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Foundation: Pikes Peak Community Foundation
In July, the Racial Equity Fund awarded $84,000 in grants to 11 charities in Colorado Springs, KKTV reports.
The purpose of the fund, which was launched in late 2021, is to "uplift the generosity that exists in communities of color while also providing grants to charities in the community who are led by and serve communities of color," Zuleika Johnson, who serves on the fund's advisory board, tells the Colorado Springs Gazette.
"What we try to do is really identify organizations that were getting to the root cause of the racial disparities that exist and how those racial disparities impact educational outcomes, health outcomes," Kabwasa says.
Food to Power, for example, has gone from being a food distribution group to a "multi-faceted equitable food provider," serving more than 100,000 people in the Pikes Peak Region last year.
Another recipient of a grant from the Racial Equity Fund is Peak Education, which provides mentoring and education support to students in Harrison School District 2 and Colorado Springs School District 11.
CEO Carlos Jimenez says only around 40% of students at many of their partner schools pursue post-secondary education options.
"In order to have a living wage in Colorado, about 75% of jobs require some kind of post-secondary option upon high school graduation," Jimenez says
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