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Our goal is to provide grants to Black-owned businesses in Kansas City, with a specific interest in businesses that operate in low income areas.
We know this will create more jobs and convert an economically disadvantaged area into an area of economic opportunity.
We aim to assist in creating generational wealth, while also reducing instances of poverty related crime and violence in our communities.
G.I.F.T.'s Annual Reports
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The GIFT grant program was launched in May 2020, and our fiscal year runs from May to April. Wrapping up FY3, we awarded $550,000 to 28 different Black-owned businesses, leading to the establishment of 28 new job opportunities. Considering the combined outcomes from FY1, FY2, and FY3, GIFT has disbursed a sum of $1,237,000 to a total of 63 different Black-owned enterprises, catalyzing the creation of 108 new employment opportunities that offer an average hourly wage of $16.06. Furthermore, our grant recipients have witnessed an impressive average growth in revenue of 254% during our initial three years of operation. In 2022 alone, these businesses collectively reported sales amounting to $4,345,686. Among the 63 companies we've supported, 9 have pursued traditional banking loans, and 5 of them have been successful in securing them.
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Kansas City's Racial Wealth Gap
Kansas City is one of 21 hyper segregated cities in the country due to the practices of redlining that began in the 1920's.
According to 2017 city data, poverty rates for residents east of Troost Ave. are 36% and 75% of those residents are Black.
Poverty rates for residents west of Troost Ave. and Northern Kansas City are 5% and 91% of those residents are white.
The overall poverty rate of Kansas City is 16%.
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$10 goes a long way. Through group economics we will begin to see individuals in economically disadvantaged areas, able to afford to work for themselves, support their families, build generational wealth, enjoy lavish vacations, own homes Free & Clear, reduce poverty related crime, close the racial wealth gap and END SYSTEMIC RACISM!
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Donate to Kansas City G.I.F.T.
Help Us Make a Difference
$10 goes a long way. Through group economics we will begin to see individuals in economically disadvantaged areas, able to afford to work for themselves, support their families, build generational wealth, enjoy lavish vacations, own homes Free & Clear, reduce poverty related crime, close the racial wealth gap and END SYSTEMIC RACISM!