Google CEO Sundar Pichai donates $1million to support families struggling in the coronavirus crisis 

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai matches $1million donation from the company to support thousands of San Francisco families struggling in the coronavirus crisis

  • Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google.org are donating to charity GiveDirectly
  •  The charity provides cash to needy families in the San Francisco Bay area
  • Google – which has a HQ in San Fransisco – hopes to raise a total of $5million
  • California has 22,348 confirmed coronavirus cases with 687 deaths from the bug
  • Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID

By Jemma Carr For Mailonline

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai is matching a $1million donation from the corporation’s charity arm to support families struggling due to the coronavirus crisis.

The donations from Mr Pinchai and Google.org are going to GiveDirectly, a charity which provides cash to needy families in the San Francisco Bay area.

Google – which has a headquarters in San Fransisco – hopes to raise a total of $5million for the charity with donations from staff and members of the public.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is matching a $1million donation from the corporation’s charity arm to support families struggling due to the coronavirus crisis

In a Tweet, Google.org wrote: We¿re working with GiveDirectly to raise $5M to help support 5,000 families with direct cash transfers in the San Francisco Bay Area'

In a Tweet, Google.org wrote: We’re working with GiveDirectly to raise $5M to help support 5,000 families with direct cash transfers in the San Francisco Bay Area’

This figure would work out at $1,000 per family.

In a Tweet, Google.org wrote: We’re working with GiveDirectly to raise $5M to help support 5,000 families with direct cash transfers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

‘We’re kicking it off with a $1M donation, plus a $1M contribution from Sundar Pichai – join us if you’re able.’ 

California has 22,348 confirmed coronavirus cases with 687 deaths from the rapidly-spreading bug.

With non-essential services shut, many of the areas 8 million residents are waiting for their government-issued $1,200 stimulus checks, CNBC reports.

Google already donated $1 million to local organizations in Mountain View, California, where it has another HQ (pictured)

Google already donated $1 million to local organizations in Mountain View, California, where it has another HQ (pictured)

The donations from Mr Pinchai (pictured) and Google.org are going to GiveDirectly, a charity which provides cash to needy families in the San Francisco Bay area

The donations from Mr Pinchai (pictured) and Google.org are going to GiveDirectly, a charity which provides cash to needy families in the San Francisco Bay area

Google already donated $1 million to local organizations in Mountain View, California, where it has another HQ.

The company was forced to cancel two large events in Mountain View last month – which would have increased traffic to local businesses – due to the crisis. 

The company is planning on building a campus in the San Francisco Bay Area to hold 25,000 employees.