Raising for Effective Giving has released their Q1 2015 financial numbers, and it shows there is still a lot of work to do with respect to attracting the interest of the poker community.

Raising for Effective Giving (REG), the non-profit organization founded by Liv Boeree, Philipp Gruissem, and Igor Kurganov has released their Q1 2015 results.

There were 26 new sign ups during the quarter, taking the total number of REG members up to 127. The total amount received from donors was $56,985. That amount is much lower than the $369,053 donated in Q4 2014, but $250,000 of that came courtesy of REG member, Martin Jacobson’s, success in the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. A more reasoned comparison shows an increase on the $38,873 donated in Q3 2014.

It’s been a great 12-months for REG. Martin Jacobson’s victory has helped saved the lives of so many people/animals; their work was honored at the Global Poker Index (GPI) European Poker Awards (EPA) when they won the Charitable Initiative of the Year award; they appointed a new Director of Communications in Ruairi Donnelly, and teamed up with Leon Tsoukernik’s Kings Casino, in a move that will see a series of events created to provide REG with additional funding.