Robin Hood Raises Record $88 Million to Help New York’s Poor
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The Robin Hood Foundation gala, Wall Street’s largest single-evening fundraising event, raised a record of more than $88 million at its New York dinner last night to feed and clothe the city’s destitute.
The sum, donated by more than 3,600 attendees including executives at Wall Street banks, hedge funds and private-equity companies, exceeded last year’s record of $72.7 million. Pledges were still coming in after the dinner and the final tally might be in as early as today, David Saltzman, the nonprofit’s co-founder and executive director, said in an interview.