BLM foundation raised $90m in 2020: Report

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) Global Network Foundation has brought in more than $90 million in 2020 over its effort to fight police brutality and racism, according to a statement shared with the Associated Press regarding the foundation's fundraising and spending habits.

The BLM movement was founded in the United States in 2013, after a man charged with fatally shooting African-American teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 was acquitted.

Last year, the movement received major international attention following several cases of extreme police brutality in the US, including the death of George Floyd.

Floyd died in the city of Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, after a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck for nearly 10 minutes as he continually gasped: “I can’t breathe.”

His death also unleashed protests against police brutality in other countries across the world, including the UK, throughout the summer of 2020.

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“We want to uplift Black joy and liberation, not just Black death. We want to see Black communities thriving, not just surviving,” read the statement.

“One of our biggest goals this year is taking the dollars we were able to raise in 2020 and building out the institution we’ve been trying to build for the last seven and a half years,” said Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, in an interview with the AP.

In its statement, the BLM foundation also revealed that it has received numerous individual donations via its main fundraising platform, averaging around $30.

The BLM officials declined to say if any prominent donors were among those who supported the movement last year.

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