A Short List of Sandy Hook Charities And How They Spent Donations

Last month, Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein sent a letter and short survey to 69 charities either registered with the state Department of Consumer Protection, or publicly identified as having accepted donations related to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.  

The charities were asked to respond by April 12. In all, 43 charities responded to this voluntary request. Rubenstein said his office would be following up with the 26 charitable organizations formed in the wake of the tragedy that did not provide information.  

The charities were asked about their organization, services and funds, including the dollar amount of any donations and pledges to date; and the purposes for which money was being collected. 

“Our offices may reach out in the future to all the charities to determine how the donations were expended and the steps taken to prevent fraud or misuse of funds,” Rubenstein said.

The survey results are available on the attorney general's website, as well as the consumer protection department's website. 

Here is a short list of some of the groups and the amounts they've collected:

• Charity: Adopt a Sandy Hook/Newtown Cop, Amount Received: $33,000. Amount Spent: $31,000, Percent Spent:94. Report Text: View.
  
• Charity: The Animal Center, Inc. Amount Received:$250,000, Amount Spent, $900. Percent Spent: 0.36. Report Text: View. 
  
• Charity: Atkinson Memorial Scholarship Fund. Amount Received: $110,000. Amount Spent: $0. Percent Spent: 0 percent. Report Text: View. 
• Charity: Ben's Lighthouse Fund, Amount Received:$12,000, Amount Spent, $400. Percent Spent: 3.33. Report Text: View. 
  
• Charity: Healing Newtown Arts Fund. Amount Received:$18,800, Amount Spent, $3,500. Percent Spent:18.62. Report Text: View. 
  
• Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Amount Received:$73,000, Amount Spent, $73,000. Percent Spent:100. Report Text: View. 
  
• Charity: Fairfield County Community Foundation. Amount Received: $60,8274. Amount Spent, $33,745. Percent Spent:5.5. Report Text: View.
• Charity: Hartford Marathon Foundation. Amount Received:$44,8428, Amount Spent, $0. Percent Spent: 0. Report Text: View. 
  
• Charity: My Sandy Hook Family Fund. Amount Received:$1,500,000. Amount Spent: $1,000,000. Percent Spent:66.67. Report Text: View
• Charity: Newtown Children's Museum. Amount Received:$95,215, Amount Spent, $26,816. Percent Spent: 28. Report Text: View. 
• Charity: Newtown Memorial Fund. Amount Received:$1,100,000. Amount Spent: $366,000. Percent Spent, 33. Report Text: View. 
  
• Charity: Newtown Rotary Club Foundation. Amount Received:$711134, Amount Spent, $103702. Percent Spent:14.6. Report Text: View 
• Charity: Sandy Hook School PTA. Amount Received:$800,000, Amount Spent: $5000. Percent Spent:0.62. Report Text: View 
  
• Charity: Sandy Hook Family Memorial, Amount Received:$16,954. Amount Spent: $4,000. Percent Spent:23.6. Report Text: View