The sizes of the respective grants span $150,000 to $5 million, according to the Bezos Day One Fund.
Last year’s round of grants, worth over $123 million combined, were sent to 40 organizations.
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With the Day 1 Families Fund donations, the Bezos Day One Fund said Tuesday it aimed to help the organizations “continue their compassionate, needle-moving work to help families move from unsheltered homelessness and shelters to permanent housing with the services they require to achieve stability.”
In December, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said the number of homeless individuals on a given night in January 2022 totalled over 582,400.
Roughly $639.1 million has been disbursed through over 200 Day 1 Families Fund grants in its six years, according to the Bezos Day One Fund.
Billionaire American businessman Jeff Bezos arrives for his meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the UK diplomatic residence in New York City, New York, U.S., September 20, 2021. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool via REUTERS / Reuters Photos)
“It’s a privilege to support these orgs in their inspiring mission to help families regain stability,” Bezos also said on Instagram.
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The Day 1 Families Fund is one of the two funds that Bezos’ $2 billion Day One Fund operates. The other, the Day 1 Academies Fund, focuses on preschools for children living in low-income areas, according to the Bezos Day One Fund.
The Bezos Academy has already set up a slew of preschools in several states, with more to come in the future, per its website.
