With this upheaval has come an unprecedented surge of donations to organizations and causes associated with the social justice movement, including Black Lives Matter groups and others. Many people, seeking to support the Black Lives Matter movement, went onto platforms like GoFundMe and gave to the first verified charity with Black Lives Matter in the name that they could find. He added in a statement to Fox News: "The overall goal of Black Lives Matter Foundation is to comprehensively improve and elevate the lives of Black and Brown people. The Buzzfeed story quoted a Black Lives Matter Global Network spokesperson as saying Barnes' organization is "improperly using our name." But Barnes' organization has existed longer than the Black Lives Matter Global Network.

Source: Fox News June 26, 2020 16:07 UTC