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

By Lake County Gazette

May 1, 2023

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

$93,850,360 was donated or pledged by these companies between 2020 and the present date.

AbbVie Inc. pledged the highest donation among area organizations and businesses, claiming to commit $62,000,360 to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Of the three organizations which pledged to donate to Black Lives Matter in recent years, one of them was confirmed to have fulfilled its pledge and actually donated the amount of money it said it would. It's unclear or unknown if the other organizations followed through with their pledges.

Organizations from Lake Who Donated to the Black Lives Matter Movement

Organization	Donated amount	Details
AbbVie Inc.	$62,000,360	"AbbVie is committed to advancing equality, equity, diversity and inclusion within our business and in our communities. Following the events in summer 2020, AbbVie made a $5 million donation to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Equal Justice Initiative to address issues in our criminal justice system. We have sought to meet the moment by funding longer-term philanthropic investments with sustainable, meaningful impact to advance racial justice, education and health equity through a $50 million, five-year commitment. As part of this program, we extended our employee matching program to $3 for every $1 for donations to civil rights nonprofits fostering racial equity." Pledged additional $7M to the National Urban League. Contributed $360 to the Black Lives Matter Foundation.
Abbott Laboratories	$25,000,000	Abbott announced that it is partnering with LISC to address equity and diversity gaps in the healthcare industry supply chain. Includes $12.5M in loan capital and $12.5M in grants to LISC to provide investment funding and targeted support to diverse small businesses.
Baxter International Inc	$6,850,000	$3.5M to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, $3M in grants to organizations in the US working to advance racial justice, $50K to the Rebuilding Fund, and $100k to the National Minority Supplier Diversity Council. $200k to Howard University. Various DEI and racialized hiring and internship programs.