Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Nami Santa Clara County
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 1150 S. Bascom Ave., Suite 24
City: San Jose
State: CA
Postal Code: 95128
Main Phone: 4084530400
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://namisantaclara.org/
Employer ID Number: 94-2430956
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/25/2021
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: Ending The Silence
Project Description:

NAMI ETS is a 50-minute program designed for student audiences. This interactive and transformational presentation is devoted to giving students an opportunity to learn about mental illness through an informative presentation, short videos, and personal testimonies.
A trained two-person team, one being an individual who shares their own journey with a diagnosable mental health condition, delivers the program. Students learn about symptoms and indicators of mental illness and are given resources aimed at helping themselves, their friends, or family members who may be in need of support.
At the conclusion of the presentation, students are given resource cards with valuable phone numbers and websites of mental health agencies and youth support services, along with a list of symptoms/warning signs of mental illness. Postcards are mailed home to parents informing them about the presentation.
Ending the Silence presentations are provided for three audiences:
1. NAMI Ending the Silence for Students: 50-minute presentation designed for students that includes warning signs, facts and statistics and how to get help for themselves or a friend. Research has shown that NAMI Ending the Silence for Students is effective in changing students’ knowledge and attitudes toward mental health conditions and toward seeking help.
2. NAMI Ending the Silence for School Staff: 1-hour presentation for school staff members that includes information about warning signs, facts and statistics, how to approach students and how to work with families.
3. NAMI Ending the Silence for Families: 1-hour presentation for parents and primary caregivers that includes warning signs, facts and statistics, how to talk with your child and how to work with school staff.
Why Ending the Silence is Unique
• Offered to schools, youth and communities at no cost.
• Provides youth with the unique opportunity to learn about mental health directly from family members and individuals living with a mental health condition.
• Provides an opportunity for youth to ask individuals with lived experience questions directly.
• By engaging in discussions about mental health among their peers, students realize they’re not alone.

Total Project Budget: $61,226

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Our current funding for the program is through our fundraisers. Potential funders are Estelle Funk Foundation, Adobe Foundation, Palo Alto Community Fund, Randolph Family Foundation

Project Duration: 1 year
Geographical Area Served: Santa Clara County- Bay Area California
Age Group To Be Served: 14-18 years

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms
Contact First Name: Rovina
Contact Last Name: Nimbalkar
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 4084530400 ext 3120
Contact Email: rnimbalkar@namisantaclara.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Dream Factory, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 39 BASALT DR
City: Fredericksburg
State: VA
Postal Code: 22406
Main Phone: 7034080292
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.mydreamfactory.org
Employer ID Number: 83-2330628
Organization Tax Status: 501 (c)(3) Exempt Status

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/25/2021
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: The Seed in Me
Project Description:

We are soliciting support for utilization by Dream Factory, Inc to provide Exploratory STEM opportunities and mental health support centered on Agricultural Engineering and Psychological resources to underserved and underrepresented high school youth in the Northern Virginia Community. Currently, none of the 12 high schools within Prince William County Public Schools are ranked for STEM education. Initially, Dream Factory will impact one high school at a time and eventually expand our impact to the entire county. Dream Factory’s program curriculum exposes youth to multiple facets of agricultural engineering, to include Green Biotechnology. This program will focus on the plant cycle in its entirety, from plant variety generation to culmination within the human food chain. We will also study the subsequent impacts of nutrition on our mind and body. The program will introduce multiple unique STEM careers which exist in relation to agricultural engineering. Youth will be intellectually challenged with hands on agriculture practices and initiate collaboration within the horticulturalist community. The program will provide youth with resources of collaborating schools and scholarships centered on STEM majors such as the 1891 Land Grant Scholarship. Due to current COVID restrictions, the delivery of this program will evolve to an online 8-week program with minimal face to face interactions. This allows Dream Factory to continue to positively and safely impact youth, provide STEM resources, and broaden the geographic participation of youth outside of the Northern Virginia Community.
Ultimately, Dream Factory’s goal is to change the quality of life for youth through exploratory STEM programs and psychological support through counseling, group therapy, and exposure. We will nurture our youths’ minds during their formative years, to help future generations build a solid educational foundation while supporting the awareness and progression of mental health.

