We are so thankful to all of our customers for their generosity in helping provide relief to the people of Haiti through donations via text message.  As of today (Jan. 15) Sprint customers already had contributed about $1.5 million to Haiti disaster relief.

Due to the overwhelming support from our customers to the relief efforts, Sprint is donating the bulk of the committed dollars immediately with the remaining to follow.

For mobile donations, Sprint normally utilizes 30 to 60 days to transfer these contributions from our customers to our mobile giving partners. This process happens monthly and turnaround depends on the various billing cycles of our costumers.

These donations are going to the Haiti Relief efforts of the American Red Cross, The Yéle Haiti Foundation, The William J. Clinton Foundation, the Rescue Union Mission and MedCorp International, and the International Rescue Committee.

Sprint is waiving text-messaging fees for Sprint customers who send mobile donations to a number of short codes and organizations participating in the relief and recovery efforts in support of the tragedy in Haiti. Retroactive to Wednesday, Jan. 13, Sprint mobile-phone texts sent to or from the following short codes will not be charged standard text-messaging fees.

The codes are:

Sprint also announced that its philanthropic arm, the Sprint Foundation, will make a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund in support relief efforts following the recent earthquake in Haiti, and will match employee contributions, up to $50,000, potentially increasing the Sprint Foundation’s total contribution to $100,000.