We are excited to announce the sixth annual Day 1 Families Fund leadership awards. These 38 recipients from 23 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico will receive immediate donations totaling $117.55 million to continue their compassionate, needle-moving work to help families move from unsheltered homelessness and shelters to permanent housing with the services they require to achieve stability.
2023 Day 1 Families Fund Awardees
Abode Services, Fremont, CA • $5 million
American Indian Community Development Corporation (AICDC), Minneapolis, MN • $5 million
ARVAC Inc., Russellville, AR • $1.25 million
BronxWorks, New York, NY • $5 million
Bolivar County Community Action Agency, Inc., Cleveland, MS • $1.25 million
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, Inc., Miami, FL • $5 million
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, Seattle, WA • $5 million
Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, VT • $5 million
Community Action Partnership of Kern, Bakersfield, CA • $5 million
Community of Hope, Inc, Washington, DC • $3.75 million
Council for the Homeless, Vancouver, WA • $5 million
Crossroads Rhode Island, Providence, RI • $5 million
Everyone Home DC, Washington, DC • $2.5 million
Family Promise of Athens, Athens, GA • $400,000
Family Promise of Cheyenne, Cheyenne, WY • $150,000
Family Promise of the Triangle, Raleigh, NC • $1 million
Family Service Lincoln, Lincoln, NE • $2.5 million
Hogar Ruth para Mujeres Maltratadas, Inc., Vega Alta, PR • $2.5 million
Hospitality House of Northwest North Carolina, Boone, NC • $2.5 million
Interfaith Community Services, Escondido, CA • $5 million
Ka Mana O Na Helu, Pearl City, HI • $2.5 million
La Fondita de Jesús, San Juan, PR • $2.5 million
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, Salem, OR • $5 million
Native American Connections, Phoenix, AZ • $5 million
Neighborhood Place of Puna, Puna, HI • $2.5 million
Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority, Ukiah, CA • $2.5 million
Primavera Foundation, Tucson, AZ • $5 million
Shelter House, Inc, Fairfax, VA • $2.5 million
Stewpot Community Services, Inc., Jackson, MS • $1.25 million
Tarrant County Homeless Coalition, Fort Worth, TX • $2.5 million
Temporary Emergency Services, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL • $1 million
The Salvation Army, Fort Myers Area Command, Fort Myers, FL • $2.5 million
The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte, Charlotte, NC • $3.75 million
UMOM New Day Centers, Phoenix, AZ • $5 million
United Communities Against Poverty, Inc. (UCAP), Capitol Heights, MD • $1.25 million
United Way of Yellowstone County, Billings, MT • $2.5 million
Wisconsin Balance of State CoC, Eau Claire, WI • $1.25 million
YWCA Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH • $1.25 million
The Day 1 Families Fund would like to thank the below leaders working to end family homelessness for sharing their expertise during the grantee selection process:
2023 Day 1 Families Fund Advisors
Samantha Batko, Urban Institute
Iain DeJong, OrgCode Consulting Inc.
David Dirks, Homebase
Maseta Dorley, The Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC)
Andrew Johnson, The Corporation for Supportive Housing
Tiffney Marley, Community Action Partnership
Darlene Mathews, Darlene Mathews Inc.
Ann Oliva, National Alliance to End Homelessness
Nan Roman, National Alliance to End Homelessness (retired)
Mandy Chapman Semple, Clutch Consulting Group
Suzanne Wagner, Housing Innovations
Michele Salters Williams, Michele S. Williams, LLC
Donald Whitehead, National Coalition for the Homeless
About The Bezos Day One Fund
The Day One Fund made a $2 billion commitment to focus on making meaningful and lasting impacts in two areas: funding existing non-profits that help families experiencing homelessness, and creating a network of new, non-profit tier-one preschools in low-income communities.
The Day 1 Families Fund issues annual leadership awards to organizations and civic groups doing compassionate, needle-moving work to help families experiencing homelessness—including those who are unsheltered or staying in shelters—regain safe, stable housing and achieve well-being. The vision statement comes from the inspiring Mary’s Place in Seattle: no child sleeps outside.
The Day 1 Academies Fund is building a network of high-quality, full-scholarship Montessori-inspired preschools in underserved communities. We will have the opportunity to learn, invent, and improve. And we’ll use the same set of principles that have driven Amazon. Most important among those will be genuine, intense customer obsession. The customer set this team of missionaries will serve is simple: children in underserved communities across the country.