Twitter founder gives $5M for coronavirus relief, UBI promotion

Twitter founder gives $5M for coronavirus relief, UBI promotion

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey donated $5 million on Wednesday to former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s nonprofit aimed at promoting Universal Basic Income policy.

The donation is part of Dorsey’s commitment to give $1 billion, or 28 percent of his net worth, to coronavirus relief, education for women and basic income experimentation through his company called Start Small. Humanity Forward is giving one-time, and recurring, basic income payments to people and families who stand to be most affected by the coronavirus crisis, according to its website.

Dorsey announced the donation on a Wednesday episode of Yang’s podcast , "Yang Speaks.""We’re doing […]

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