Total Project Budget: 20,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Fundraising (committed) Costco Grant, Fashion Nova Women’s Month Business Support, Walmart Front Door Cyber Grant, The Christmas Tree Shop, DoD AirForce Research Lab (Potential)

Project Duration: 3 Iterations of an 8 Week Program
Geographical Area Served: Virtual Program to reach students in underserved communities across The United States
Age Group To Be Served: 13-18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Nicole
Contact Last Name: Williams
Contact Title: Co-Founder
Contact Phone: 703-408-0292
Contact Email: info@mydreamfactory.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Bemidji Community Theater
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As: BCT
Mailing Address: 316 Beltrami Ave NW
City: Bemidji
State: MN
Postal Code: 56601
Main Phone: 218-760-5457
Main Fax:
Organization Website: bemidjicommunitytheater.org
Employer ID Number: 30-0524956
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/25/2021
Requested Amount: $7,500

Project Title: Increasing Accessibility for All
Project Description:

Bemidji Community Theater emphasizes the creativity of children. As such, it:
• provides theater education for children at BCT JR., a 2-week summer camp as well as opportunities on stage for major productions.
• provides community support through its Playing It Forward giving program.
• provides paid internships to anyone aged 14 or older to work with experts in various fields.
• provides opportunities for new playwrights to showcase their work in the Studio Works program.
• provides outreach via Project Genesis which pairs young people with seniors to improve memory through music.
• provides entrepreneurial opportunities for young people through its Kid’z Clubhouse program.
• provides Puppet Ambassadors who write scripts reflective of social issues.
In 2018, BCT purchased a building which has become the headquarters for much of its programming with an economic dream of becoming independent in not having to rent additional space for activities and to develop a more diversified revenue steam. When the pandemic hit, BCT was in the middle of phase 2 of a major renovation project that included new ceiling insulation, installation of a fire suppression system, and upgrading handicapped accessibility. All live-in person productions were halted. A few online workshops and performances were held but with no revenue coming in for the last year, and with future prospects looking bleak, BCT is asking for your help.
Grants, savings, and donations have taken care of most of the costs so far, but bids for the assisted listening devices and the necessary equipment to handle them, and phone/internet service needed to monitor the new fire suppression alarm system and to equip the building with Wi-Fi and internet access to offer on line classes, You Tube workshops and a future home for a local CCTV station exceeded expectations. These services are imperative for doing business in this age. Any help with covering these costs would be greatly appreciated.

Total Project Budget: $86,089.00

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): $50,000 from the Engelstad Foundation for the fire suppression system, $7,000 from Region 2 Arts Council for mortgage relief, $5,000 from individuals, $10,000 from BCT itself, $30,800 potential from the Neilson Foundation

Project Duration: Whenever funds are received they will be put to use. The monitoring of the fire suppression system and internet costs are monthly expenses.
Geographical Area Served: from Bemidji, MN north to the Canadian border, west to North Dakota, south to Fargo, ND, and east to Duluth, MN.
Age Group To Be Served: All ages with an emphasis on children.

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms
Contact First Name: Mary
Contact Last Name: Knox-Johnson
Contact Title: Board Member and Grants Coordinator
Contact Phone: 218-760-5457
Contact Email: moxnk@paulbunyan.net

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Read to Grow, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 53 School Ground Road, Suite #3
City: Branford
State: Connecticut
Postal Code: 06405
Main Phone: 203.488.6800
Main Fax: 203.488.7735
Organization Website: www.readtogrow.org
Employer ID Number: 06-1572185
Organization Tax Status: 501 c (3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/25/21
Requested Amount: 5,500

Project Title: Supporting early childhood literacy from birth
Project Description:

Read to Grow starts with the assumption that parents want the best for their children. We are committed to supporting parents in understanding that birth to three is a critical time in the development of babies’ brains. Our innovative programs begin the conversation about early childhood literacy with pregnant women before babies are born, share the message at hospital bedside to parents of newborns, provide free books to children, and offer early childhood literacy workshops for parents. We start with pregnancy to emphasize that babies are born ready to learn. Our messaging explains that parents are their babies’ first teachers and that the regular repetition of fun activities – talk, sing, share books – provides the foundation for the development of language and literacy skills. As children get older, families have access to free books through our collaborations with nearly 300 organizations across Connecticut.

We are requesting support for the Books for Babies Prenatal Project and Newborn Project, which provide new baby board books and early childhood literacy information to pregnant women and families of newborns through nine community health centers and 15 hospitals in Connecticut. Annually, the programs serve more than 1,600 pregnant women and 21,200 families of newborns.

Research shows that parents who learn about babies’ explosive brain growth between birth and age 3 and are aware of the importance of sharing books, will take steps to nurture their children’s growth:
“…all parents want their children to do well – so when parents do learn that set of facts about both brain development and literacy, that knowledge, all by itself, can create new behaviors and different and more focused approaches for the parents who understand those issues,“ (Halvorson, 2015).

We help parents and children discover the joy of shared books because this positive experience leads to better outcomes for all.

