Wanting to see kids thrive in their education, the Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation (GLAEF) aims to springboard students into their college and career success.

As part of the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), the largest regional education agency in the nation, GLAEF is an independent non-profit organization and has recently announced a $12.75 million education endowment fund to benefit youth living in Inglewood. This grant will provide support to nonprofit organizations and initiatives that focus on a variety of educational areas.

Non-profit organizations that offer services such as after-school tutoring, youth innovation and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) design camps and college counseling/scholarships benefit from this endowment, which in turn benefits students. Making a lasting and consistent impact in the community and providing dependable help in much needed education-based enterprises, GLAEF works to ensure students have all the resources they need to flourish today and in the future, organizers say.