The Baltimore Community Foundation's $1.2 Million Donation Will Directly Support Victims' Families and Survivors

BALTIMORE, MD (Tuesday, April 22, 2025) - Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced a $1.2 million contribution from the Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) to the Key Bridge Emergency Response Fund to support victims' families and survivors. This contribution will allow the City to extend their support for the families - currently scheduled to end in December - for up to an additional 30 months.

"Growing up, I was taught that when tragedy strikes you don't wait, you act," said Mayor Scott. "That's what our city did after the Key Bridge collapse. Our work has always been dedicated to the families of the men who lost their lives that night, and the two workers who survived the bridge collapse, wrapping our arms around them and supporting them through this unthinkable tragedy. Today's gracious donation will allow us to continue our work supporting them."

"Civic leadership calls us to work together for the higher good," said Dr. Shanaysha Sauls, President and CEO of the Baltimore Community Foundation. "We deeply appreciate how much Mayor Scott and the City have taken on to provide ongoing direct support to the families of the victims and to the two survivors. The eight men are far from forgotten, and this form of direct assistance from the Key Bridge Fund is made in their honor."

The donation will go towards the Key Bridge Emergency Response Fund, a fund organized and administered by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MIMA) with help from the Baltimore Civic Fund. The city helped raise public donations for the fund, ultimately raising $1.14 million from thousands of individuals and organizations. Over the past year, the families of the six victims and two survivors have received critical support from the fund: the donations have helped cover burial and repatriation costs, housing, legal services, childcare, travel, remittances to families abroad, and day-to-day expenses. To date, the City has distributed more than half of these funds, easing the financial burden on those most affected.