00

5,000.00

 
People of Victor

..........

..........

17.86

17.86

 
Commission Belgian Relief, Walton

..........

..........

253.53

253.53

 
Alleghany County Committee, Wellsville

..........

..........

43.00

43.00

 
Auxiliary No. 4, White Plains

..........

..........

232.20

232.20

213,502.24

New York City

         
Allied Bazaar

..........

..........

119,422.29

119,422.29

 
American Fund Association

..........

..........

5,000.00

5,000.00

 
Women's Auxiliary-American Institute Mining Engineers

..........

..........

2,226.24

2,220.24

 
American Metal Market War Relief Fund

..........

..........

5,457.73

5,457.73

 
Auxiliary No. 1, Mrs. William Emerson

..........

..........

21,066.21

21,066.21

 
Auxiliary No, 4, Mrs. George E. O'Dell

..........

..........

1,254.95

1,254.95

 
Belgian Kiddies---American Institute Mining Engineers

..........

..........

98,234.74

98,234.74

 
Belgian Relief Fund

911,461.67

..........

..........

911,461.67

 
British American War Relief Fund

..........

..........

500.00

500.00

 
Century Association

..........

..........

10,868.50

10,868.50

 
Chamber of Commerce

..........

..........

72,630.00

72,630.00

 
Christian Herald Relief Fund

2.40

156.00

42,500.00

42,658.40

 
Coffee House Club

..........

..........

1,438.50

1,438.50

 
Committee of Mercy

..........

..........

1,558.46

1,558.46

 
Cosmopolitan Club

..........

..........

2,871.00

2,871.00

 
Daughters of the American Revolution

..........

..........

152,937.53

152,937.53

 
Dollar Christmas Fund

..........

..........

212,067.91

212,057.91

 
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society

..........

..........

207.75

207.75

 
Executive Committee C.R.B

..........

..........

1,285.10

1,285.10

 
Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America

..........

..........

941.79

941.79

 
John A. Gade

..........

..........

45,504.25

45,504.25

 
Greater New York Committee C.R.B

20.00

19,071.25

58,063.46

77,154.71

 
Readers of Life

..........

..........

300.91

300.91

 
Literary Digest

100,000.00

..........

565,715.94

665,715.94*

 
Miss Ethel McLean

..........

..........

5,129.00

5,129.00

 
Memorial Fund Association

..........

..........

10,000.00

10,000.00

 
Physicians Relief Fund

16,174.60

..........

..........

16,174.60

 
National Allied Relief Committee and French Heroes Lafayette Memorial Fund

..........

..........

22,041.88

22,041.88

 
Refugees Relief Fund

..........

..........

1,000.00

1,000.00

 
Rockefeller Foundation

986,038.94

..........

300,000.00

1,286,038.94

 
Rocky Mountain Club

..........

..........

281,351.65

281,351.65

 
Children's Tin Box Fund

..........

..........

2,978.82

2,978.82

 
Union Belge Société de Secours Mutuels

..........

..........

1,345.25

1,345.25

 
Washington Square District Committee

..........

..........

7,754.64

7,754.64

 
Women's Section C.R.B

82,600.10

1,239.60

18,022.33

101,862.03

4,188,430.89

North Carolina

         
Children's Tin Box Fund, Asheville

..........

..........

182.01

182.01

 
North Carolina Committee C.R.B., Asheville

..........

209.00

895.00

1,104.00

1,286.01

North Dakota

         
Belgian Relief Fund, Fargo

..........

..........

882.23

882.23

882.23

Ohio          
Logan County Relief Committee, Bellefontaine

..........

..........

95.80

95.80

 
Children's Tin Box Fund, Cleveland

..........

..........

400.00

400.00

 
The Christian Standard, Cincinnati

..........

..........

1,153.84

1,153.84

 
Ohio Committee C.R.B., Cincinnati

..........

25.00

34,630.10

34,655.10

 
Belgian Relief Committee, Cleveland

..........

..........

7,088. 00

7,088.00

 
War Council of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland

..........

..........

7,500.00

7,500.00

 
Miami Belgian Relief Committee, Cleves

...

.....

16.30

16.30

 
Ohio Commission for Relief European War Sufferers, Columbus

215,699.09

102.75

5,180.16

220,982.00

 
War Relief Association of Coshocton

..........

..........

1,000.00

1,000.00

 
Community War Chest Association, Dayton

..........

