Through her foundation, BeyGOOD, Beyoncé has teamed up with the NAACP to donate an additional $1 million to Black-owned businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“[BeyGOOD is] proud to announce [that we will be donating] $1 million in additional funds from Beyoncé to help small, Black-owned businesses. Round two of funding opens this month with our partner, NAACP,” BeyGOOD writes.
Previously, the two organizations partnered to offer 20 $10,000 grants for small, Black-owned business in Minneapolis, New York, Houston, Los Angeles and Atlanta. BeyGOOD also partnered with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to donate $6 million in support of mental wellness. She has also worked with her mother, Tina Knowles, to supply testing kits, gloves and other equipment to those affected by the pandemic in her hometown of Houston.
