Tech nonprofit Coded by Kids announced Wednesday that it was working with corporate partners to launch an inclusive talent pipeline project called the OnE Philadelphia initiative, or Opportunity and Equity for Philadelphia.

The initiative has raised $1 million from partners Bank of America, Comcast NBCUniversal and the Lenfest Foundation to address diversity and inclusion in the tech and innovation spaces in the city with long-term solutions that are “designed to deliver high-quality, sustainable career opportunities for communities of color in Philadelphia.”

Coded by Kids, founded in 2014 by CEO Sylvester Mobley, offers young people software development, digital design, computer science and startup-focused education programs. The OnE initiative plans to counter what its partners — including Mobley — see as the city’s current focus on short-term solutions to systemic racial inequity by instead implementing a citywide tech education effort that will create a pipeline for high-level tech talent and leadership. And it’s not just focused on kids, but also on getting adults in underrepresented communities into life sustaining and high-opportunity jobs.

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