$2,089,049,089 was donated or pledged by these companies between 2020 and the present date.
Starbucks Corporation pledged the highest donation among area organizations and businesses, claiming to commit $1,607,750,000 to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Of the nine organizations which pledged to donate to Black Lives Matter in recent years, six 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 King Who Donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement
| Organization | Donated amount | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Starbucks Corporation | $1,607,750,000 | $1M in grants to support racial equity; $1.5M in Neighborhood Grants from the Starbucks Foundation prioritizing grassroots social justice organizations; $5M to launch a two-year initiative focused on supporting nonprofits that serve BIPOC youth; $100M to create the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund focused on advancing racial equity and environmental resilience; and $1.5B in spending with diverse suppliers by 2030. Compensation scheme that ties executive pay to "BIPOC representation." |
| Microsoft Corporation | $244,600,000 | Includes $250k each to the BLM Foundation, Equal Justice Initiative, Innocence Project, Leadership Conference, Minnesota Freedom Fund, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Pledges toward racial justice made as part of Microsoft's Racial Equity Initiative and its ancillary Justice Reform Initiative. For 2021 update, see CNBC article under sources. Microsoft also contributed funding and/or in-kind support to Giving Gap. |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | $169,550,000 | Includes $27M across 12 organizations including BLM, the NAACP, National Urban League, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and UNCF; also includes employee charitable gift matching program contributions (up to $10,000 per employee). As of July 14, 2020, employees had donated $8.5 million through the company's campaign to combat systemic racism. Donations were made to racial justice organizations that Amazon's Black Employee Network helped select. Additionally, an undisclosed amount of money was donated to local BLM chapters through the AmazonSmile program. $50k to Chinese for Affirmative Action in 2022. |
| Community Alliance for Global Justice | $36,403,089 | Former fiscal sponsor of the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL). Total since 2014: $31,148,110 to M4BL, $4,250,000 to BLM OKC, $1,178,200 to BLM Louisville, and $1,000,688 to M4BL members. Other grants to BLM-related causes and bail funds not as of yet included. Total includes public and private donations. Only known members of M4BL included (there are undoubtedly many members who received funding but remain unknown to us). Funding issued prior to 2020 not included in total. |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | $25,000,000 | $25M to LISC's Black Economic Development Fund. |
| Nordstrom, Inc. | $5,000,000 | $1M a year for five years to non-profits that promote anti-racism. Corporate partnership with the National Urban League. Partnered with OneTen. |
| 343 Industries | $600,000 | Raised $600k for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | $100,000 | Pledged to donate $100K across a handful of national organizations that work for racial justice and equality. |
| Herbivore Botanicals | $46,000 | Donated a percentage of profits to the Trevor Project and the Trans Women of Color Collective. $46,000 donated across BLM, the ACLU, and the Minnesota Freedom Fund. |
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