Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos commit $102.5 million to organizations combatting homelessness across the U.S.: ‘This is just the beginning’

It’s Giving Tuesday, and one of the world’s wealthiest couples has made a major gift to help combat homelessness in the U.S.

Lauren Sánchez Bezos, who this summer wed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced Monday the couple had donated $102.5 million in grants among 32 nonprofits across the country.

The gifts are part of the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund, which has donated more than $850 million to organizations in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam. Founded in 2018, the Day 1 Fund made a $2 billion commitment to focus on making donations to existing nonprofits helping families who are experiencing homelessness, and building and operating a network of new, tuition-free preschools in under-resourced communities. The Bezoses have issued a round of grants each year since 2018.