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Apple donates $500,000 to local anti-poverty charity SF Gives

Apple, alongside a handful of other tech companies, is reaching into its pockets for local San Francisco anti-poverty charity SF Gives. According to a report from Fortune, Apple is one of many companies that has donated $500,000 towards the total goal of $10 million that the organization is attempting to raise for local initiatives.

For the most part, signing up high-profile tech companies hasn’t presented a huge challenge thanks to Benioff and Lurie’s Silicon Valley connections. Still, while SF Gives is close to hitting the $10 million mark by its Wednesday deadline, 10 or so companies have declined to chip in. According to Lurie, their reasons vary. “For some, they feel like they’re doing their own thing: They’re giving back [already], and they’re involved,” he says. Other companies don’t generate revenue and feel it’s inappropriate to give away their investors’ money. “Then, there are others who just fundamentally believe that a company shouldn’t be doing philanthropy and that individuals should do it,” Lurie says.

The donation comes as Google and other big tech companies have been involved in controversies over their impact on the housing market and other aspects of smaller San Francisco neighbourhoods in recent months. There have been several cases of protestors blocking buses that shuttle Google employees to and from its headquarters and some even showing up at the homes of Google employees. Compare Apple’s relatively low donation of $500,000 to SF Gives— a fraction of one executive bonus— to the $6.8 million Google just gave to fund transit for low-income youth in the city following the controversies.

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Comments

  1. jameslantern - 10 years ago

    Did google influence these neighbourhood positively or negatively?i live in kenya.

  2. $160 billion in the bank and this is all they give?

    • Xavier Poirot (@dalaen) - 10 years ago

      How much do YOU give?

    • Tallest Skil - 10 years ago

      Here’s an idea: you use your money your way and Apple will use their money their way. Now shut up.

    • rogifan - 10 years ago

      If you read the article, the goal was for 20 companies to donate $500K each. Apple donated what they were asked to. If they donated more people would knock them for being a show off and showing up other companies.

      • jrox16 - 10 years ago

        Apple will get knocked no matter what they do.

  3. Taste_of_Apple - 10 years ago

    This is a great start! Glad to see them work toward improving the quality of life for those who are not as fortunate.

  4. Why write a whole story like this and not provide a single link to the charities’ site? It’s https://tippingpoint.org by the way.

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Jordan writes about all things Apple as Senior Editor of 9to5Mac, & contributes to 9to5Google, 9to5Toys, & Electrek.co. He also co-authors 9to5Mac’s Logic Pros series.