Reply #1: Wiki reports it

[LA lady]

Also in 2003, the American Red Cross refused a 1 million dollar donation from the Dixie Chicks. The organization did not publicize the refusal, though; it was revealed by the Chicks themselves in a May 2006 interview on the Howard Stern Show on SIRIUS Satellite Radio. <2> A Red Cross spokesperson later said the decision was made because "the controversy made it impossible to associate with the Dixie Chicks."