The billionaire CEO of Salesforce, Marc Benioff, and his wife, Lynne Benioff, have donated $30 million to fund research efforts looking into the root causes of homelessness and ways to end it. The gift was made to the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), which will launch the first-of-its-kind initiative, the school announced Wednesday. Mr. Benioff said in a statement that the world needs a "North Star" on the truth on homelessness.
Main Idea: Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne donated $30 million to UCSF to fund a new research effort on the causes of homelessness and ways to end it.
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Public money and attention may still fall short if the new research does not quickly turn into housing and services for people who need them.
UCSF’s new center could help taxpayers, voters, and local leaders find better ways to prevent homelessness and target aid more effectively.
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