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Magic Johnson Offers $100 Million to Minority Businesses

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**UPDATE**: As of June 15, 2020, Billionaire Robert F. Smith posted that he and others have secured an additional $10 Billion to give to minority businesses.

The post read: “We have secured a $10B allocation of PPP dollars to support our small businesses!!! Go apply to get YOUR share…do it for OUR community! UPDATED TERMS ALLOW Four (4) months to use allocated funds and reduce mandatory payroll usage to 60%”

Here’s a link to find out more information –> https://ofn.org/coronavirus

—- Original Article Below —-

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NBA Hall-of-Famer and basketball legend, Magic Johnson, has been a success on and off the court. He’s won championships on the court, he’s started and grown businesses to hundreds of millions of dollars off the court and now he’s continuing to give back to our community in a big way.

Today, on Good Morning America, Johnson, who is also the owner of EquiTrust, the nation’s largest minority-owned insurance company, will partner with MBE Capital Partners, a Latino-owned company, to provide supply chain finance solutions for women and minority-owned businesses and their suppliers.

“We put up $100 Million for these fantastic companies that were not apart of the loan system stimulus package that went out,” explains Johnson. “They couldn’t get loans so we have to make sure they stay in business and keep their employees. That’s really important.”

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“We’re dying in record numbers,” he continues. “We first want people to stay safe and take care of their family. Then on the financial side, we’ve got to make sure these businesses stay open. We don’t want any minority business closing because of this virus and because they couldn’t get a loan.”

According to Forbes, Johnson was motivated after hearing reports of minority- and women-owned businesses being shut out of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). At the same time, Johnson discovered the Lakers organization applied for and received $4.6 million from the program. The Lakers, worth an estimated $4.6 billion, returned the money after public pressure.

“We knew why the money was gone and couldn’t trickle down to small businesses, especially…

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