Highland Park Community Foundation distributes $5.8 million in donations to July 4 mass shooting victims and nonprofits

A Highland Park nonprofit announced it has distributed $5.8 million it raised to victims of the July 4 mass shooting, with the families of nine people who were killed or who suffered catastrophic injuries getting $365,000 each.

The Highland Park Community Foundation also said 10 people who were injured in the shooting received $36,000 for each night they spent in the hospital, while 47 people who were injured but not hospitalized got $19,066 apiece.

The foundation divided the final $580,025 among 17 nonprofits that serve people who were not physically injured but still suffered trauma. Those groups include Family Focus Highland Park, Highwood Public Library and Community Center and North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic.

Betsy Brint, the group’s chair, said in a statement the foundation will later share an accounting of its cash and in-kind donations. Some have already been well-publicized, including a benefit concert put on by Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.

“Donations were made from across the country and close to home,” Brint said. “We are distributing 100% of the money received to victims and the organizations that serve them.”

Authorities say Robert Crimo III opened fire from a downtown rooftop in the Lake County suburb as the annual Independence Day parade passed by, killing seven people and injuring dozens more. He has been charged with more than 100 felonies and f is being held without bond.