--- description: This page includes a link to the Mother Emanuel Fund to assist families of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting victims. title: How You Can Help The Charleston Shooting Victims' Families image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc23aa390dfdf39ac/6988552d55a859e036a8c909/charleston-mourning.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [tragedy](/tag/tragedy/) ## tragedy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How You Can Help the Families of the Charleston Shooting Victims by [Katy Osborn](/author/katy-osborn/) ## Katy Osborn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2015 5:14 PM CUT  Noah Nicolaisen, of Charleston, S.C., kneels at a makeshift memorial down the street from where a white man opened fire Wednesday night during a prayer meeting inside the Emanuel AME Church killing several people in Charleston, June 18, 2015. Noah Nicolaisen, of Charleston, S.C., kneels at a makeshift memorial down the street from where a white man opened fire Wednesday night during a prayer meeting inside the Emanuel AME Church killing several people in Charleston, June 18, 2015.David Goldman—AP by [Katy Osborn](/author/katy-osborn/) ## Katy Osborn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2015 5:14 PM CUT In the wake of the shooting at a historically black Charleston, S.C. church that left nine people dead Wednesday evening, the city is collecting money to support the victims’ families. Charleston Mayor Joe Riley announced the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund Thursday and said the city has already pledged $5,000\. The fund will help the victims’ relatives pay for funerals for their loved ones, counseling services and other needs as they heal from the tragedy. The [website](http://www.motheremanuelhopefund.com "undefined") for contributions to this fund is expected to be functioning by noon on Friday. Those wishing to contribute will also be able to do so at any Wells Fargo branch by specifying that they’d like to donate to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund. In the meantime, the fund will be accepting checks made out to “Mother Emanuel Hope Fund” at the following address: Mother Emanuel Hope Fund C/O City of Charleston P.O. Box 304 Charleston, SC 29402 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3926610/charleston-shooting-victims-help/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3926610/charleston-shooting-victims-help/"},"headline":"Here's How You Can Help the Families of the Charleston Shooting Victims","datePublished":"2015-06-18T17:14:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:20:05.836Z","description":"Nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., including senior pastor Rev. Clementa Pinckney, were shot and killed Wednesday evening in what is being investigated as a hate crime","url":"https://time.com/3926610/charleston-shooting-victims-help/","keywords":["tragedy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc23aa390dfdf39ac/6988552d55a859e036a8c909/charleston-mourning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katy Osborn","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katy-osborn/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc23aa390dfdf39ac/6988552d55a859e036a8c909/charleston-mourning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Noah Nicolaisen charleston shooting","caption":"Noah Nicolaisen charleston shooting","creditText":"David Goldman—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/tragedy/","name":"tragedy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3926610/charleston-shooting-victims-help/","name":"Here's How You Can Help the Families of the Charleston Shooting Victims"}}]}] ```