 $125,000 was donated to the College Summit, the Posse Foundation, the United Negro College Fund, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, and the American Indian College Fund.$100,000 was donated to Africare, and the Central Asia Institute.Obama's winning of the peace prize was largely unanticipated and called a "stunning surprise" by "The New York Times", though major oddsmaker Centrebet had in fact put him at 7–1 odds of winning, with Piedad Córdoba and Sima Samar at 6–1 and Morgan Tsvangirai at 7–1.