--- title: Samantha Bee Is Helping Raise Money for a Group That Rehabs White Supremacists After Trump Cut Its Funding description: In the wake of tragedy in Charlottesville, the comedianhas helped raise almost $200,000 for a group that offers support and counseling. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2017-08-17T17:58:15.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T06:36:07.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - Charlottesville - samantha bee - Virginia word_count: 274 canonical: https://money.com/samantha-bee-is-helping-raise-money-for-a-group-that-rehabs-white-supremacists-after-trump-cut-its-funding/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE](https://img.money.com/2017/08/samantha-bee-full-frontalcrop.jpg) *Full Frontal with Samantha Bee* In the wake of [tragedy in Charlottesville](https://money.com/charlottesville-virginia-victims-help/), comedian Samantha Bee has helped raise almost $200,000 for a group that offers counseling and support services to white supremacists seeking to leave the movement. [Life After Hate](https://www.lifeafterhate.org/) was co-founded by Christian Piccolini, a former white supremacist, who told Bee that while the Obama administration awarded the group a $400,000 grant through the Department of Homeland Security, the Trump administration later reneged on that promise with no explanation as to why the funding was cut. While the organization says it "continues to thrive on private donations," it set up a crowdfunding campaign to make up for the lost funding. (Co-founder Angela King wrote in an email that the organization will receive the donations even if they do not meet the $400,000 goal.) Bee took to Twitter to encourage her viewers to support the organization. Life After Hate trains and supports former hate group members "who want to leave behind their lives of racism and violent extremism." According to [Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/23/playbook-dhs-extremism-life-after-hate-239889), "the group has seen a twenty-fold increase in requests for help since Election Day." The crowdfunding campaign notes that the federal grant money would have went toward social media outreach, as many white supremacists are radicalized online. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced Wednesday that he is [giving $2 million](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346916-tim-cook-announces-2-million-in-donations-after-charlottesville) to civil rights groups after Charlottesville, and Arnold Schwarzenegger [donated $100,000](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arnold-schwarzenegger-charlottesville_us_599340ece4b04b193360d05e) to the Simon Wiesenthal Center [in an effort](https://www.facebook.com/notes/arnold-schwarzenegger/charlottesville/10155766543359658/) to "condemn hate and teach tolerance at every opportunity." 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