Recidiviz's mission is to build the technical infrastructure for a smaller, fairer criminal justice system, and they partner with state criminal justice agencies to advance their use of data to reduce incarceration safely. A technology non-profit, Recidiviz plans to deploy data-driven decision-making tools to help Coloradans be sent home safely to begin to improve their and their children’s futures, directly impacting lives and communities. Funding is restricted to rolling out the program in Colorado.

WPF joined with several other Colorado funders to support initial data collection and program start-up costs, anticipating the program will continue after this year under State funding. Immediate systemic improvements were seen in other states and we expect the same for Colorado.

Grant Amount: $100,000

Hillside Connection was founded in 2017 to leverage the game of basketball to create pathways to opportunity for kids in Southern Colorado Springs. Youth participate in basketball clinics, enrichment activities, community engagement activities, and basketball leagues while being exposed to leaders throughout the Pikes Peak Region. 

WPF provides general support to organizations like Hillside Connection, offering opportunities to youth that open doors to community, relationships, and personal development in neighborhoods historically negatively impacted by economic and racial inequity.

Grant Amount: $10,000

BII advances economic and racial justice by building a sustainable and inclusive economy where entrepreneurs and communities of color have financial, social, and political power. BII is currently raising capital for their BII Fund 2, a $20 million integrated capital fund that will invest in social enterprises and community-owned or controlled real estate to prevent displacement in Massachusetts and the Northeast. 

Boston Impact Initiative is at the forefront of impact investing in the United States by making important investments in BIPOC-owned businesses and community-controlled real estate and by helping to educate other organizations on how to do the same. WPF is committed to deploying a significant portion of its investments in funds such as these.  This grant supports BII’s general operations.

Grant Amount: $50,000

Unity Project (UP) is dedicated to advancing racial equity through educational programs, community engagement, and musical endeavors. Their mission is to dismantle biases within ourselves and in the world around us through service, education, and singing—leading to a more racially equitable community.

(formerly Community Works of Colorado Springs)

Community Anchor Academy empowers the unemployed and those with barriers to employment to become self-supporting through job preparation and placement. WPF is proud to support organizations offering formerly incarcerated individuals options to rebuild their lives post-release. This grant funds general operations.

Grant Amount: $10,000

The Decolonizing Wealth Project offers truth, reconciliation, and healing from the ails of colonization through education, radical reparative giving, and narrative change. Their Liberated Capital Fund aims to move untethered resources to Black, Indigenous, and other people-of-color communities for liberation and racial healing. 

WPF supports the Decolonizing Wealth Project and its efforts to promote systemic changes within the philanthropic community. Much of our early work as WPF is inspired and challenged by the work of the Decolonizing Wealth Project. This grant provides funding to The Liberated Capital Fund and will be re-funded to organizations serving communities of color.

Grant Amount: $50,000

The Loveland Foundation was established in 2018 by Rachel Cargle in response to her birthday fundraiser for Therapy for Black Women and Girls. She raised over $250,000, which made it possible for Black women and girls to receive therapy support and healing that will impact generations.

While the Therapy Fund has been very successful, women and girls often wait months for a qualified therapist. WPF seeks to support The Loveland Foundation's emerging scholarship program to support Women of Color to become therapists in their communities.

Grant Amount: $50,000