..........

3,000.00

3,000.00

 
Belgian Relief Committee, Fostoria

..........

..........

100.12

100.12

 
Milton Brown Fund for Relief of War Sufferers, Glendale

..........

..........

230.00

230.00

 
Hocking County War Relief Association, Logan

..........

..........

300.00

300.00

 
Citizens of Medina County, Medina

..........

..........

31.58

31.58

 
Licking County War Chest, Newark

..........

..........

1,000.00

1,000.00

 
Citizens of Sidney

..........

..........

77.00

77.00

 
Steubenville Gazette

..........

........

182.50

182.50

 
Toledo War Chest

..........

........

10,000.00

10,000.00

 
Mahoning War Chest, Youngstown

..........

..........

5,000.00

5,000.00

292,812.24

Oklahoma

         
Citizens of Beggs

..........

..........

31.80

31.80

 
Alfalfa County Committee, Cherokee

..........

..........

181.05

181.05

 
Oklahoma Committee Relief of the Belgians, Oklahoma City

117.30

2,615.00

4,777.67

7,509.97

 
Belgian Children's Fund, Tulsa

..........

..........

3,929.70

3,929.70

11,662.52

Oregon

         
Belgian Relief Fund, Dufur

..........

..........

102.00

102.00

 
Belgian Children's Fund, Portland

..........

..........

14,081.38

14,081.38

 
Oregon Belgian Relief Committee, Portland

83,299.20

65,404.50

470.98

149,174.68

 
Portland War Relief Fund, Portland

..........

..........

500.00

500.00

 
Commission for Relief in Belgium, Salem

..........

..........

750. 00

750.00

 
People of Westport

..........

..........

183.00

183.00

164,791.06

Pennsylvania

         
Beaver County War Service Association, Beaver Falls

..........

..........

10,000.00

10,000.00

 
Bryn Mawr College Committee

..........

..........

3,868.77

3,368.77

 
Société de Secours Mutuel Espoir, Charleroi

..........

..........

298.35

298.35

 
Franklin Belgian Relief Fund, Franklin

..........

..........

7.90

7.90

 
Belgian Relief Committee, Lancaster

..........

..........

78.91

78.91

 
Belgian Children's Relief Committee of Pennsylvania

..........

..........

224,000.00

224,000.00

 
Belgian Relief Fund, John Wanamaker
Newspaper Men's Committee and the Ladies Home Journal

229,890.00

100.00

..........

229,990.00

 
Pennsylvania Committee of Women C.R.B., Philadelphia
Belgian Relief Committee of the Emergency Aid, Philadelphia

..........

173,836.00

164,575.94

339,411.94

 
Pennsylvania Committee C.R.B., Philadelphia

186,956.77

22,026.00

118.00

209,100.77

 
Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Committee C.R.B.

1,651.90

..........

178,066.06

179,717.96

 
Pottstown Committee

..........

..........

689.50

689.50

 
Schuylkill County Committee Belgian Relief, Pottsville

..........

..........

2,708.85

2,708.85

 
Berks County Committee C.R.B., Reading

4,033.00

1,033.60

65,188.60

70,255.20

1,268,628.15

Philippine Islands

         
Philippine Islands Children's Fund, Manila

..........

..........

7,500.00

7,500.00

7,500.00

Rhode lsland

         
Children's Tin Box Fund, Bristol

..........

..........

4,192.87

4,192.87

 
War Relief Society, East Greenwich

..........

..........

22.75

22.75

 
Providence Journal Company

..........

..........

5,425.13

5,425.13

9,640.75

South Carolina

         
South Carolina Committee C.R.B., Columbia

18,442.70

1,164.00

1,849.53

21,456.23

 
Belgian Relief Committee, Georgetown

..........

..........

7.26

7.26

 
Citizens of Lancaster

..........

..........

25.00

25.00

 
Belgian Relief Fund of Spartansburg

..........

..........

42.87

42.87

21,531.36

South Dakota

         
Citizens of Dell Rapids

..........

..........

45.00

45.00

 
Daily and Weekly Sentinel, Madison

..........

..........

328.06

128.05

 
Mennonite Community of Marion

..........

..........

4,350.00

4,350.00

 
Dr. Henry K. Warren, Yankton

..........

..........

448.00

4-48.00

4,971.05

Tennessee

         
Gaston C. Raoul, Chattanooga

..........

