Colorado Schools Fund is relevant to the D11 alternative-governance graph as a charter-support funding and launch-capacity node. The retained source summaries say Colorado Schools Fund supports Legacy Fellowship as a paid two-year training opportunity for aspiring public charter-school founders, and they place Colorado Schools Fund in the launch-support context for East Hills Academy and Spruce Community School.
The current repo supports Colorado Schools Fund as part of the charter-launch support ecosystem. It does not yet support claims about Colorado Schools Fund controlling D11 decisions, directing Legacy Institute, or imposing grant conditions on East Hills or Spruce.
- Colorado Schools Fund / Legacy Fellowship: the Spruce / Parents Challenge / Legacy source-cluster summary records a direct fellowship-support relationship based on Colorado Schools Fund's statement that it supports Legacy Fellowship. Relationship type: charter-founder fellowship support. Evidence strength: direct for the support statement. Claim limit: amount, contract, restrictions, and funder conditions are unresolved.
- Colorado Schools Fund / East Hills Academy: the Legacy Institute deep-research report says East Hills' D11 application includes Colorado Schools Fund budget / support references and a support letter stating Colorado Schools Fund planned to provide East Hills with a grant of at least
$250,000. Relationship type: charter-launch support / grant commitment. Evidence strength: direct for the reported support-letter and application references. Claim limit: executed grant agreement, payment timing, and restrictions have not been retrieved.
- Colorado Schools Fund / Spruce Community School: the Spruce / Parents Challenge / Legacy source-cluster summary records a Colorado Schools Fund
Who We Support page listing Spruce. Relationship type: charter-support listing / funder support. Evidence strength: direct for the listing. Claim limit: listing does not reveal grant amount, terms, or decision influence.
- Do not treat Colorado Schools Fund's support statements or school listings as proof of D11 board influence, school control, or a hidden fiscal route.
- Current evidence supports a mechanism: launch support, fellowship support, and public funder listing.
- Current evidence does not settle the flow: exact money amount, agreement terms, restrictions, payment route, or operational influence.
- What are the exact amount, source, payment timing, and restrictions of Colorado Schools Fund support for Legacy Fellowship, East Hills, and Spruce?
- Did Colorado Schools Fund execute grant agreements, letters, or MOUs with East Hills, Spruce, Legacy Institute, or Legacy Fellowship?
- Did any Colorado Schools Fund agreement require governance, facilities, curriculum, vendor, staffing, or authorizer conditions?