How Haiti Changed Fundraising

He added that “donors didn’t wait around for us; they came to us.” CRS raised millions of dollars and was able to provide food, water, sanitation, shelter and medical care to hundreds of thousands of Haitians. But it also raised questions such as, “How much restricted funds are too much?” CRS wanted to raise money and provide aid, but it also wanted to make sure a plan was in place for how all those funds would be used — immediately and for the long term.