Wright, the founder of Grace Tabernacle Christian Center in Crown Heights, suffered a severe spinal cord injury, a broken jaw, broken ribs and multiple fractures in his legs.

The Grammy Award-nominated pastor was moved to the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange on Thursday, but his veterans insurance doesn’t cover the $4,033-a-day treatment he needs.

His family, joined by the Rev. Al Sharpton, are asking for donations to continue Wright’s rehabilitation.

“He was always the one to help everybody else,” Sharpton, a decades-long friend of the Wrights, said during a visit yesterday. “Now, it’s time for everybody to help the Godfather.”

Sharpton said his goal is to raise at least $100,000 by week’s end, noting that Wright’s care at Kessler is likely to end up costing about half a million dollars.

“The insurance that he had covered him as far is it could,” Sharpton said. “Now, he must depend on the insurance of his friends and his supporters.”

The Wrights were returning to the city from a church conference in Detroit when a drunken driver heading the wrong way on a Pennsylvania highway hit their car head-on.

The driver, John Pick, 44, was killed in the crash.

Wright has recently regained feeling in his shoulders and is expected to be taken off of a respirator in six weeks, family friend Laurie Schneider said.

Schneider said she has been stunned by Wright’s strength and devotion to his church despite his heartbreaking ordeal.

“He was asking to put a tent on the parking lot, so he can hold his services outside here,” Schneider added. “That’s all he’s praying for - to give a service.”