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

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By March 22, 10 organizations registered within Cook County had donated to the Black Lives Matter movement, according to the BLM Funding Database.

$3,135,950,000 was donated or pledged by these companies between 2020 and the present date.

Exelon Corporation pledged the highest donation among area organizations and businesses, claiming to commit $3,100,000,000 to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Of the 10 organizations which pledged to donate to Black Lives Matter in recent years, three 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 Cook Who Donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement
OrganizationDonated amountDetails
Exelon Corporation$3,100,000,000$36M investment in new Racial Equity Capital Fund; $164M in donations to "organizations with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion" between 2017 and 2022. Spent 2.9B in 2021 with "diversity-certified suppliers."
Northern Trust Corporation$20,000,000Committed $20M to reduce the Black opportunity gap.
The Allstate Corporation$7,700,000Allstate makes many contributions to anti-racist causes that are hard to track / quantify. Recent examples include a $1.5M match was to help create inclusive, anti-racist, and culturally responsive learning environments in schools; a $200k donation to Initiatives of Change for work on youth racial equity; and $6M to a group of six undisclosed nonprofits as part of Allstate's racial equity program. Partnered with OneTen.
Quaker Oats Company$5,000,000$5M to “create meaningful, ongoing support and engagement in the Black community”
Grubhub Inc.$1,000,000$1M to the Equal Justice Initiative.
McDonald's Corporation$1,000,000Pledged $1M across the National Urban League and the NAACP.
Gatorade$500,000Pledged $500k across BLM, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Know Your Rights Camp, and the ACLU.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.$300,000Partnered with the National Urban League and contributed $300k to it. Co-founded OneTen.
Anixter International Inc.$250,000To the BLM Global Network Foundation.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.$200,000$200k to "social justice organizations" following George Floyd's death.

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