What Happened to Amber Heard’s ACLU Donations?

Amber Heard revealed in 2016 that she would donate the majority of her $7 million divorce settlement to charity after Johnny Depp and Amber Heard reached an agreement on their divorce.

The funds would be split between the American Civil Liberties Union and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, she said.

What Happened to Amber Heard’s ACLU Donations?

Amber Heard personally gave and arranged for others to donate less than half of her $7 million divorce settlement to the American Civil Liberties Union after promising to do so in 2016, according to an official with the group.

The ACLU’s chief operating officer, Terence Dougherty, said that pledges of funds don’t usually arrive all at once and that Heard never agreed to a payment schedule.
“Starting in 2019, we went out to Heard for the next instalment of her donating, and we heard that she was facing financial issues,” Dougherty said.

Heard gave $350,000 to the ACLU “very quickly” after announcing in August 2016 that she will contribute half of her divorce settlement to the ACLU and the other half to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in a statement.

Her ex-husband Johnny Depp made a $100,000 donation to the ACLU on her behalf at some point.

Another $500,000 and $350,000 were donated on Heard’s behalf, bringing the total amount donated to $1.3 million out of the $3.5 million promised. Dougherty believes the $500,000 donation came from a donor-advised fund established by Elon Musk, Heard’s ex-boyfriend, but that this is “not conclusive.”