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"It didn't seem real" when Jayson Tatum first bought his first home, he tells the AP.
"And I can only imagine how much this would have impacted myself and my mom growing up."
That's why the Boston Celtics star is donating $1 million to establish the SoFi Generational Wealth Fund to help first-time homebuyers in his hometown of St.
Louis buy their own homes.
The 25-year-old Tatum was raised by his mother, Brandy Cole-Barnes, who was 19 when he was born.
"But obviously when I got to the NBA and started to make money, we had to ask questions and learn about things," Tatum says.
"And it was always important for me, even when I was younger.
I just knew I wanted to give back and help people that looked like me and grew up like me."
The Jayson Tatum Foundation was established last year, the same year Tatum was drafted by the Celtics.
It offers scholarships to St.
Louis high school students, hosts back-to-school giveaways, and basketball camps, and supports single parents through a program.
The Generational Wealth Fund, which will be funded by financial services company SoFi, will grant funds to homebuyers to help with a down payment.
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