Beyonce, the Eternal Queen, has made a huge donation to coronavirus relief efforts. Through her charity initiative, BeyGOOD, she partnered with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's #startsmall fund to donate $6 million. [Beyonce's website (opens in new tab) begins, "Communities of color are suffering in epic proportions from the Covid-19 pandemic." Many families live in underserved neighborhoods with homes that make it difficult to practice social distancing. Communities that already lacked funding for education, health, and housing now face alarming infection and mortality rates. And these communities lack access to testing and equitable health care.

"Beyonce's BeyGOOD is assisting organizations that are on the ground 24/7, such as United Memorial Center, Bread of Life, and Matthew 25, to address these dire needs in some of the hardest hit areas, food, water, cleaning supplies, medicine, face masks, personal hygiene products, and other basic necessities."

"Without these basic necessities, the mental strain is accelerated," Beyoncé said in a statement, explaining that her donation will be used to "provide mental wellness services in Houston, New York, New Orleans and Detroit."

In total, Beyonce has donated to nine community organizations, as well as UCLA and Houston hospital United Memorial Medical Center, and urges fans to follow suit whenever possible. I want to donate" Click to donate to Bread of Life (opens in new tab), Dia De La Mujer Latina (opens in new tab), No Kid Hungry (opens in new tab), Matthew 25: Ministries (opens in new tab), World Central Kitchen (open in new tab), NAMI Greater Houston (open in new tab), NAMI New Orleans (open in new tab), NAMI Detroit (open in new tab), and NAMI NYC (open in new tab). As Bey says, now is a great time to BeyGOOD.

Beyoncé also shared a powerful video statement on her Instagram: thanking essential workers, which was also shown at last weekend's "One World: Together at Home" concert, shared a powerful video statement on her Instagram addressing the disproportionate impact COVID-19 is having on the Black community. See below for the full text of her statement:

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