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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

How much was donated from Kings County organizations to the Black Lives Matter movement?

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By March 22, three organizations registered within Kings County had donated to the Black Lives Matter movement, according to the BLM Funding Database.

$2,150,000 was donated or pledged by these companies between 2020 and the present date.

Rent the Runway pledged the highest donation among area organizations and businesses, claiming to commit $1,100,000 to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Of the three organizations which pledged to donate to Black Lives Matter in recent years, none 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 three organizations followed through with their pledges.

Organizations from Kings Who Donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement
OrganizationDonated amountDetails
Rent the Runway$1,100,000$100k to NAACP and Black Visions Collective; $1M to support black designers.
Etsy, Inc.$1,000,000Divided equally between Equal Justice Initiative and Borealis Philanthropy’s Black-Led Movement Fund. Etsy also created an employee charitable gift matching program.
Catbird$50,000$15k to the ACLU; $15,000 to Black Lives Matter; $15,000 to the NAACP; $5,000 to unspecified community funds

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