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The Kodjoe Family Foundation is available for media inquiries related to our programs, scholars, founders, and initiatives. Please review the resources below before reaching out.

Press Contact

[Media Inquiries — press contact name, title, and email pending Cathie confirmation.]

For interview requests with Boris Kodjoe or Nicole Ari Parker, please include your outlet, deadline, and story focus. We respond to all inquiries within 2 business days.

For image assets, please use the Press Kit download below.

Foundation at a Glance

Full legal name: Kodjoe Family Foundation | Founders: Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker | Website: kodjoefoundation.org | Social: @kodjoefamilyfoundation (Instagram), Kodjoe Family Foundation (Facebook) | 501(c)(3) status: Yes | Founded/HQ: [pending Cathie confirmation]

Signature Programs

LOVE ALL Scholarship

Places Black youth in elite academic and athletic institutions, funding access to environments — like the Mouratoglou Academy in Biot, France — that have historically been unavailable to them. Junior Hakizumwami is the current LOVE ALL Scholar in residence.

Tuesdays with Junior

A weekly video series documenting Junior Hakizumwami's journey at the Mouratoglou Academy, following a young scholar-athlete in real time as he navigates elite training, academic pressure, and his own development as a leader.

Roots & Futures

A year-long weekly multimedia series exploring Black excellence through an intergenerational relay — pairing a historical Root with a modern Future in the same field. Now in its second year.

Full Circle Africa

The foundation's diaspora initiative, connecting Black communities in the United States with the African continent through cultural exchange, economic investment, and community partnership. The SummerFest is the flagship annual event.

In Their Words

Quote pending. The previous quote here used the rejected “operating system / building infrastructure” framing and has been removed. A real replacement needs to come directly from Boris, not be force-fit from an unrelated interview.

Boris Kodjoe, on the foundation's mission (pending)

“Excellence is the baseline that systemic exclusion has been used to suppress. We are not discovering talent. We are removing the barriers that were placed in front of it.”

Boris Kodjoe, on the LOVE ALL Scholarship

“When I look at our scholars, I do not see what they've been given. I see what they've built — and what they are going to build with the foundation beneath them.”

Nicole Ari Parker, on scholar investment

“Our daughter Sophie was born with spina bifida. What we encountered — the gaps, the resistance, the systems not built for families like ours — that became the blueprint. Not for a fundraiser. For an institution.”

Nicole Ari Parker, on the foundation's origin

Recent Coverage

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Speaking and Appearances

Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker are available for select keynote appearances, panel conversations, and institutional events aligned with the foundation's four pillars.

[To inquire about a speaking engagement, contact email pending Cathie confirmation.]

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