Google—Google rolled back DEI initiatives: ended hiring goals and dropped 50+ funded organizations
In 2025, Google systematically retreated from its diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments. In February, the company announced it would end diversity-based hiring goals, review its DEI initiatives, and removed DEI commitments from its annual report, citing compliance with federal policies. By August, Google had purged more than 50 DEI-related organizations from its funding list, including the African American Community Service Agency, Latino Leadership Alliance, and similar groups. The rollback followed the Trump administration's executive orders against DEI programs.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEI Programs | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Worker Rights | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.574 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.68)× agency (reactive ×0.75)
Evidence (2 signals)
Dropped 50+ DEI organizations from funding list
In August 2025, Google purged more than 50 organizations related to DEI from its funding list. Removed organizations included the African American Community Service Agency, Latino Leadership Alliance, and Enroot (immigrant youth programs). Google's Chief People Officer role was changed to VP of 'Googler Engagement' and DEI training was discontinued.
Ended diversity hiring goals and removed DEI commitments from annual report
Google announced it would end its diversity-based hiring goals and review its DEI initiatives, citing compliance with federal policies. The company eliminated targets to hire more workers from historically underrepresented groups and removed a statement from its annual report about being 'committed to making diversity, equity, and inclusion part of everything we do.' Google also confirmed it will not publish DEI data reports going forward.