Tyler Perry – Tyler Perry donates $45,000 to Young People Matter an Atlanta, homeless shelter.
Actor, director, executive producer, writer, and entrepreneur Tyler Perry made a $45,000 donation to Young People Matter, according to reports.
Young People Matter is an Atlanta youth shelter for young girls younger than 8, was on the verge of closing but, Tyler Perry stepped in to save the day.
Perry’s representatives announced the news in a release, saying the gift coincided with his own 45th birthday (which was Sept. 13), and followed a local news segment on the shelter’s imminent threat of closing. His gift will keep the shelter afloat through the end of the year. [via]
On Tyler Perry’s birthday he visited the shelter to make the donation and see the kids who live there.
The president of the board for Young People Matter encouraged others to donate to help keep the shelter alive.
Tyler Perry has recently purchased two-thirds of the immensely large Fort McPherson to build a film studio in south Atlanta.
Tyler Perry plans to buy 330 acres to build 16 soundstages, according to reports. The purchase of the 330 acres is $30 million.
In the 90s, Tyler Perry was living in Atlanta, trying to perform the play that would get him famous, “I Know I’ve Been Changed.” After spending all of his savings, he became homeless, on and off for six years, living in his car, or at shelters. Perry admitted that he used to stay in a “pay-by-the-week hotel that was full of crackheads.” In 1998, his hard work paid off when “I Know I’ve been Changed” became a hit, setting Perry on the path to stardom.
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