Andrew Yang's nonprofit is partnering with the $1K Project to bring $1,000 direct monthly payments to struggling US families

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• Andrew Yang's nonprofit, Humanity Forward, is joining with a group called the $1K Project to give payments of $1,000 to struggling families in the US.
• Yang's nonprofit pledged to match donations to the $1K Project up to $1 million.
• "If people want to give to a struggling American family, they can do so in this way, and they'll know exactly who's receiving the donation," Yang told Business Insider.
• The pledge echoes Yang's presidential campaign promise of a $1,000 "freedom dividend" for every US adult, a form of universal basic income.
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Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has pledged to spend up to $1 million as part of a scheme handing out $1,000 monthly payments to American families struggling in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pledge, announced Monday, echos his campaign promise of a $1,000 monthly "freedom dividend" for every US adult under a Yang presidency.

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