(CNN) Andrew Yang's new non-profit will spend more than $1 million helping working families impacted by the spread of the coronavirus in the New York area and across the country, the group announced on Friday.

Humanity Forward, the organization Yang founded after his 2020 presidential run to test his universal basic income theory, will begin sending 500 working poor households in the Bronx $1,000 a month before the end of March. He said later Friday on Twitter that they would be doubling the number of households after receiving additional funding.

The organization is pledging to spend at least $500,000 on the project and is working with two organizations, Collective Education Fund and Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners, to target families who are struggling to put together an income as businesses send hourly workers home in the face of the coronavirus.

The group will also begin to raise money for their Humanity Forward Coronavirus Relief Fund, a tranche of money that hope to use to provide one-time basic income payment to individuals and families who need it. That includes those targeted by One Fair Wage, a New York-based nonprofit that advocates for tipped workers, many of whom are struggling as restaurants, bars and others establishments are closing. Humanity Forward plans to spend at least $500,000 on the effort and hopes, as they raise more, they will be able to spend more.

The paired projects represent the first major effort by Humanity Forward, an organization that, because of Yang's presidential campaign, has a mailing list of over 900,000 people.

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