Total Project Budget: 402,695

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): 30,000+Funded Seedlings Foundation. The Foundation awarded an unrestricted $150,000 grant to support the Books for Babies and Books for Kids programs. We have not finalized our FY22 budget but we anticipate allocating between 30 – 50K to the Books for Babies Program. 5,000 Funded Community Foundation for Greater New Haven 10,000 Funded The Gawlicki Foundation 1,000 Funded Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation 5,500 Funded Frank Loomis Palmer Fund 20,000 Funded Fund for Greater Hartford 10,000 Funded Pitney Bowes Literacy and Educ. Fund 25,000 Pending Yale New Haven Hospital 10,000 Pending Middlesex Hospital 30,000 Pending Hartford Hospital Auxiliary 45,000 Pending Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET)

Project Duration: Ongoing
Geographical Area Served: Connecticut
Age Group To Be Served: Adults and babies

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Paula
Contact Last Name: Grimm
Contact Title: Development Associate
Contact Phone: 203.488.6800
Contact Email: pgrimm@readtogrow.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
Legal Name (if Different): Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 1632 U St NW
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia
Postal Code: 20009
Main Phone: 202.483.8600
Main Fax: 202.483.8601
Organization Website: https://smithcenter.org
Employer ID Number: 52-1977976
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3) not-for-profit

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: March 23, 2021
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: The Healing Arts Series
Project Description:

Based on our deep belief in the healing power of art, in 2008, Smith Center established the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, a public gallery dedicated to advancing an understanding of the power of arts to unite, teach, build community, and heal. The gallery features artists whose work builds community, celebrates life, and inspires change. By encouraging deep introspection, our exhibits work to heal both social and psychological ills. The exhibitions at the gallery advance the understanding among residents of the Washington, DC community of the many ways that art can be used as a tool for healing.

The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery is continuously working to align the gallery with Smith Center’s cancer support programs while maintaining our relevance in the DC art community. Through our Healing Arts Series, which accompanies all of our gallery exhibitions, we build community and engage the local art scene and artists with integrative healing practices. The gallery presents four curated exhibitions each year, featuring over 100 local, national and international artists. The Healing Arts Series also includes quarterly community events dedicated to expanding the intersection of art and healing. These programs include performing arts, creativity workshops, cooking classes, and a variety of programming based on the concepts explored throughout the fine art exhibitions at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery.

Total Project Budget: $20,000 direct

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Barbara Smith Fund

Project Duration: Ongoing
Geographical Area Served: Greater Washington, DC
Age Group To Be Served: Adults 18+

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Lindsey
Contact Last Name: Yancich
Contact Title: Gallery Manager
Contact Phone: 410-718-3323
Contact Email: Lindsey@smithcenter.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Arts Alliance of Southern Indiana
Legal Name (if Different): Arts Council of Southern Indiana
Also Known As: AASI
Mailing Address: 820 E Market Street
City: New Albany
State: IN
Postal Code: 47150
Main Phone: 812-949-4238
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.sointoart.org
Employer ID Number: 35-1383333
Organization Tax Status: non profit

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/23/2021
Requested Amount: 10000.00

Project Title: Art on the Move
Project Description:

Art on the Move program, our initiative serving Southern Indiana. This program, at the heart of our mission, offers a creative outlet with a focus on diversity and inclusion and provides a safe space, brings art/culture, and promotes literacy to the forefront. It aligns with our mission goals of strengthen K-12 education and enhance quality of life through arts and culture. Partnering with us will allow AASI to supply Children from our low income/Title one schools with books, art materials. We set up mobile stations throughout Southern Indiana through our Little Free Libraries Program to allow packages of supplies to be delivered to the underprivileged areas. We feel the need could not be greater for the community and we want to do what we can to feel the need for the children.
Art on the Move takes art into the community to provide fun, immersive, and enriching experiences. Since our launch in fall 2019, we aim to reach all corners of our community including schools, assisted living facilities, children’s clubs, community events, and other organizations—regardless of age or ability. Our goal is to provide experiences at no cost, to the participating organizations.
Art on the Move addresses community needs on several levels. At its core, this program aims to bring art back to the community by taking it directly to participants. While there are several options for the community to go view art, we believe the ability to create art should exist without the stress of cost and accessibility. Two of the three counties we serve, Clark and Floyd, have cut 90% of arts programs and youth organizations often have limited time and funds for arts programming—if any. Art on the Move seeks to fill that void

Total Project Budget: 133525.00

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Toyota 25K, Samtec 25K

Project Duration: ongoing
Geographical Area Served: Floyd, Clark and Harrison Counties
Age Group To Be Served: 4-19

