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Jeff Bezos’ Day One Fund awards $98.5M in grants to organizations battling homelessness

by Nat Levy on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 at 7:48 amComment

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s Day One Fund today announced $98.5 million in new grants for organizations that aim to prevent and reduce homelessness. The grants from the Families Fund went… Read More

Philanthropy advice from Gates Foundation CEO to Jeff Bezos: ‘There’s no bad generosity’

by Clare McGrane on October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 at 11:11 am1 Comment

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, and now he’s facing a puzzling question: How should he give away some of his many billions?… Read More

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Jeff Bezos on new foundation, Amazon HQ2 status, Trump media criticism, and why he was fine being second-richest person

by Todd Bishop on September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 at 10:50 am 4 Comments

Jeff Bezos was drawn to focus a large portion of his new $2 billion philanthropic foundation on preschool education because of the “powerful compounding effect” that comes from getting kids… Read More

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TLDR: Bezos Creates “Day One Fund” With $2 Billion

by Brian M. Westbrook on September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 at 5:10 am1 Comment

GeekWire TLDR Daily Rundown: Watch today’s episode with guest host Brian M. Westbrook above, and click the headlines below to read more. Starla Sampaco is on assignment and will return next… Read More

How Jeff Bezos’ new $2B ‘Day One Fund’ stacks up to other tech billionaires’ philanthropy

by Lisa Stiffler on September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 at 10:11 amComment

Jeff Bezos’ donation of $2 billion to his newly announced charitable fund clearly isn’t chump change. But in the world of ultra-rich tech philanthropists, it’s roughly on par — or even… Read More

‘The child will be the customer’: How billionaire Jeff Bezos will bring a key Amazon value to philanthropy

by John Cook on September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 at 5:11 amComment

Customer obsession has driven Jeff Bezos from the day he founded Amazon as a tiny online bookseller. Full text: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals long-awaited philanthropic initiative So it’s no… Read More

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Full text: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals long-awaited philanthropic initiative

by Taylor Soper on September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 at 5:11 am1 Comment

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday revealed a new $2 billion philanthropic initiative called “Bezos Day One Fund” that will help tackle homelessness and childhood education. It’s a long-awaited… Read More

Jeff Bezos unveils $2B ‘Day One Fund’ focusing on homeless families and preschool education

by Lisa Stiffler & Todd Bishop on September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 at 6:03 pmComment

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has unveiled his eagerly-awaited philanthropic initiative, announcing a new “Bezos Day One Fund” that will focus on efforts to help homeless families and improve preschool education,… Read More

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