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East Bay Homeless Charities Receive Jeff Bezos Foundation Money
Two East Bay charities helping to end homelessness were chosen.
HAYWARD, CA — Two anti-homelessness nonprofit organizations with Bay Area ties will benefit from millions in grant funding from the Day 1 Families Fund.
The fund, founded in 2018 by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has awarded $1.25 million to the Time for Change Foundation, a San Bernardino-based group with a Hayward project, and $2.5 million to the East Oakland Community Project.
They are two of 42 nonprofits across the country to receive the 2020 Day 1 Families Fund grants, which totaled $105.9 million this year.
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The foundation's mission is to "empower disenfranchised low-income individuals and families" by building leadership through programs and housing to create self-sufficiency and thriving communities, according to the organization's news release.
One of the projects, Brighter Futures, is a home for women struggling with addiction or homelessness in Hayward. "I'm inspired by TFCF's commitment to re-entry efforts and housing support for previously incarcerated women and their children," Bezos said in the news release.
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The East Oakland Community Project provides emergency and transitional housing and other services to homeless people in Alameda County.
A full list of the 2020 Day 1 Families Fund grants can be found online.
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