9/11 Charitable Efforts Face Declining Donations

Charities that were founded to help victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are facing a lack of donations that threatens to force some to close or change their way of operating, reports the Associated Press.

Such charities have been the beneficiaries of money from the American Red Cross, which distributed more than $1-billion to more than 100 organizations after the attacks. The last $40-million of that contribution was distributed in June, the news agency reports.

One organization, New York Disaster Interfaith Services, is ending its September 11 program this fall, even though more than 50 new clients a month call for services. The program’s director, Scottie Hill, says most private foundations say they are not supporting programs to help victims of the 2001 attacks, the news agency reports.

“The public at large really does think … why haven’t people moved on,” Ms. Hill said. “There’s also a population of people who have been very active in 9/11 recovery that know that this is very real.”

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