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Thursday, November 7, 2024

Philadelphia County organizations who donated to Black Lives Matter

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

$11,500,000 was donated or pledged by these companies between 2020 and the present date.

Urban Outfitters, Inc pledged the highest donation among area organizations and businesses, claiming to commit $10,500,000 to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Of the two 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 two organizations followed through with their pledges.

Organizations from Philadelphia Who Donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement
OrganizationDonated amountDetails
Urban Outfitters, Inc$10,500,000Pledged $500K to The Innocence Project and unspecified amounts to the UNCF; Big Brothers Big Sisters; ACHIEVEability; and Creatives Want Change. $10M in contributions pledged to other social justice nonprofits over five years as part of the "URBN IMPACT" initiative.
Rite Aid Corporation$1,000,000$1M each to social justice organizations such as EmbraceRace as part of Rite Aid's Racial Equity Initiative. Additional recipients not disclosed.

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