Apalachee High School Shooting Victims' Fund

We are families of over two decades of previous mass shootings from across this country. Our hearts are breaking for the victims and survivors of the mass shooting at the Apalachee High School where 2 students and 2 teachers were murdered and 9 others were wounded/injured on September 4, 2024.

We are the same families of previous mass shootings who collected donations for Uvalde, TX school shooting victims and ensured that 100% went directly to them. We also worked behind-the-scenes to ensure centralized victim funds were set up for the shootings at Oxford High School (Michigan) and The Covenant School (Tennessee).

We will do the same again for our new, unfortunate mass shooting family in Winder, Georgia.

Our families of previous mass shootings have been re-victimized when nonprofits say they are collecting donations for victims but do not actually give donations directly to victims.

VictimsFirst's philosophy is very different. We believe in full transparency, honoring donor intent and providing the victims the opportunity to choose for themselves how to spend your generous financial gifts meant for them.

We, VictimsFirst, have started this fund so the victims’ families and those wounded are protected from fraud and exploitation. You can read more about what we do and who we are at www.victimsfirst.org.

VictimsFirst will work with local victim advocates to distribute these funds equitably. If the Mass Violence Survivors Fund is invited in to administer a centralized victims’ fund, we will grant 100% of the donations to them—or another trusted organization that creates a centralized victims fund that guarantees 100% will go directly to victims.

We are all volunteers with years of experience managing victims’ funds and ensuring 100% go directly to victims/survivors. We take no admin fee.

Thank you for your compassion and kindness.

If you'd rather, you may send a check directly to VictimsFirst and designate it for Apalachee at:

4195 Chino Hills Parkway #593

Chino Hills, CA 91709

VictimsFirst's EIN is 32-0656956

You can read about the importance of Centralize Victims' Funds in the aftermath of mass shootings, here:

The Importance of a Centralized Victims' Fund

This is not reimbursement for economic loss but simply recognizes victims' trauma and non-economic pain and suffering.