The donation from the NBA Hall-of-Famer will coincide with two other $1 million gifts to The Wounded Warrior Project and Auburn University, Barkley’s alma mater.

Barkley made the surprise announcement during a conference call for the American Century Championship’s celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

“I just got a new contract, and my goal is always to give a million dollars a year away to charity,” Barkley said during the call.

Barkley is a studio analyst for TNT’s Inside the NBA. The network just renewed his contract for another eight to ten years.

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