$1,199,366,360 was donated or pledged by these companies between 2020 and the present date.
Meta Platforms, Inc. pledged the highest donation among area organizations and businesses, claiming to commit $1,050,000,000 to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Of the 10 organizations which pledged to donate to Black Lives Matter in recent years, five of them were confirmed to have fulfilled their pledge and actually donated the amount of money they said they would. It's unclear or unknown if the other organizations followed through with their pledges.
Organizations from San Mateo Who Donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement
| Organization | Donated amount | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | $1,050,000,000 | $10M to groups working on racial justice in addition to $40M spent annually on groups promoting racial justice. $1.03B figure includes $10M ACLU donation plus three years (2020, 2021, 2022) of $40M donations. $1B or more spent per year with diverse suppliers starting in 2021. For full list of progress and initiatives, see CNBC article under sources. |
| YouTube | $100,000,000 | $100M over multiple years for "amplifying and developing the voices of black creators and artists and their stories." Pledged $1M to the Center for Policing Equity. |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $30,000,000 | The Gilead Racial Equity Community Impact Fund dolled out $30M in donations between 2020 and 2022 to social justice organizations including 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Houston, Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD), Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), Center for Racial Justice in Education, Claflin University, East Oakland Youth Development Center, the Equity Alliance, Grantmakers for Girls of Color, Harlem Children’s Zone, the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Morehouse College, Shaw University, Southerners on New Ground (SONG), Spelman College, Tougaloo College, Ubuntu Inc, Xavier University of Louisiana, Brown University (Annenberg Institute for School Reform), Kingmakers of Oakland, KQED, Morehouse College (Center for Excellence in Education), Oakland Fund for Public Innovation, Fresh Lifelines for Youth/Peer Point, Pulse of Perseverance, Represent Justice, Southern Poverty Law Center, St. John's Community Health/Compton Unified School District, The Trevor Project, and YELLOW. Partnered with OneTen. |
| Oracle Corporation | $13,000,000 | $12M to the United Negro College Fund and over $1M to the NMAAHC. |
| Electronic Arts Inc. | $3,600,000 | More than $2.6M in combined donations and giving programs to organizations working to end systemic racial injustice, fight discrimination and protect human rights in the U.S. and around the world. This includes charitable matches (EA double-matched employee donations) and donations to the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), YourCause Program, ACLU, Ascend, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), Black Girls Code, Chinese for Affirmative Action, The Fund for Global Human Rights, #HateIsAVirus, Players Coalition, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Additional $500k in donations to racial justice and social justice organizations to mark Juneteenth in 2021 accompanied by another $500k employee charitable gift matching program. Expansion of ERGs. |
| GoFundMe | $1,166,360 | Committed $500k to create the Justice & Equality Fund, which will initially focus on bail, racial justice, and law enforcement reform. As of November, 2021, the fund has dolled out $1,166,360 in grants to The Bail Project, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Center for Policing Equity, RAHEEM, Equal Justice Initiative, Advancement Project, Institute for Justice, and Voices for Racial Justice. |
| Box, Inc. | $500,000 | More than $500k contributed to organizations committed to improving racial equality. Includes $200k across the Equal Justice Initiative, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Black Visions Collective, and Gideon's Army. HBCU partnership to diversify recruiting. |
| Robinhood Markets, Inc. | $500,000 | $500k to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. |
| Stripe | $500,000 | $100k each to five organizations working on reforming U.S. policing practices or the criminal justice system. |
| Poshmark, Inc. | $100,000 | $100k across NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU, Black Girls Code, and National Urban League. |
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