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Some of the businesses that were destroyed in the George Floyd fallout have gotten a lot of attention online, which helped them vastly exceed their fundraising goals by 10x or 20x...
Which is great. But there are a lot of small businesses whose campaigns have flown under the radar and haven’t reached their goals. So for people who want to help, this is a thread highlighting some of the businesses that still need money. Give what you can and spread the word.
El Sabor Chuchi is an immigrant-owned restaurant in Minneapolis. It was completely reduced to rubble. The organizer of the gofundme says they did not have insurance. https://www.gofundme.com/f/vandilization-of-family-run-business-during-riots
This small, immigrant-owned used-car business had every car stolen or severely damaged. They also had no insurance. https://www.gofundme.com/f/demolished-small-business-in-minneapolis-riot
Studiiyo23 is a local sneaker store that had 75% of its inventory stolen. https://www.gofundme.com/f/studiiyo23-recovery
Town Talk, a husband-and-wife owned restaurant dating back to 1946, was burned to the ground https://www.gofundme.com/f/relief-for-town-talk
Midori’s Floating World Cafe, a Japanese-owned restaurant, was destroyed https://www.gofundme.com/f/restore-midori039s-floating-world-cafe
This immigrant-owned family business was already suffering from the Covid shutdown before being looted and damaged https://www.gofundme.com/f/small-family-business-looted-in-lake-street-riot
Emily’s Eatery, a family run restaurant, had been “feeding shut ins and the elderly” during the lockdowns, and now it has been vandalized and looted https://www.gofundme.com/f/family-owned-business-effected-by-riots-and-covid
Carniceria La Huazteca is a local grocery store whose owner recently recovered from the coronavirus https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-for-carniceria-la-huazteca-destroyed-by-riots
Flanders Bros Cycle, part of the community for 47 years, was looted “almost 100%” https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-flanders-bros-cycle-during-riots
Joyería Jelly is a family-owned jewelry store that lost $55,000 in inventory. According to the gofundme, their insurance doesn’t cover looting. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-joyeria-jelly-destroyed-in-mpls-protests
Go Get It Tobacco is a black-owned tobacco store. They write, “It’s rare to see a Tobacco owner who is Black, which was why we opened the store. We stand with the movement for Black Lives.” https://www.gofundme.com/f/z8puys-gogetit
I found all these GoFundMe pages on this google doc that honestly I don’t even remember how I came across, I think it was on someone’s Instagram maybe. Either way props to this doc, you can find more places to donate there too https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jy_Y714oFhb7APUOk4Y4gEPzWpyxswzHa_sylQLVmJ8/edit
This is just a sampling from Minneapolis alone. If you see more out there, send me the link and I’ll add it
