Steve Ballmer, foundation donate $1 million amid coronavirus pandemic
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has pledged to donate $1 million through his foundation, “The Ballmer Group,” to local community groups in the Southern California area amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Ballmer has already donated $250,000 to both the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the Los Angeles Unified School District, per the report. Both organizations plan to use the funds to help distribute food and other necessary items to students and families in need while schools in the area are closed due to the outbreak.
The group also plans to donate $100,000 to Brilliant Corners, an organization helping the homeless, and $150,000 to the California Community Foundation, which supports low-income and low-wage workers, per the report. It has not yet decided how to allocate the remaining $250,000.
Ballmer, the former Microsoft executive who purchased the Clippers in 2014, pledged $3 million to a fund to help those impacted by the coronavirus in the Seattle area, per the Los Angeles Times.
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