The Mary’s Place Family Center in The Regrade on Amazon’s headquarters campus in Seattle. (Amazon Photo)Amazon is donating $9 million to six organizations in the Seattle area that are working to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness, the company announced Thursday.The organizations include:Mary’s Place : Amazon is giving $6 million to the nonprofit to support its ongoing operations and to provide funding toward a new development of co-located affordable housing and family shelter and services in Burien, Wash. The Burien project will replace an existing shelter and provide more than 200 beds of emergency family shelter, housing, outreach, and prevention services for families, and 90 units of permanently affordable housing to be developed by Mercy Housing Northwest.: Amazon is giving $6 million to the nonprofit to support its ongoing operations and to provide funding toward a new development of co-located affordable housing and family shelter and services in Burien, Wash. The Burien project will replace an existing shelter and provide more than 200 beds of emergency family shelter, housing, outreach, and prevention services for families, and 90 units of permanently affordable housing to be developed by Mercy Housing Northwest. Plymouth Housing : Amazon is giving $2 million to the nonprofit to support a recent spike in demand for the organization’s services, which include working to eliminate homelessness and addressing its causes by preserving, developing, and operating safe, quality, supportive housing.: Amazon is giving $2 million to the nonprofit to support a recent spike in demand for the organization’s services, which include working to eliminate homelessness and addressing its causes by preserving, developing, and operating safe, quality, supportive housing. The YMCA : Amazon is donating $250,000 to support youth homelessness programs through the nonprofit’s Y Social Impact Center, which offers same day drop-in shelters and transitional housing.: Amazon is donating $250,000 to support youth homelessness programs through the nonprofit’s Y Social Impact Center, which offers same day drop-in shelters and transitional housing

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