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U.S. aid eclipsed by private donors - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "U.S. aid eclipsed by private donors

By Joyce Howard Price
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
April 20, 2006

U.S. foreign aid from private sources totaled $71.2 billion in 2004, a sum more than 3? times greater than the foreign aid the U.S. government provided that year, according to a study by the Hudson Institute.
'America is often criticized as being stingy in its foreign aid, but that assessment doesn't take into account the extent of private giving,' the institute said.
The study, titled Index of Global Philanthropy, was presented yesterday at a United Nations conference. "