$12,935,000 was donated or pledged by these companies between 2020 and the present date.
Amgen Inc pledged the highest donation among area organizations and businesses, claiming to commit $7,500,000 to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Of the three organizations which pledged to donate to Black Lives Matter in recent years, two 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 organization followed through with its pledges.
Organizations from Ventura Who Donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement
| Organization | Donated amount | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen Inc | $7,500,000 | Pledged $7.5M across various social justice organizations. $2.25M immediately distributed to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Equal Justice Initiative, Race Forward, and Echoing Green. Instituted an employee charitable gift matching program for employee donations to the NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Race Forward, Southern Poverty Law Center, National Urban League, Equal Justice Initiative, and Echoing Green. Partnered with OneTen. |
| Patagonia, Inc. | $5,135,000 | $4M since 2016 to "grassroots groups in frontline communities who are often hardest hit not only by racial injustice, but also the climate crisis, environmental pollution, and now the COVID-19 pandemic." $100k to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. $1M divided evenly between the New Georgia Project and Black Voters Matter. $35k to the Alliance for Global Justice. |
| ColourPop Cosmetics | $300,000 | $25,000 to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, $25,000 to the ACLU, and $250,000 to Black communities via other organizations. |
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