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
Contact First Name: Brian
Contact Last Name: Bell
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 502-552-8001
Contact Email: brian@artscouncilsi.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Arts Alliance of Southern Indiana
Legal Name (if Different): Arts Council of Southern Indiana
Also Known As: AASI
Mailing Address: 820 E Market Street
City: New Albany
State: IN
Postal Code: 47150
Main Phone: 812-949-4238
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.sointoart.org
Employer ID Number: 35-1383333
Organization Tax Status: non profit

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/23/2021
Requested Amount: 10000.00

Project Title: Art on the Move
Project Description:

Art on the Move program, our initiative serving Southern Indiana. This program, at the heart of our mission, offers a creative outlet with a focus on diversity and inclusion and provides a safe space, brings art/culture, and promotes literacy to the forefront. It aligns with our mission goals of strengthen K-12 education and enhance quality of life through arts and culture. Partnering with us will allow AASI to supply Children from our low income/Title one schools with books, art materials. We set up mobile stations throughout Southern Indiana through our Little Free Libraries Program to allow packages of supplies to be delivered to the underprivileged areas. We feel the need could not be greater for the community and we want to do what we can to feel the need for the children.
Art on the Move takes art into the community to provide fun, immersive, and enriching experiences. Since our launch in fall 2019, we aim to reach all corners of our community including schools, assisted living facilities, children’s clubs, community events, and other organizations—regardless of age or ability. Our goal is to provide experiences at no cost, to the participating organizations.
Art on the Move addresses community needs on several levels. At its core, this program aims to bring art back to the community by taking it directly to participants. While there are several options for the community to go view art, we believe the ability to create art should exist without the stress of cost and accessibility. Two of the three counties we serve, Clark and Floyd, have cut 90% of arts programs and youth organizations often have limited time and funds for arts programming—if any. Art on the Move seeks to fill that void

Total Project Budget: 133525.00

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Toyota 25K, Samtec 25K

Project Duration: ongoing
Geographical Area Served: Floyd, Clark and Harrison Counties
Age Group To Be Served: 4-19

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
Contact First Name: Brian
Contact Last Name: Bell
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 502-552-8001
Contact Email: brian@artscouncilsi.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As: GCDSO
Mailing Address: 915 S Federal Highway
City: Boynton Beach
State: FL
Postal Code: 33435
Main Phone: 561-752-3383
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://goldcoastdownsyndrome.org
Employer ID Number: 59-2350275
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: March 19, 2021
Requested Amount: $5,000

Project Title: The Learning Program
Project Description:

How would you feel if someone told you that your child did not have the ability to learn? Parents of children with Down syndrome still have to deal with this mindset today. Gold Coast’s Learning Program is designed to overcome these misconceptions and prove these children are capable.

The Learning Program is a series of nine monthly workshops for parents and their children ages 3 through high school that provide teaching strategies, educational activities and resources for social and life skills development. Children and parents attend separate sessions. Parents of pre-school children through mid-elementary begin the program learning how to teach language arts and math skills while preschool children through mid-elementary work with a teacher and early childhood specialist on developing language, reading and math skills.

Workshops for late elementary and middle school parents focus on helping their children develop independent life skills; transition to middle and high schools; curriculum modifications; and writing effective Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals. Simultaneously, children – late elementary into middle school age, engage in group activities to practice and build emotional intelligence and life skills.

In workshops for parents of high school students, they receive critical information for transitioning into adulthood such as: guardianship, trust programs, school options for ages 18-22, and community resources. The teens consider their future job and living options; nutrition and fitness; and bond with their peer group in planned social activities.

The Learning Program includes:
• I Can Read! – (preschool through elementary school) focuses on literacy and math skills
• I’ve Got Skills! (middle school children) focuses on building independence and life skills
• Get A Life! (high schoolers) focuses on transitioning into adulthood
• Spanish Speakers Education and Support Group (ages 3 through high school) led by a parent mentor focuses on education, independence, life skills and transitioning into adulthood

Total Project Budget: $21,551

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): The Marino Family Foundation, The Batchelor Foundation

Project Duration: August 2021 – May 2022
Geographical Area Served: Palm Beach County, FL
Age Group To Be Served: Ages three through high school

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Corinne
Contact Last Name: Pike
Contact Title: Director of Development
Contact Phone: 561-752-3383
Contact Email: goldcoastdsorg@att.net

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Reach Out and Read Greater Cleveland
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 4340 State Road, Suite 5
City: Cleveland
State: Ohio
Postal Code: 44109
Main Phone: 216-214-1740
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.reachoutandreadgc.org
Employer ID Number: 34-1931851
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/19/2021
Requested Amount: $5,000

