You are aiming for $350,000 which is a huge amount and do you think that there will be people that will fund you for this?
Anyway in times for this, humanity should be prioritized but I don't think that things like this will go positively.
Indeed, the amount of money is very big.
Your idea is good and can help a lot the families of the workers..
The only explanation would be that there are a lot of colleagues and people who work together there so they are in need of a lot of money.