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Concert Organizers Still Tallying Sandy-Relief Donations

A day after a star-studded benefit concert at Madison Square Garden for victims of Hurricane Sandy, organizers said on Thursday they had not yet tallied how much had been raised through online donations, a telethon, ticket sales, merchandise and other revenue streams.

The concert, dubbed “12-12-12,” brought in at least $30 million from the sales of tickets and corporate sponsors, chief among them JP Morgan Chase & Company, said David Saltzman, executive director of the Robin Hood Foundation, a charity that is distributing the money to aid groups.

That number does not include money donated to the Robin Hood Web site, nor money donated over the telephone by millions of people who watched the show around the world, Mr. Saltzman said. He predicted the proceeds would easily top the $35 million raised after the Sept. 11 attacks by the Concert for New York, which was organized by the same media-company executives: James Dolan of the Madison Square Garden Company, John Sykes of Clear Channel Entertainment and Harvey Weinstein, the filmmaker.

The show was broadcast on 34 channels in the United States and 24 global channels and will be broadcast throughout the country on Clear Channel radio stations. It was also streamed online. The producers estimated it would reach more than 2 billion households.

On Thursday morning Mr. Saltzman said his organization was still adding up the donations from the West Coast, where the show was broadcast with a three-hour delay, and the concert was to be rebroadcast in Europe on Thursday night, which could bring in another wave of donations.  He said the Robin Hood Foundation did not want to release a final number for the amount raised until the donations from Europe are tallied.

The musicians and bands who took part  included Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Bru ce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jon Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Kanye West and the Who.