Matt Ryan's GoFundMe to advance the lives of the black community in Atlanta has pledges of more than $658,000 in the three days since the Falcons quarterback started the fundraiser. The total includes some donations from Falcons management and coaches.
As of Monday morning, some of the 287 donors include coach Dan Quinn ($10,000), general manager Thomas Dimitroff ($10,000), president Rich McKay ($5,000) and offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter ($5,000). Several other coaches, team personnel and NFL personnel have made donations.
Ryan started the fund with a $500,000 donation Friday. He set a goal of $2 million.
“Let’s rise up as a community. It’s time,” Ryan wrote on an Instagram post.
The fund comes in the aftermath of the recent deaths of black men Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick and George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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