Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she's called home through her $12 million coronavirus relief fund
Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she's called home through her $12 million coronavirus relief fund.
After speaking with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other leaders, Winfrey decided to give $5 million to Live Healthy Chicago, which provides immediate support to seniors and high-risk residents affected by the coronavirus. In Baltimore, where Winfrey also built her media career, she's donating money to Living Classrooms Foundation and Center for Urban Families."I'm not opposed to big organizations dispersing money, but I always like to do the on-the-ground grassroots stuff myself," she said. "Look, I want to be able to reach people who have been incarcerated and are coming out of prison. I want to reach mothers of domestic violence. I want to reach people. I want to feed people.
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