Location-Specific Victims' Funds
Donations for this fund will go into a separate bank account specifically for the emergency needs of Lewiston victims/survivors. 100% of all donations will be given directly to Lewiston victims/survivors for emergency needs. Our collection window for this fund will only be open for one month. Our last day for collecting will be on March 31, 2026. Distribution will be ongoing until 100% of all donations plus interest are distributed.
Victims/survivors for the 2023 Lewiston mass shooting can apply for direct emergency financial assistance here: https://form.jotform.com/VictimsFirst/apply
Our Location-Specific Victims' Funds
Whenever feasible, VictimsFirst creates a location-specific victims' fund on GoFundMe to provide donors with a trusted place to donate to immediately following an incident of mass violence that ensures 100% of all donations will go directly to victims/survivors in cash payments.
We do not deduct any portion from these contributions and ensure every penny reaches victims/survivors through cash payments. These location-specific victims' funds are specific to individual incidents of mass violence and operate independently from our National Mass Shooting Victims' Fund.
If a true centralized victims' fund is started within the affected community that guarantees 100% of all donations will go equitably to the victim base, we endorse that fund on our website and grant over what we collect to the centralized victims' fund. We endorse the Mass Violence Survivors Fund to administer these centralized victims' funds.
If no centralized victims fund is established locally, we work to distribute 100% of the donations we collect directly to victims. Donations we collect through GoFundMe provide mid-term care to victims of mass casualty crime and are distributed equitably. When we set up these funds, they are NOT set up as any form of reimbursement for economic loss but simply recognize victims' trauma and non-economic pain and suffering.
Additionally, we provide limited immediate emergency financial assistance through our National Mass Shooting Victims Fund. Location-specific funds collect donations for a specific victim base, while the National Mass Shooting Victims' Fund provides direct emergency cash assistance to victims of mass violence across the country and at any time of need. and supporting
If you are interested in supporting long-term physical and psychological trauma-related care for mass shooting victims, we recommend donating to VTV Care and supporting our joint efforts to create state-run funds for long-term needs in every state.