League of Legends publisher Riot Games said that it will invest $10 million in founders who are underrepresented minorities and women in the video game community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And through Riot Games\u2019\u00a0Social Impact Fund<\/a>, the company will commit $1 million in contributions to The Innocence Project and the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Los Angeles company is also establishing a new partnership with Florida A&M and funding scholarships through the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. Riot said it will continue investments in various educational programs like Girls Who Code, Urban TxT, Reboot Representation, and Code2040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other game companies have also made donations.\u00a0Zynga announced $1 million<\/a>\u00a0in donations to the ACLU Foundation; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); the Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Northside Achievement Zone (organization pursuing achievement in schools for children of color); and Race Forward (dedicated to supporting and lifting up local Black-led community organizations). ;\u00a0Electronic Arts<\/a>\u00a0also donated $1 million to the Equal Justice Initiative and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n