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Advancing Social Justice

Our values of inclusion and equality are at the center of who we are as a company and guide our actions in the world.

About Us • Values in Action • Advancing Social Justice
Dan Schulman

“We need dialogue, change, education, and action. We must all do our part to agitate for social justice, so we can create an environment where we are all safe, respected, and can aspire to be our best selves.”

Dan Schulman, President and CEO, PayPal

Taking action for racial equity and social justice.

As a company, we believe that financial health and security are essential to ensuring that everyone can live their lives with dignity and respect, and can pursue a better future for their families and communities. With this mission and our extraordinary employees and resources, PayPal is uniquely equipped to make a distinctive difference by addressing the systemic economic inequality and racial injustice that is afflicting the U.S. and many other countries across the globe.

In June 2020, we announced a $535 million commitment to support Black and underserved communities and businesses, as well as invest in diversity and inclusion at PayPal. Since then, we’ve allocated 100% of that funding and are already seeing meaningful results.

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Jeanette Bolden Pickens
Group picture of paypal employees, smiling

We remain committed to promoting inclusion around the world.

PayPal promotes activities, policies, and programs to further equity and inclusion globally. We have fought for legislation in the U.S. protecting Dreamers and in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, as well as inclusive legislation, such as the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. We advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in housing, employment and education championing the U.N. LGBTI Standards of Conduct and joining the Human Right Campaign (HRC) Business Coalition for the Equality Act.

Celebrating pioneering contributions to an inclusive economy.

PayPal’s Maggie Lena Walker Award celebrates the achievements of women from underrepresented groups in the U.S. who are economically empowering those in their community and creating a more inclusive world. This award program is an extension of our mission to foster an inclusive economy and builds on our $535 million commitment to racial equity and closing the racial wealth gap.

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Maggie Lena Walker Award

Chennai Hackathone

Advancing women's economic equity and empowerment.

We believe we have a responsibility to help expand the role of women in the financial system and advance economic equity through the resources, tools and technologies. As the private sector lead for the Economic Justice and Rights Action Coalition at the U.N. Women’s Generation Equality Forum, PayPal committed $108 million over the next five years to support economic empowerment of women and girls.

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