39 Items That Give (Mostly All) Proceeds to Organizations Fighting Racism
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Whiledonating directlyto local, Black-led organizations is the mosteffectiveway to financially support thestruggle against police brutality, if you’re already in the market for aFather’s Day giftor yourquarantine partner’s birthdayis coming up, consider buying one of these items that gives back to an organization fighting racism. Here, we’ve rounded up items from smaller brands — many owned by people of color — that are donatingallof the profit or proceeds of certain items (or in some cases, all of their sales throughout this week or month) to anti-racism and anti–police brutality organizations. Whether you want an Assata Shakurtote, a fringed, glow-upface mask, or aprintto frame in your room, we’ve included everything fromapparelandteestobeauty and wellness items, andhome goods.
If you see something that you like, don’t dillydally: Some of these items are in low stock, and other brands are only donating profits through this week or weekend. Plus, these organizations need your donations now.
Apparel

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Agolde Masks

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Citizens of Humanity Cotton Masks
During the month of June, you can buyfabric face masksat Agolde and Citizens Humanityanddonate money — in this case 100 percent of the retail selling price, sans sales tax and shipping charges — to organizations that fight injustice. The racial justice organizations includeBlack Lives Matter,Color of Change,Rebuild Foundation, theSouthern Poverty Law Center,Real Justice, and theACLU.

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FromAsia Hall’slight-up, Western-inspired accessories brandNeon Cowboyscomes this fringed, glow-up face mask; all sales profits will go toGrass Roots Law, an organization created to dismantle mass incarceration.

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All of the proceeds from the Lady White Co. x Reproduction of Found sneaker collaboration will bedonatedtoReclaim the Block, a Minneapolis-based coalition that organizes to divest from policing and invest in long-term, community-led safety alternatives. With100 sneakers for saleat $108 each, that’s up to $108,000 in donations. Don’t dillydally: Only several sizes are still in stock.

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Lifestyle brandLivincoolis donating all the profits from their most recentGradient Collectionto racial-justice organizationColor of Change, including this pink-and-blue gradient hoodie.

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Another piece of outerwear that gives back is this tricolor fleece from Donni (junior writer Chloe Anello’sfuzzy layerof choice): On Juneteenth — this Friday — all proceeds from the brand’s online sales will be donated to theBail Project, an organization that combats mass incarceration and pretrial injustices through its National Bail Fund.

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ThroughJune 19, the unisex boxers-with-pockets brand Jambys is donating all of its profits to three organizations:The Bail Project;The Okra Project, which brings free meals to Black trans folks; andHarlem Lacrosse, an organization that empowers middle-and high-schoolers in Harlem through academic support and lacrosse instruction. These “supersoft” shorts are Jenna Milliner-Waddell’sloungewearof choice, and both she and writerLiza Corsillosay they’re comfortable enough to sleep in.

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For the month of June, Peter Do, known for its functional and minimalist women’s clothing, is also donating proceeds toColor of Change, theBlack Visions Collective, a queer-led and trans-centered organization in Minneapolis dedicated to Black liberation, and theBlack Youth Project 100, which amplifies the voices of young Black people through political engagement tools. Even if $195 is more than you would usually pay for a tank top, this one is in solidarity.

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RapperSaweetiejust launched asize-inclusive collectionwith POC-owned fashion brand PrettyLittleThing, and all proceeds from the sales of this “At Home with Saweetie” collection will bedonatedtoBlack Lives Matter. That includes afabric face maskemblazoned with diamonds, lots oftie-dye sets, and thisneon printed bodycon dress, which is available up to a size 22.
Tees

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All proceeds from this tee, which features a portrait of Donald Trump and the words “Public Enemy Number One,” will go to theACLU.

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All $40 from the sale of this tee, which reads “DON’T TRUST YOUR GOVERNMENT,” will be donated to theOfficial George Floyd Memorial Fund.

