“Two metro Atlanta nonprofits focused on ending homelessness for families are the recipients of multimillion-dollar grants from a philanthropic organization started by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
The Day 1 Families Fund gave a total of $105.9 million in grants to 42 nonprofits in 24 states across the country. In Georgia, MUST Ministries was awarded $5 million, and HOPE Atlanta got $2.5 million.
‘We feel like we got a Christmas miracle,’ said Dwight ‘Ike’ Reighard, the president and CEO of MUST Ministries, which is based in Marietta. ‘We’re just very thankful.’
He said the organization will use some of the funds to build its new homeless shelter, which it broke ground on earlier this year.”
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