Colin Kaepernick Announces Organizations in 1st Wave of $1 Million Donation

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick pledged he would donate $1 million to organizations that work with communities in need across the country after he initiated his silent protest of the national anthem, and the first wave of charitable contributions was disclosed Friday. 

On his personal website, Kaepernick detailed the donations made in October as well as those that will be made throughout November.  

For the month of October, Kaepernick pledged $100,000 total to four different organizations across the country. Specifically, $25,000 was allotted to Silicon Valley De-Bug in San Jose, California, Just Cause in San Jose, Urban Underground in Milwaukee and Mothers Against Police Brutality in Dallas. 

Each of those $25,000 contributions is broken down in full on Kaepernick's website, with each specific source of funding identified. 

For example, the website mentions $10,000 will be donated to Mothers Against Police Brutality for a "healing and strategic planning retreat for California families who have lost loved ones to police violence," while $8,000 will be used to fund three social biography videos "to stop youth to be charged as adults."

In November, Kaepernick will donate $25,000 to the Black Youth Project (Chicago), The Gathering for Justice (New York), Communities United for Police Reform (New York) and the I Will Not Die Young Campaign (Milwaukee). 

"I’ve been very blessed to be in this position and to be able to make the kind of money that I do, and I have to help these people," Kaepernick said in September, according to USA Today's Josh Peter. "I have to help these communities. It’s not right that they’re not put in the position to succeed or given those opportunities to success."