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Lead Stories searches of the Foot Locker and Black Lives Matter websites did not surface evidence of any direct donation from Foot Locker to Black Lives Matter. The claim appeared as a post (archived here) published on Facebook on April 12, 2021. It opened: > Foot Locker donated 200 million dollars to BLM...Their stores in Minneapolis > got looted last night... by... BLM This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing: ![\\"Facebook](\\"/theme/img/placeholder.svg\\") (Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Tue Apr 13 20:37:02 2021 UTC) Duante Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by a police officer outside Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 11, 2021. On Monday, April 12, 2021, several stores, including a Foot Locker, were ransacked following a protest about the police shooting, according to Yahoo News. However, the meme published on April 12, 2021, makes a false claim about the Foot Locker financial pledge. According to the June 2020 press release by Foot Locker, announced after the death of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, the company was pledging to put $200 million into the community to \"fight racial inequality and injustice.\" CEO Richard Johnson listed efforts in the categories of Education and Economic Development with specific initiatives and groups targeted, but BLM, or Black Lives Matter, was not listed as an organization to which the company was donating. > Economic Development​Invest in Black-owned businesses within youth culture > Purchase more products from Black-owned brands Donate to organizations > creating economic development and advancement opportunities for minorities - > many of which will be based in the communities we serve Increase marketing > spend with Black-owned companies, entrepreneurs, creators and collaborators > Diversify global supplier and agency investments to Black-owned businesses > > EducationExtend our existing Foot Locker Scholar Athletes program and other > partnerships to benefit additional Black students Fund training for Black > Creatives at Pensole Footwear Design Academy Implement internship, > mentorship, and community outreach programs for Black team members and > communities Invest in relevant education programs for Black team members > with our Black Employee Resource Group called B.U.I.L.DDirect a portion of > the funding from Foot Locker Foundation\'s annual \"On Our Feet\" gala to > beneficiaries supporting the Black community, including building upon our > long-standing partnership with UNCF This is a screengrab of the Foot Locker press release: ![\\"Screen](\\" thumb-900xauto-3076717.png\\") (Source: Way Back Machine screenshot taken on Tue Apr 13 45:35:09 2021 UTC) Black Lives Matter Foundation is a nonprofit and only major donations are disclosed in their IRS Form 990 reports. However, there is no evidence that Foot Locker donated to BLM, or Black Lives Matter. Lead Stories reached out to Foot Locker for comment and will update the story when a response is received. ## Want to inform others about the accuracy of this story? donated-200-million-dollars-to-black-lives-matter.html donated-200-million-dollars-to-black-lives-matter.html Click this link to copy it to your clipboard See who is sharing it (it might even be your friends...) and leave the link in the comments.: > ![\\"](\\"\\"/) > > Alexis Tereszcuk is a writer and fact checker at Lead Stories and an award- > winning journalist who spent over a decade breaking hard news and celebrity > scoop with RadarOnline and Us Weekly. As the Entertainment Editor, she > investigated Hollywood stories and conducted interviews with A-list > celebrities and reality stars. 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Foot Locker donated 200 million to BLM after their stores in Minneapolis got looted by BLM