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Helping Out for Dec. 16, 2020 charlestonbusiness.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from charlestonbusiness.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One80 Place, which aims to prevent homelessness, received a one-time grant of $5 million from the Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos in 2018. Bezos’ fund has a twofold mission: support existing nonprofits that are committed to finding shelter solutions for young families and create a network of nonprofit tier-one preschools in low-income communities. Now in its third year, the fund has awarded $105.9 million in grants to 42 nonprofits throughout the U.S. “This grant from the Day 1 Families Fund is transformational in the truest sense of the word. This gift will change how One80 Place ends and prevents homelessness for families, particularly young families who face so many challenges in finding and maintaining a permanent place to live,” One80 Place CEO Stacey Denaux said. ....
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The fund provided $1.25 million to the Nashville-based shelter-to-housing program. This is the third round of grants from the Bezos fund, which was established in 2018. According to a release, the organization will use the funds to provide shelter and support to additional families as well as “strengthen infrastructure for key program offerings, such as youth programs and workforce development.” The one-time grant “will be catalytic in propelling Safe Haven further toward our vision of eliminating family homelessness in Nashville,” CEO Joyce Lavery said in the release. Bezos $2 billion fund was established with the two-pronged goal of granting money to existing nonprofits working to help homeless families and creating a network of new preschools in low-income communities. ....
Dec 14, 2020 Family Life Center, a nonprofit organization serving the homeless population in Maui and Kauai Counties, announced last week that it has been selected to receive a $1.25 million grant from the Day 1 Families Fund. Launched in 2018 by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, the Day 1 Families Fund issues annual leadership awards to organizations and civic groups doing compassionate, needle-moving work to provide shelter and hunger support to address the immediate needs of young families, according to a news release. “We are truly thankful for the generosity of the Day 1 Families Fund for supporting the effort to end family homelessness,” said Maude Cumming, executive director of Family Life Center. “Family Life Center will steward and leverage this gift to create a sustained, collective impact for families experiencing homelessness.” ....