One80 Place receives $5 million grant in an effort to allow more to ‘begin again’

by: Cait Przetak
Dec 9, 2020

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A homeless shelter in downtown Charleston is one of 42 organizations across the country receiving a monumental grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund. One80 Place announced earlier Wednesday morning that they were a recipient of a $5 million gift.

According to the organization, it’s the biggest sum of money that One80 place has been granted in their 30 years of being open, and it was all done on a nomination basis from the Day 1 board. Stacey Denaux, the CEO of One80 Place, said this one-time grant was awarded to those working to connect families with shelters and support.

We got the official invitation to submit information in early September and just a couple of months later, received word that it was official that we were going to receive the largest gift that our organization has ever received.  

STACEY DENAUX, THE CEO OF ONE80 PLACE