![]() The app, called Vroom, was created with funding from the Bezos Family Foundation. Parent Possible provides 4,000 families with in-home visiting services and an additional 20,000 families in Colorado with virtual programs, like early learning education software and an app with learning tools and parenting help. The Parent Possible donation was announced this week. Last year, Scott gave $2.5 million to a Colorado Springs charter school. She has made waves in the world of philanthropy by making large gifts, including to schools and education nonprofits, with no strings attached. She has a 4% stake in Amazon as part of her divorce settlement with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott, who as of last year was the fifth richest woman in the United States, has given away more than $14 billion since 2019. Tritten said the foundation will let Parent Possible use the funds for whatever is most important. In the 15-minute conversation, they told her, “good luck with your organization and the important work you’re doing,” she said. In March, Scott’s foundation, Yield Giving, called to say it would donate $1 million to Parent Possible. Tritten said Parent Possible was contacted in December to discuss a possible donation with an anonymous organization. That would be less than about $49,720 for a family of three this year. According to its 2022 annual report, 87% of its client households earn less than twice the federal poverty limit. It serves some of Colorado’s most low-income residents. The nonprofit believes that investing in early childhood systems helps increase literacy and encourages students to graduate high school - which helps break the cycle of poverty. Parent Possible, which was founded in Colorado in 1991, works to equip parents with tools and education to prepare their children to learn. “When I look at who else has been funded in Colorado - organizations that are far bigger than Parent Possible, it feels very unreal that we were funded by MacKenzie Scott and that she wanted to invest in us.” “The whole thing was very surreal,” said Heather Tritten, executive director of Parent Possible, which provides support for early childhood services. Billionaire MacKenzie Scott has awarded $1 million to a small, low-profile Colorado non-profit, whose leaders remain a bit stunned.
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