Twitter Billionaire Jack Dorsey Donates $10 Million For Cash Gifts To Needy U.S. Families

Twitter Billionaire Jack Dorsey Donates $10 Million For Cash Gifts To Needy U.S. Families

Jack Dorsey. Hindustan Times via Getty Images Jack Dorsey, the billionaire CEO of both Twitter and the payments app Square, has made a $10 million gift to a group called Project 100, which will in turn give $1,000 in cash to 10,000 families who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the group announced on Tuesday.

Project 100 is a joint effort between nonprofits GiveDirectly, Propel and Stand for Children. GiveDirectly has been making cash donations to very poor families first in Kenya and then Uganda for more than seven years.

“The GiveDirectly funds were transferred to me within minutes of […]

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