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Black-owned streetwear brandRenowned L.A.is donating all proceeds from this Heroes of Blackness tee — which depicts people and symbols that represent the post-civil rights fight for Black freedom — to theGeorge Floyd Memorial Fund,Black Lives Matter, andReclaim the Block.

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The proceeds of this graphic tee — which is emblazoned with the phrase “Black lives matter” four times on the back — will be equally distributed betweenBlack Lives Matter,theNAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and theGrassroots Law Project, which combines grassroots organizing and legal expertise to transform justice and policing.

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From creative cultural agencyAB Media Group, which centers female and minority brands, andSHFT World, a creative site that empowers communities of color, comes a T-shirt collaboration that equally splits all proceeds to theGeorge Floyd Memorial Fundand theBlack Visions Collective. The line also includes three other tees that readhis,her, andtheirBlack lives matter.

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Checks n Balances is currently selling three tees that benefitBlack Lives Matterand the Black-ledNational Bail Outcollective, including this one which is printed with an alarm clock that reads, “No more snoozing it’s time to wake up America.”

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Created by Cleveland Browns wide receiverOdell Beckham Jr., all the profits from this tee will be donated toBlack Lives Matter. On the front, the shirt is emblazoned with the words “I Still Can’t Breath,” and the back reads “No Justice No Peace.”

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Streetwear brandDiet Starts Mondayjust releaseda collection of $40 teesthat equally distribute 100 percent of profits toNational Bail Out,Reclaim the Block, andColor of Change. This red one reads “Fight the power” on the front and “Stop killing Black people” on the back.

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At Wicked Clothes, all proceeds from this Crocodile Jackson unisex “Quit Your Day Job” tee will be divided betweenBlack Lives Matter,theNAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, andNational Bail Out.

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All of the profits from this Freshjive tee are donated to theEqual Justice Initiative,which was founded by Bryan Stevenson and is committed to “ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenge racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.”

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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable,” reads the John F. Kennedy quote on the front of this long sleeve from One of These Days. The brand is equally splitting all proceeds of this shirt to eight organizations through theJustice for George Floyd Act Bluesite.

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The proceeds of this tee are split between legal aid relief funds in Hong Kong and the United States: the612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, and theBail Project, respectively.

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From the deathcore band Lorna Shore comes a Black Lives Matter tee that benefits theBail ProjectandCampaign Zero, a police reform campaign. The shirt depicts a split image of past and present racial-justice rallies, and the back reads “all lives can’t matter until Black lives matter.”

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For those interested in donating to local chapters, the proceeds of this shirt will be equally split betweenBlack Lives Matter L.A., and theNational Alliance for Mental Illness in Dallas, Texas.

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Another local donation comes fromFerris’s Black-owned and -operated businessDo Not Disturb, which is donating all proceeds from itsBlack Lives Matter Collection— including this Black Lives Matter Worldwide tee — to theAtlanta Solidarity Fund, supporting Atlanta-based protesters with bail and legal aid.

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From designerGavin Mathieu’sbrandSupervsn, comes a “Do Better” T-shirt which entirely benefits “some Black kids from South Central out here making a difference.”

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Designed byJeremy Karlon behalf of theArtists for Asian-American Federation, this tee, which reads “Yellow peril supports Black power,” demonstrates Asian and Black solidarity, with all profits going to theAnti-Police Terror Project, a Black-led, multiracial organization fighting police brutality, while supporting Black communities.
Beauty and wellness

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During the first week of June, the woman-of-color-ownednatural beautybrandCocokinddonatedover $55,000to eight different anti-racism organizations with the sale of their belovedchlorophyll mask. Now through June 20, in partnership withJeannette Ogden, the brand isdonating100 percent of the profits from the sale of their sea kale clay mask to theBlack Mamas Matter Alliance, an organization that advances Black maternal health, rights, and justice throughout and after pregnancy.

