The donation will support a pair of Austin-based nonprofits, Mobile Loaves & Fishes and LifeWorks.
McDowell also said a donation like this for their organization will serve as a long-term investment in addressing Austin’s ever-growing challenges with homelessness.
“Investing this early on to help youth and young adults achieve permanence not only helps our youth, but as Austin continues to struggle with chronic adult homelessness, this is an investment that is preventative,” McDowell said. “It’s upstream, and so that’s another that’s welcome and really significant investment in just overall in Austin.”
They estimate that taking care of one youth through several of their programs can cost them anywhere from $12,000 to $30,000, and that this donation will have a significant impact on the number of people they can help. The donation will also help expand the Mobile Loaves & Fishes’ Community First! Village, which the largest master-planned development designed specifically for people emerging from chronic homelessness. The organization also serves the homeless through its food truck ministry that has become the largest prepared feeding program to the homeless in Central Texas.
“We are deeply grateful and honored by Joe Gebbia’s generous gift as we continue our efforts to mitigate the pandemic of homelessness while bringing hope and dignity into the lives of our friends who need us most,” said Alan Graham, the founder and CEO of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, in a statement.
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