Tidal announces major donation to Black Lives Matter. On Friday, Feb. 5, Jay Z’s streaming service revealed that they plan to distribute the $1.5 million acquired during their charity concert last year to several other local and national social justice organizations, including Black Lives Matter, reports Mic.
“The process of acquiring recommendations [for nonprofits] was collaborative and inspired by the message that speaks to racial and social inequities and injustice in our society,” Dania Diaz, managing director of philanthropy at Roc Nation, told Mic. “Each year we will support a different initiative. Our ideology is to have a high level of consciousness in everything we do.”
Last October, Tidal raised the hefty sum at the first Tidal X: 10/20 charity concert, held in Brooklyn, New York. The epic event featured performances by Hov, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Prince, Usher, Lil Wayne, T.I., Damien Marley, Indochine, Fabolous, Thomas Rhett, DJ Cipha Sounds and many more.
In addition, Tidal’s donations will also be dished out to organizations created by the families of victims of police brutality, including the Trayvon Martin Foundation, the Michael O.D. Brown We Love Ours Sons and Daughters Foundation and the Oscar Grant Foundation. Tidal’s grants will be administered through the New World Foundation, which funds several civil rights groups and social movements.
Nonprofits also benefiting from Tidal’s donation include Opportunity Agenda, Hands Up United, Sankofa.Org, as well as local organizing groups in California: Community Coalition; Florida: Dream Defenders; Illinois: Black Youth Project; Maryland: Baltimore Justice Fund; Empowerment Development Corporation; New York: Million Hoodies; NY Justice League and Ohio: Ohio Students Association/Organizing Collaborative.
Tidal’s big announcement marked Trayvon Martin’s 21st birthday.
