According to the Volunteer Florida Foundation, which administers the fund, $22 million out of the $61 million raised has been distributed.
, the fund had raised more than $20 million in donations. Major donors included AirBnB, Amazon, Microsoft and Walmart, among others.said the fund had raised over $60 million in donations after Hurricane Ian.The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.
Of this amount, $22 million in projects were labeled "expedited grants," meaning they have already been distributed. Another $2.2 million in donations has been committed, but not yet collected, the foundation said. The remainder has not been spent. The grants made so far have primarily gone to either nonprofit groups or foundations attached to governmental entities.
Some organizations that received grants include Save the Children, The Salvation Army and Feeding Florida.Our ruling
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