By Greg Archer | Contributing Columnist
New grants from Inland Empire Community Foundation totaling $944,418 will support 12 organizations dedicated to advancing education opportunities.
Considered a strategic project that will build a significant interconnected network of under-resourced groups, Michelle Decker, IECF president and CEO, says the grants will help “affirm the power of our region’s youth and communities to lead with vision and courage.
“What we’re building together is an education system that ensures every young person has a pathway to thrive and that their voices are heard and shape the future,” she said.
The endeavor, the first of its kind for the foundation in terms of how it targets education grants, is designed to amplify youth voices — from school boards and commu