$6.6 million raised for victims of a mass shooting in Maine haven’t seen the money, as Democrats funneled a large chunk to 29 NGOs – according to the victims.
“After the shooting, the Maine Community Foundation raised $6.6 million.”
“They promised survivors that 100% of the money raised would go to victims’ families and the survivors.”
Benjamin Dyer, a survivor who was shot five times during Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, spoke at a recent Lewiston City Council meeting.
Dyer talked about the missing donation money intended for victims like himself.
The mass shooting resulted in the deaths of 18 people, while 13 others were injured.
Council members were accused of ignoring that $2 million was siphoned off to unrelated nonprofits.
The Maine Community Foundation (MCF) is a prominent philanthropic organization with deep ties to progressive causes in the state.
Amy Sussman, whose nephew Maxx Hathaway was one of the 18 people who were k*lled, is speaking out,
“In my opinion, they were used. Their tragedy was used to raise money for nonprofits.
The Maine Attorney General’s office, under Democrat Aaron Frey, reviewed the case and said no laws were broken.
Survivors like Dyer and Sussman say one victim received $32,000 from the fund while facing a $93,000 hospital bill, even as nonprofits pocketed $65,000 each.
One recipient – Gateway Community Services Maine owned by a Somali migrant – is caught up in fraud allegations.
It received $65,000 and allegedly did not give any of the money to shooting victims.
