$6M raised after mass shooting
Donations for victims, survivors of synagogue attack have come from all over the world.
Donations totaling more than $6 million have been made to support those affected by the Oct. 27 synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood that left 11 dead and six injured.
The donations have come from a wide range of sources, with individuals giving as little as $1 to help and some private foundations, religious groups and Pittsburgh sports teams committing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Money already has been disbursed to help with immediate needs such as funeral costs and medical bills, increased security at local synagogues and temporary worship space for the three congregations displaced by the shooting (Tree of Life, Dor Hadash and New Light). Millions more will be spent on longer-term needs.
The largest fund, the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh's Victims of Terror Fund, accumulated more than $4 million as of this week, federation spokesman Adam Hertzman said. None of that money has been spent, Hertzman said. The federation separately donated with the outpouring of support, not just from Western Pennsylvania, but from all over," Hertzman said.
Now begins the task of deciding where money should go.
"You have a fiduciary obligation to the victims and to the community, and you have to decide how to take a limited amount of money — it doesn't matter if it's millions of dollars, that's still very limited considering the scope of the tragedy — and you have to decide what to do with the money, what it should be used for and how quickly it can be disbursed," said Ken Feinberg, a Washington attorney and former special master of the U.S. government's Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund. "You want the process to be very simple, very efficient and very quick."
The Jewish Federation followed Feinberg's advice by creating an independent committee of volunteers to oversee administration of the fund.
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