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Since June 1, jewelry brand J. Hannah has donated all of their online proceeds of Dune — the brand’s most recentnail polishcolor — to human rights nonprofits, in perpetuity. The Los Angeles–based brand split their first set of donations between theNAACP,Los Angeles Community Action Network, and theMinnesota Freedom Fund(which is now on pause for donations, and is directing folks to donate to community-building funds in Minneapolis, includingRebuild Lake Street,West Broadway Business and Area Coalition, andFriends of HLC). “With the current amount of polish we have in stock we have the collective potential to donate $100k, and will continue to re-stock henceforth,” wrote the brand onInstagram.
Home goods

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Through tomorrow, Great Jones is donating all profits from their past week of sales to three organizations: the grassroots, Pan-African and Pan-Indigenous farming collectiveBlack Earth Farms, which is currently delivering free food to Black people arrested during protests in Oakland;Black & Brown Founders, an organization that helps Black and Latinx entrepreneurs launch and build start-ups; and theKnow Your Rights Camp, an education initiative for youth of color, started byColin Kaepernick. If your go-to sheet pan is looking a little worse for wear by this point in quarantine, might we suggest Great Jones’sexpert-approvedandStrategist reader-belovedHoly Sheet Pan.

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Printed Matter, an NYC-based nonprofit dedicated to artists’ books, is donating 100 percent ofselect editions’sales over the course of the next few weeks toBlack Lives Matter, theNational Lawyers Guild, andMutual Aid NYC. Their seven-piece solidarity and support edition features pieces by artists of color, including a screen print by Laylah Ali calledComfort With Rage, which interrogates cultural, racial, and sexual boundaries.

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A square print that directly benefitsBlack Lives Matter LAandPeople’s Breakfast Oakland, a Black, socialist organization that serves Oakland.

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Caboose, a Los Angeles–based independent print and zine publisher, is donating all proceeds from this print, designed by illustratorClay Hickson, to theBlack Visions Collective.

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The Earth Issue, a U.K.-based collective of artists who work at the intersection of fine arts and environmentalism, has collaborated with 80 artists to launchthe Freedom Fundraiser, a print sale in June, from which all proceeds (barring printing and shipping costs) will be donated to reader-nominated, anti-racism organizations and funds in contributions of £5,000 each (that’s about $6,200). Everyprintis priced at about $126, plus shipping fees, including this print ofEnam Asiama, which photographerAngelo Formattoinitially shot forVoguePortugal.

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If you’ve been getting intoembroidery, allpdf patternsfrom Zoe Frost’s queer, cross-stitch-kit companyJunebug and Darlinwill be donated through the month of June to organizations helpingBlack Lives Matter, including theBlack Visions Collectiveand others.

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Seattle-based nonprofit and film and art centerNorthwest Film Forumis donating all proceeds from their online June film screenings to organizations that empower the Black community. Each film indicates which organization it benefits at purchase, andTangerine— a movie about a transgender sex worker’s relationship with her pimp — benefits theTrans Women of Color Solidarity Network.

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Designer Jonathan Cohen isdonatingall of the proceeds from this hand-drawn and customizable “bouquet” to theBail Project. This bouquet is the first in his virtual “flower shop” — which sought to raise donations for frontline charities during coronavirus — to honor George Floyd.

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Through June, the lifestyle boutiqueAdaptations NYwill donate all the proceeds of their hand-poured scentedcandlesto theBlack Visions Collective. Several candles have already sold out, but this smoky scented white amber candle is still in stock.

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You can also get sandalwood-scented candle from Adaptations NY’s brother store, Porter James. Similarly, all proceeds from the brand’s scentedcandleswill go to theBlack Visions Collective.

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This “Assata Shakur Is Welcome Here” tote is now available for presale onRick Dove’swebsite, with all proceeds being donated toBlack Lives Matter. While this tote is currently out of stock, it will be back in stock on June 19.
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