SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick unveiled the details of the "Million Dollar Pledge" via social media and his website last week, offering specifics on where he's donating the $1 million to help fight racial oppression and inequality in the United States.

On Tuesday, Kaepernick spoke about some of those details for the first time and noted that he's open to using that money to help communities in need across the country.

"I'm open to donating anywhere across this country," Kaepernick said. "There's a lot of communities that are affected by issues of oppression and we want to make sure we try to help and touch as many communities as we can."

Kaepernick's website provided details of how and where Kaepernick is making his monthly $100,000 donations for the next 10 months. The website provides details on the organizations to which Kaepernick has given money, along with specific donation amounts. In October, Kaepernick gave $25,000 to two organizations in San Jose and one each in Milwaukee and Dallas. For November, Kaepernick's site shows donations of that same amount to two organizations in New York City, one in Milwaukee and one in Chicago.

With half of those donations going to either his current home in the Bay Area or his birthplace of Milwaukee, Kaepernick acknowledged he wanted to do some work in the places closest to him first but said he's willing to continue branching out as he did with donations to Dallas, Chicago and New York.

"I wanted to make sure I touched Milwaukee and the Bay Area first being those are two places close to home for me," Kaepernick said. "But, also being able to reach places like Chicago, New York, Texas, where these issues have really been rampant."

Kaepernick first pledged the $1 million plus the proceeds from his jersey sales at the beginning of the season but said he didn't want to make the donations until a thorough vetting process was done so that he knew for certain the money was going to the right places and being used for the right things.

"It's something we're being very particular with, the organizations we're donating to, making sure they're very grassroots," Kaepernick said. "And also wanted to be very transparent with what we're doing and where the money was going to within those organizations so people can really see that this money is going towards those communities and trying to help people."