..........

2,208.75

2,208.75

 
The Gospel Advocate, Nashville

..........

..........

695.68

695.68

 
Tennessee Committee Belgian Relief, Nashville

..........

..........

9,594.55

9,594.55

12,498.98

Texas

       
Belgian Relief Fund, Amarillo

..........

..........

232.16

232.16

 
Texas Committee C.R.B., Dallas

..........

..........

1,697.72

1,697.72

 
El Paso Herald

..........

..........

42.35

42.35

 
National Patriotic League, Houston

..........

..........

7,500.00

7,500.00

 
People of Mertzon

..........

..........

25.67

25.67

 
People of the City of Port O'Connor

..........

..........

176. 37

176.37

 
Texas Belgian Relief Committee, San Antonio

..........

..........

20.00

20.00

 
Mrs. Arthur Temple, Texarkana

........

..........

339.69

339.69

10,033.96

Utah

         
Women's Auxiliary American Institute Mining Engineers, Salt Lake City

..........

..........

900. 00

900.00

 
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

..........

..........

50.00

50.00

950.00

Vermont

         
Vermont Committee C.R.B

..........

6,001.00

1,197.94

7,198.94

7,198.94

Virginia

         
Virginia Commission on Belgian Relief, Richmond

243,387.07

..........

9,608.93

252,996.00

 
Sweet Briar College

..........

..........

539.00

539.00

253,535.00

Washington

         
Washington State Committee for Relief in Belgium, Seattle

25,616.00

5,540.00

12,217.60

43,373.60

 
Belgian Relief Committee, Spokane

..........

..........

4,110.55

4,110.55

 
Belgian Relief Fund, Tacoma

..........

..........

289.07

289.07

47,773.22

West Virginia

         
Kanawha War Relief Association, Charleston

..........

..........

635. 00

635. 00

 
Pennsboro Belgian Relief Committee

..........

..........

600.00

600.00

1,235.00

Wisconsin

         
Miss Rosie Tristrail, Darlington

..........

..........

951.57

951.57

 
Citizens of Deer Park

..........

..........

37.50

37.50

 
Wisconsin Advancement Association, Grand Rapids

..........

..........

533.44

533.44

 
Committee for Relief of the Belgians, Green Bay

..........

..........

567.75

567.75

 
Citizens of Hudson

..........

..........

186.05

186.05

 
Patriots Fund Committee, Kenosha

..........

..........

1,000.00

1,000.00

 
Women's Committee, LaCrosse

..........

..........

80.00

80.00

 
Madison Allies Relief Fund

..........

..........

4,144.00

4,144.00

 
Belgian Relief Committee, Milwaukee

3,693.60

5,710.00

4,250.27

13,653.87

 
Citizens of New Richmond

..........

..........

397.59

397.59

 
Citizens of Superior

..........

..........

1,031.75

1,031.75

 
Mrs. Edwin B. Frost, Williams Bay

..........

..........

3,000.00

3,000.00

25,583.52

Clothing Campaigns

         
Cantonments Clothing Campaign

..........

105,946.00

..........

105,946.00

105,946.00

First and Second Red Cross Clothing Campaigns

..........

18,994,260.30

16,074.67

19,010,334.97

19,010,334.97

Individual Donations

         
Food, Clothing, and Cash Received by New York Office

..........

455,225.25

2,004,921.09

2,460,146.34

2,460,146.34

GRAND TOTAL          
Benevolent Contributions Received through the New York Office

$8,077,861.17

$20,391,306.00

$6,051,859.82

$34,521,026.99

$34,521,026.99

*Includes over $114,500 contributed to the "Belgian Flour Fund," Literary Digest, between the 28th November 1914 and the 17th April 1915. Early in 1917 Mr. R. J. Cuddihy started the second Literary Digest campaign for Belgian Relief on behalf of the children of Belgium and the total direct contributions by the readers of the Literary Digest was increased to the splendid amount shown above. The opportunity is here taken in this connection to correct the implication in a previous publication (Gay, Commission for Relief in Belgium, Statistical Review, table, p. 67) that "in addition to its [Literary Digest] enormous publicity support throughout the war," only the sum $114,522.08 resulted. In the table referred to, the contributions through the second appeal by the Literary Digest were grouped under the donations of "State Committees," as were the donations of hundreds of other organizations and institutions not specifically named.


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