On Sunday, the fund will begin its 89th annual appeal for donations.

The 79th annual appeal began last month, and $1,365,797.55 has already been raised.

Fifty of its 80 annual appeals have raised more money than any before them.

In what remains a city of immigrants, the fund's 85th annual appeal is under way.

With two months to go, the 80th annual appeal must raise an additional $900,000 to match last year's total of $4.4 million.

This year, the fund is conducting its 89th annual appeal.

Together, they equal the largest gift received during the 80th annual appeal.

The fund's 85th annual appeal runs through the end of the month.

The previous record was set in the 74th annual appeal when 13,105 donors gave $2,726,331.40.

But that is still about $425,000 behind the pace of the 80th annual appeal, which went on to finish with a record $5,083,520.81 in 1992.