Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos on Thursday launched Bezos Day One Fund, a new philanthropic initiative, with an initial commitment of $2 billion to help homeless families and create preschools for low-income communities.
The fund will be split between Day 1 Families Fund and Day 1 Academies Fund.
"The Day 1 Families Fund will issue 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," Bezos said in a tweet https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1040253796293795842.
The Day 1 Academies Fund will launch and operate a network of high-quality, full-scholarship, Montessori-inspired preschools in underserved communities.
Bezos, with an estimated fortune of more than $160 billion, is currently the world`s wealthiest man, according to Forbes.
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