--- description: Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has donated $50,000 to Meals on Wheels title: Colin Kaepernick Donates $50,000 to Meals on Wheels image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3121ff4459078b3/6988bf500a4a22ac2b9cd5d1/colin-kaepernick.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Football](/tag/football/) ## Football Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Colin Kaepernick Donates $50,000 to Meals on Wheels by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 21, 2017 11:48 PM CUT  Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers looks on during a game against the Miami Dolphins on November 27, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers looks on during a game against the Miami Dolphins on November 27, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida.Mike Ehrmann—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 21, 2017 11:48 PM CUT Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback [Colin Kaepernick](http://time.com/4707742/president-trump-colin-kaepernick/ "undefined") has donated $50,000 to [Meals on Wheels](http://fortune.com/2017/03/18/meals-on-wheels-trump-budget-cut/ "undefined") as part of a series of donations he has made over the last year. Kaepernick, who sparked controversy by [kneeling during the national anthem](http://time.com/4486905/nfl-national-anthem-protest/ "undefined") before 49ers games in the fall of 2016, also donated $50,000 to the social media campaign [#LoveArmyForSomalia](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23LoveArmyForSomalia&src=tyah "undefined"), which aims to raise $2 million to aid starving people in Somalia, [NFL.com reported](https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/844234043201916928 "undefined"). Kaepernick’s donation to Meals on Wheels comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget plan for 2018, which would [cut federal funding for the program](http://time.com/money/4703456/trump-budget-meals-on-wheels/ "undefined"). Kaepernick and Trump have sparred often since the quarterback began kneeling before football games to protest police brutality and racial oppression. Trump again took a shot at Kaepernick on Monday night, telling a [rally in Louisville, Ky.](http://time.com/4707742/president-trump-colin-kaepernick/ "undefined") that the quarterback’s failure to get signed from a free agency was because NFL owners “don’t want to get a nasty tweet from Donald Trump.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4708728/colin-kaepernick-meals-on-wheels-donald-trump-nfl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4708728/colin-kaepernick-meals-on-wheels-donald-trump-nfl/"},"headline":"Colin Kaepernick Donates $50,000 to Meals on Wheels","datePublished":"2017-03-21T23:48:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:57:44.113Z","description":"President Trump's proposed budget plan would cut federal funding for the program","url":"https://time.com/4708728/colin-kaepernick-meals-on-wheels-donald-trump-nfl/","keywords":["Football","Colin Kaepernick","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3121ff4459078b3/6988bf500a4a22ac2b9cd5d1/colin-kaepernick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3121ff4459078b3/6988bf500a4a22ac2b9cd5d1/colin-kaepernick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"San Francisco 49ers v Miami Dolphins","caption":"San Francisco 49ers v Miami Dolphins","creditText":"Mike Ehrmann—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/football/","name":"Football"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4708728/colin-kaepernick-meals-on-wheels-donald-trump-nfl/","name":"Colin Kaepernick Donates $50,000 to Meals on Wheels"}}]}] ```