Parkland victims’ fund distribution ranges from $1,000 to $400,000 each
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Next of kin of the 17 people killed in the Stoneman Douglas school shooting will receive $400,000 each, under the allocation formula approved Monday by a steering committee overseeing distribution of a $10.5 million donation fund.
The steering committee met at the Gunster law firm’s Fort Lauderdale offices to make final decisions about how to allocate the fund, amassed from donations to a GoFundMe account started by the Broward Education Foundation on the day after the Feb. 14 tragedy in Parkland.
In April, the steering committee decided to make everyone who was on the campus during the Feb. 14 attack eligible for a share of the fund. The committee created four categories of severity: In addition to the $6.8 million to be shared by survivors of the 17 who died, $1.63 million will be shared by the 17 survivors injured by gunshots. Victims who only required outpatient treatment will get $35,000 each, and amounts given to the other 16 will depend on the lengths of their hospital stays, up to $250,000 for a victim hospitalized more than 21 nights.
Anyone inside the building where the shootings took place will receive $2,500, while anyone not inside the building but on campus during the shootings will get $1,000.
More than 1,500 people qualified to receive portions of the fund. The fund’s GoFundMe page stopped accepting donations June 30, with $9,813,900 collected.