Controversy has risen out of a text message McDonald's CEO sent to the mayor of Chicago after two children were shot and killed in two separate incidents earlier this year.
Aliko Dangote is worth more than $12 billion according to Forbes and is overseeing the construction of what will be one of the world's largest oil refineries.
The grant recipients, named as part of the NBA Foundation's third grant round on the one-year anniversary of its incorporation, will continue the foundation's efforts to reduce the racial wealth gap in the U.S.