Project Title: Integrating Literacy Promotion into Pediatric Care
Project Description:

The best opportunity to influence a child’s future is in the first five years, a critical window of rapid brain development that does not occur at any other time. When families read aloud to their young children, they can give them a better start to life. Shared reading helps develop strong parent-child bonds, builds resiliency, and buffers toxic stress.
Our evidence-based early literacy model is incorporated into regular pediatric visits where pediatricians, family medicine doctors and nurse practitioners, leading experts on healthy child development, can positively influence parental behavior. At more than 10 routine health checkups (6 months – 5 years) clinicians model reading aloud with parents, communicate the importance of reading aloud to their children, and provide a new, developmentally appropriate book to take home and build the family’s home library. Our clinics support a literacy-rich environment that include gently used children’s books, literacy materials, and/or volunteer readers to model techniques for reading aloud.
We are engaged with 300 medical providers in 35 health centers in northeast Ohio (Cuyahoga and Lorain counties) across health systems and federally qualified health centers. In 2020, we provided 27,500 books for well child visits reaching over 19,500 children and families with three quarters of these children from low-income families.
Your partnership will support our programming in these health centers and allow us to expand Reach Out and Read to more children by on-boarding two new health centers in 2021.

Total Project Budget: $180,583

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Bruening Foundation ($40,000 committed), MetroHealth System ($20,000 committed), University Hospitals ($20,000 committed), PNC Bank Foundation ($20,000 committed), Sherwin Williams Foundation ($5,000, committed), In-Kind Book Donations ($10,000, committed), United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland ($5,000, potential), Individual Giving ($10,750, potential), Cleveland Clinic ($20,000 potential), Abington Foundation ($15,000, potential), Thomas H White Foundation ($12,000, potential), Union Home Mortgage Foundation ($2,500, potential), Robert F. Beard Charitable Foundation ($10,000, potential)

Project Duration: January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021
Geographical Area Served: Cuyahoga and Lorain counties in Ohio
Age Group To Be Served: birth – 5 years of age

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Lynn
Contact Last Name: Foran
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 216-214-1740
Contact Email: lynn.foran@reachoutandreadgc.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Reach Out and Read Greater Cleveland
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 4340 State Road, Suite 5
City: Cleveland
State: Ohio
Postal Code: 44109
Main Phone: 216-214-1740
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.reachoutandreadgc.org
Employer ID Number: 34-1931851
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/19/2021
Requested Amount: $5,000

Project Title: Integrating Literacy Promotion into Pediatric Care
Project Description:

The best opportunity to influence a child’s future is in the first five years, a critical window of rapid brain development that does not occur at any other time. When families read aloud to their young children, they can give them a better start to life. Shared reading helps develop strong parent-child bonds, builds resiliency, and buffers toxic stress.
Our evidence-based early literacy model is incorporated into regular pediatric visits where pediatricians, family medicine doctors and nurse practitioners, leading experts on healthy child development, can positively influence parental behavior. At more than 10 routine health checkups (6 months – 5 years) clinicians model reading aloud with parents, communicate the importance of reading aloud to their children, and provide a new, developmentally appropriate book to take home and build the family’s home library. Our clinics support a literacy-rich environment that include gently used children’s books, literacy materials, and/or volunteer readers to model techniques for reading aloud.
We are engaged with 300 medical providers in 35 health centers in northeast Ohio (Cuyahoga and Lorain counties) across health systems and federally qualified health centers. In 2020, we provided 27,500 books for well child visits reaching over 19,500 children and families with three quarters of these children from low-income families.
Your partnership will support our programming in these health centers and allow us to expand Reach Out and Read to more children by on-boarding two new health centers in 2021.

Total Project Budget: $180,583

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Bruening Foundation ($40,000 committed), MetroHealth System ($20,000 committed), University Hospitals ($20,000 committed), PNC Bank Foundation ($20,000 committed), Sherwin Williams Foundation ($5,000, committed), In-Kind Book Donations ($10,000, committed), United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland ($5,000, potential), Individual Giving ($10,750, potential), Cleveland Clinic ($20,000 potential), Abington Foundation ($15,000, potential), Thomas H White Foundation ($12,000, potential), Union Home Mortgage Foundation ($2,500, potential), Robert F. Beard Charitable Foundation ($10,000, potential)

Project Duration: January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021
Geographical Area Served: Cuyahoga and Lorain counties in Ohio
Age Group To Be Served: birth – 5 years of age

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Lynn
Contact Last Name: Foran
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 216-214-1740
Contact Email: lynn.foran@reachoutandreadgc.org