Beyoncé is donating $1 million to Black-owned businesses in celebration of her birthday.
The 'Black Is King' star turned 39 on Friday (04.09.20), and as an early birthday gift from the singer, she announced this week she plans to give the hefty sum to the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP), to help support small Black-owned businesses.
Beyoncé made the donation through her BeyGOOD charity initiative, and announced the news in a statement on her website, which read: "Proud to announce $1M in additional funds from Beyonce to help Black-owned small businesses. Round two of funding opens this month with our partner, NAACP."
NAACP also released their own statement, in which they said they are "proud to partner" with BeyGOOD, and revealed that the $1 million donation would split into grants of $10,000 each.
