Conversion of Capital 189 The fundraisers I attended during my ethnographic observations of the well-to-do Southern California community, for instance, raised tens of thousands of dollars for SAC and humanitarian aid from a single event. Leaders also used their resources to establish a number of new organizations dedicated to rebellion and relief, listed in Table 6.2. table 6.2. Syrian groups and organizations created for the revolution and relief during the Arab Spring (2011–14), as reported by respondents Diaspora Group/Organization Name Exclusively a Charity/Service Org? USA American Relief Coalition for Syria American Rescue Fund Coalition for a Democratic Syria FREE-Syria Karam Foundation Maram Foundation Southern California Coordinating Committee Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Syria Relief and Development Syrian Support Group Syrian American Engineers Association Syrian American Humanitarian Network Syrian Christians for Democracy/Peacea Syrian Emergency Task Force Syrian Expatriates Organization Syria Justice and Accountability Centrea Syrian Institute for Progress Syrian Sunrise Foundation Texans for Free Syria United for a Free Syria Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Britain Bristol Justice for Syria British Solidarity for Syria Global Solidarity Movement for Syria Hand in Hand for Syria Help for Syria Human Care Syria Rethink Rebuild Society Syria Relief Syrian Christians for Democracy/Peacea Syrian Legal Development Programme Syrian Parliamentary Affairs Group No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No a Denotes multinational membership. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009272148 Published online by Cambridge University Press