Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Launches $2 Billion "Day One Fund" to Combat Homelessness and Fund Preschools

in amazon •  6 years ago 

In a classy move by Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos, today he announced the creation of a $2 billion dollar fund to give to non-profits combating homelessness, and to create a new network of preschools based on the Montessori set of teaching principles.

The Day One Fund will launch with a $2 billion commitment, split between the Day 1 Families Fund and the Day 1 Academies Fund, Bezos said.

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