Google announces its commitment to provide more than $ 800 million in aid to combat the Corona virus

Google, the leader in online search, has announced a new commitment to provide more than $ 800 million in aid to help SMEs, governments, and health organizations respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

Google has allocated $ 250 million in advertising grants to help the World Health Organization and more than 100 government agencies around the world provide information about preventing the spread of the Coronavirus. In addition, the company provides $ 20 million in advertising credits to NGOs and community financial institutions to help them display ads on relief funds.

Here are the rest of the details of Google’s contributions, which exceed $ 800 million:

• A $ 200 million investment fund for NGOs and financial institutions to help SMEs.
• Google Ads balance of $ 340 million for SMEs with accounts that were active during the past year. The balances will be usable until the end of this year.
• $ 20 million Google Cloud Credit for Academic Institutions and Researchers Finding Ways to Fight Corona Virus.

Google will also provide financial support and help increase the production of the personal protective equipment and medical devices necessary to save patients' lives. These efforts will be facilitated by employees of Google, Verily, and Google X.

Google is also working with Magid Glove & Safety to produce 2 to 3 million masks that will be provided to the CDC Foundation. Aside from that, Google has raised the amount that its employees can donate annually from $ 7,500 to $ 10,000, which is the amount that they can donate to organizations in their communities.