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stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts:

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million.

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By Sofia Ahmed
January 16, 2025

No, top tech companies didn’t refuse to give to Los Angeles wildfire relief

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  • Amazon pledged $10 million, Google said it would give $15 million, Uber said it would donate $3 million and Meta, along with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, committed $4 million toward Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts.

  • Apple and Microsoft said they would make donations, but didn’t specify how much.

  • Swift said she has donated an undisclosed amount to 10 organizations. 

See the sources for this fact-check

As wildfires in Los Angeles continue to devastate the region, celebrities and corporations have donated large sums to wildfire relief.

But some social media users have accused big tech companies of donating nothing to wildfire relief while giving millions to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund.

A graphic posted Jan. 12 on social media shows Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber making $1 million dollar donations to Trump while giving no money to aid relief efforts for the Los Angeles wildfires. The graphic also shows singer-songwriter Taylor Swift donating $10 million to fire relief.

This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads.)

Although it’s true that the tech companies listed each donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund, those companies also gave money to wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles.

A Jan. 13 Amazon press release said the company pledged $10 million for wildfire relief to national and local organizations. Google announced that in partnership with YouTube, it would donate $15 million. And Uber said, with Postmates, a food delivery service, they would jointly give $3 million.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, along with Meta, will make a combined donation of $4 million, Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts told PolitiFact.

Apple spokesperson Rachel Tulley pointed PolitiFact to a Jan. 8 post by Apple CEO Tim Cook that said the company will be donating to Los Angeles recovery efforts. Tulley did not respond to questions about how much Apple would donate.

Microsoft spokesperson Hanna Bobrowicz also did not share a specific wildfire relief donation amount but sent a LinkedIn post from Microsoft’s head of philanthropies that listed several initiatives, including that Microsoft would match their employees’ donations to three wildfire relief funds.

As for the claim about Swift, the singer-songwriter said Jan. 16 on her Instagram story that she had donated an undisclosed amount to 10 organizations. Swift’s publicist didn’t respond to PolitiFact’s questions asking how much she had donated.

We rate the claim that Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief but that Swift donated $10 million False.

UPDATE, Jan. 16: We updated this story shortly after publication with information about Swift’s donations to 10 organizations for wildfire relief efforts.

Our Sources

Instagram post (archived), Jan. 12, 2025

The Economic Times, Donald Trump Inauguration day: From Apple to Amazon, full list of top US companies that donated for swearing-in ceremony, Jan. 12, 2025

Amazon, How Amazon is helping communities impacted by the LA County wildfires, Jan. 13, 2025

YouTube Official Blog, Supporting our Los Angeles community, Jan. 15, 2025

Uber Newsroom, Helping the City of Angels Recover, Jan. 13, 2025

Email interview, Daniel Roberts, Meta spokesperson, Jan. 15, 2025

Email interview, Rachel Tulley, Apple spokesperson, Jan. 15, 2025

Email interview, Hanna Bobrowicz, Microsoft spokesperson, Jan. 16, 2025

X post, Jan. 8, 2025

LinkedIn post, Jan. 11, 2025

Taylor Swift TikTok account, accessed Jan. 16, 2025

Taylor Swift Facebook account, accessed Jan. 16, 2025

Taylor Swift Instagram account, accessed Jan. 16, 2025

Taylor Swift X account, accessed Jan. 16, 2025

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