Muslims Unite to Help Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims

• ​UPDATE 1 (Oct 27, 9 pm EST): We are overjoyed to reach our $25,000 goal in only six hours. We have just increased the goal to $50,000.
• UPDATE 2 (Oct 28, 11 am EST): The campaign has gone viral as it begins receiving international media attention (see media stories below). We have now hit our 2nd goal of $50,000, before the 24-hour mark! The campaign has been raising $2,000 every hour! The goal is now $75,000.
• UPDATE 3 (Oct 28, 10 pm EST): In about 30 hours, we've raised $100K; that's over $3000 per hour! Goal raised to $125K. 
• UPDATE 4 (Oct 29, 10 AM EST): This morning, we transferred the first installment of funds ($25K) to the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh to immediately begin disbursing help to the families. 
• UPDATE 5 (Oct 29, 12.30 PM EST): We have just increased the goal to $150K and will not increase it again until we assess - with our partners on the ground - if the families' short-term expenses will exceed that amount. We are overwhelmed with how viral the campaign has gone so far. Many of the donors, at least 25%, are not even Muslim; they are Jewish and friends of other faiths. 
• UPDATE 6 (Oct 29, 6.00 PM EST): We are shocked to have hit yet another milestone of $150,000 within only 50 hours. We are currently assessing whether any more funds are needed for the victims' families, but we are keeping the campaign open. Any leftover proceeds, after disbursing funds to victims' families, will be spent on projects that help foster Muslim-Jewish collaboration, dialogue, and solidarity. Please consider donating to help other victims of a recent hate shooting in Kentucky at this link: Muslims United for Kentucky Hate Victims. 
• UPDATE 7 (Oct 30, 3 PM EST): We have transferred the second installment of funds ($25K) to the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh (ICP). The ICP rep has met with the local Jewish Federation and twice with the funeral home to begin planning fund disbursement to the victims' families. 
• UPDATE 8 (Thursday, Nov 1, 7 PM EST): As of today, we have transferred a total of $110,000 to ICP to disburse among the victims' families (average funeral costs are $10,000 each). Due to the overwhelming, rapid response to this campaign, we have shortened it to end on Sunday rather than Tuesday. The remaining amount of $40,000 will be transferred by early next week. Please see Update #6 above on how leftover fundraising proceeds will be spent (the funds beyond our final goal of $150,000). 
  
• UPDATE 9 (November 20, 12 PM EST): On November 7, we transferred another $45,0000 to ICP (Islamic Center of Pittsburgh). This completes the final transfer of funds - now a total of $155,000 - for ICP to disburse to the victims' families. ICP will manage disbursement of the funds to victims' families. Please see Update #6 above on how leftover fundraising proceeds will be spent. As we decide on long-term projects to fund with those proceeds, we will provide updates on this page. 
  
• UPDATE 10 (November 25): We are pleased to report that - on November 21st - the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh gave a $155,000 check to the Tree of Life synagogue (the funds raised by this campaign). Please see this jointly-signed letter acknowledging that 100% of these funds will be disbursed by the synagogue to the victims' families by December 15, 2018.
• UPDATE 11 (November 28, 2 PM EST): This afternoon, we transferred the additional funds raised ($84,534) to the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh for them to deliver to the Tree of Life synagogue. As stated above in Update #6, these additional funds (beyond the $155,000 raised for the victims) will be spent on projects that help foster Jewish-Muslim solidarity, collaboration, and dialogue. 100% of all funds raised - both for the victims and for these collaborative Jewish-Muslim projects - have now been transferred. 
• UDPATE 11, PART 2 (Nov 28): We are so grateful to have received two letters / receipts from the Tree of Life Synagogue today to acknowledge and thank us for the funds that we granted to them from this campaign. Both letters were signed by the President and Rabbi of the synagogue. Please see those letters here. 

11 people have been killed in Saturday morning's shooting (October 26) at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Multiple Jewish-Americans, who were attending Saturday morning religious services, have been killed and many more have been injured (including some police officers).