Google Removes Over 50 DEI-Related Nonprofits From One Of Its Funding Lists
Google has removed 58 nonprofit organizations associated with DEI from a list of organizations it funds, according to a new report by tech watchdog The Tech Transparency Project. The report references the most recent public list of organizations that receive the “most substantial contributions” from Google’s US Government Affairs and Public Policy team.
The majority of the groups taken away from the list had mission statements that included he words “diversity, “equity,” “inclusion,” or “race,” “activism,” and “women.” It remains unclear whether the tech giant has ended the funding or is simply concealing the partnerships.
Google removes DEI organizations from funding list
Organizations that were scrapped from Google’s list include the African American Community Service Agency, which seeks to “empower all Black and historically excluded communities”; the Latino Leadership Alliance, which is dedicated to “race equity affecting the Latino community” and the National Network to End Domestic Violence, which provides training, assistance, and public awareness campaigns on the issue of violence against women.
Google spokesperson José Castañeda told CNBC that the list reflects contributions made in 2024 and that it does not reflect all contributions made by other teams within the company.
Castañeda highlighted that the company gave $75,000 to the National Network to End Domestic Violence in 2024, but did not explain why it was removed from the list.
Google and DEI
The organization’s purge comes after Google rolled back some of its DEI efforts this year. The company removed language associated with DEI from its annual report. Melonie Parker, Google’s former head of diversity, stated that the company was “updating” programs that had “DEI content,” according to The Guardian.
This corresponds with an update Google Chief People Officer Fiona Cicconi shared in February. In an email Q&A viewed by Business Insider, Cicconi said that Google staff will be “evaluating programs, trainings, and initiatives, and will update them as needed, including those that raise risk, or that aren’t as impactful as we’d hoped.”
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