The Finnish Relief Fund was a humanitarian aid organization initiated by former U.S. President

Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Gr ...

in December 1939. It was intended to support Finland during the

Winter War The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnyaya voyna. The names Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940 (russian: link=no, Сове́тско-финская война́ 1939–1940) and Soviet–Finland War 1 ...

. By March 1940, it had raised 2.5 million

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s. Hoover's campaign was advertised in 1,400 newspapers across the United States. The largest contributions came from private donors ($1.9 million), newspaper ads ($652,869), industrial companies ($318,188) and labor unions ($27,294). The income from first screening of the film ''Gone with the Wind'' in the state of Washington was forwarded to the relief fund.

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Register of the Finnish Relief Fund Records, 1939-1946
Online Archive of California.
Report to American donors : December 1939-July 1940. (1940)
Archive.org.

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