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Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Awards $117.6 Million to Help Homeless Families

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Prest Crossroads Rhode Island A mother and her children benefiting from the support of Crossroads Rhode Island, a recipient of a Bezos Day 1 Families Fund grant. Also, the Kalahari Resorts and Conventions commit to $50 million for clean water; and a $30 million grant for a cancer center at Health Crown Point hospital, in Indiana.

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Tutor a child, change a life.

Volunteer Match

School on Wheels is an organization enhancing educational opportunities for children who are experiencing homelessness from kindergarten through twelfth grade. 1:20 children in CA don’t have homes. 64% of children experiencing homelessness do not graduate high school.

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2023 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

NonProfit Leadership Center

Proceeds from the sale of tees (and related car decals) help people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless access the food and supplies they need to keep and continue caring for their beloved pets. T-shirts come in three colors: heather grey, dark sports grey and coral. Shirts are unisex and come in sizes small through 3X.

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Newsletter: How to Sell Partnerships at Trade Shows ; 25 Testimonial Statistics You Should Know ? ; ?Is Bill Gates ?Really a Billionaire Doing Good??

Selfish Giving

Sounds like Janie is doing great work in the community - and she knows firsthand about being homeless. Managing Director, Tech and Finance Partnerships, Save the Children , Remote ($108k - $147k) ?? Still, the money is going to a business, not a nonprofit. Director of Corporate Engagement, Asian American Foundation , NYC ($175k) 3.

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NYC’s “Right to Shelter” Under Threat Amid Migrant Influx

NonProfit Quarterly

In a statement, the Legal Aid Society of New York and the New York Coalition for the Homeless—both parties to the consent decree that governs the Right to Shelter—issued a joint statement condemning the mayor’s action, calling it “shameful.” Housing is the answer to homelessness.” Housing is the answer to homelessness.”

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New Report Looks at Women’s Incarceration in America

NonProfit Quarterly

The report finds that 80 percent of women in jails are mothers, and most of them are primary caregivers of their children. For instance, over one-fourth of incarcerated women experienced homelessness in the year before their arrest. In the month leading up to their arrest, women are more likely to be jobless.

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Nonprofit Spotlight: Homeless Children’s Playtime Project

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

We love supporting our customers with great online fundraising tools and in real life: this weekend we’ll be putting on our running shoes and hitting the trails for the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project’s annual Defenders of Play 5k. Meet Homeless Children’s Playtime Project.