Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Raven House Inc
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 9349 Gaylord Ave
City: Cleveland
State: Ohio
Postal Code: 44105
Main Phone: 2167727012
Main Fax: 2163410226
Organization Website: www.ravenhouseinc.org
Employer ID Number: 900656444
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 11/20/2023
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Ravens Workshops
Project Description:

Raven House provides emergency housing and services for youth who are in the foster care system, aging from 12-17 years of age. Providing mentorship, counseling services, basic needs. We provide workshops such as self esteem building, mental health and leadership training

Total Project Budget: 32,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Third Federal Bank, Union Miles development

Project Duration: 2 year
Geographical Area Served: Urban community, southeast side
Age Group To Be Served: 12-17

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms
Contact First Name: Roshawn
Contact Last Name: Sample
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 2164105342
Contact Email: ravenhouseinc@yahoo.com

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Easton Banks Learning & Life Center, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different): na
Also Known As: EBLLC, Inc.
Mailing Address: 891 Greenhedge Drive
City: Stone Mountain
State: Georgia
Postal Code: 30058
Main Phone: 4707787189
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.ebllcinc.com
Employer ID Number: 205039005
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 11/20/2023
Requested Amount: 4,000

Project Title: Project G.R.A.P.E. (Growing Readily Available Produce Everywhere)
Project Description:

Our program, Project G.R.A.P.E., provides easy-to-understand education for our youth participants to allow them to connect biology, ecology and economic topics to the everyday functions of adult life. The purpose of the Project G.R.A.P.E. program is to teach youth in local communities how to grow produce in their community, how to live a well sustained life (educationally, physically and emotionally), and how to become a dedicated community member through leadership and volunteerism. In 2020, COVID exacerbated the hunger crisis that DeKalb County already faced. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, many parts of southern and eastern DeKalb County are considered urban areas that have limited access to high-quality, fresh food. Knowing this, it makes it extremely hard for our community to have inexpensive organic food options. Having limited to no access to organic food negatively impacts the health of families living in low-income communities which can inevitably affect the overall function of the household (i.e. increased hospital visits, heightened financial burdens).
As of now, there are over 84,000 individuals experiencing hunger at a constant rate with 52% of the entire population being below the poverty line. With our Project G.R.A.P.E. program we not only educate youth in creating sustainable lives, but we also create community focused gardens in neighborhoods that don’t have the knowledge or space to grow at home. As of today, we’ve been able to donate over 200 pounds of produce to families experiencing hunger and/or food insecurity.

Total Project Budget: 8,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): 4,500

Project Duration: March 2024 – May 2025
Geographical Area Served: DeKalb County, Georgia
Age Group To Be Served: 10 years of age to 18 years of age

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
Contact First Name: Eric
Contact Last Name: Williams
Contact Title: Education Specialist
Contact Phone: 5712266995
Contact Email: eric@ebllcinc.com

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Queen of Community Inc
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 6595 Roswell Rd
City: Atlanta
State: GA
Postal Code: 30328
Main Phone: 4243990289
Main Fax:
Organization Website: queenofcommunity.org
Employer ID Number: 881449242
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)3 organization

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 11/20/2023
Requested Amount: 1000

Project Title: Introducing Blooming Healers
Project Description:

At Queen of Community, we recognize the importance of providing a holistic approach to mentoring and coaching teen girls. By focusing on building self-awareness, we empower these young women to take control of their lives and make informed decisions. Our faith-based activities provide a safe space for them to explore their spirituality, while also promoting teen health and wellness.
We recognize that there is more to a person than just their physical health. Mental and emotional well-being are equally important, and by addressing these areas, we are helping to create a generation of young women who are confident, self-aware, and self-assured.
Our holistic-based activities like sound meditation, yoga, gardening, and journaling provide a unique perspective that is often missing in traditional mentoring and coaching programs. By incorporating spirituality into our approach, we are able to connect with these young women on a deeper level and help them explore their beliefs and values. This approach not only promotes personal growth but also strengthens their connection to their community and the world around them.

Total Project Budget: 3000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): potential

Project Duration: continuous
Geographical Area Served: Atlanta, GA
Age Group To Be Served: 13-18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms
Contact First Name: Quenette
Contact Last Name: Scott
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 4243990289
Contact Email: queenofcommunity@gmail.com

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Strong Deliverance By Faith
Legal Name (if Different): Same
Also Known As: Same
Mailing Address: 631 Houston Street
City: Mobile
State: Alabama
Postal Code: 36606
Main Phone: (251) 408-8583
Main Fax: N/A
Organization Website: N/A
Employer ID Number: 90-0915975
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: November 20, 2023
Requested Amount: $8,573

Project Title: Superior Steppers Youth Community Tutoring & Mentorship Program
Project Description:

Strong Deliverance By Faith has a heart and a mandate to reach youth of all ages, races, creeds, colors, & ethnicities. We provide disadvantaged and disproportionate youth residing in Mobile Maysville Community area with a free mentorship program that services children between the ages 6 – 18 with working adults to participate in a community-wide brotherhood & sisterhood in anti-violence and anti- hazing formats through education, mentorship, and youth development – to build leadership, impartation, love, nourishment, educational skills, positive self-worth, optimistic self-esteem, and the roadmap to endorsing youth entrepreneurship to adulthood through these avenues:

 Afterschool Tutoring Program: Life skills to provide tutoring to students to excel in completion classes in middle and high school grade levels and provide older teenagers acquiring to obtain and complete the general education development (GED) to receive the high school diploma equivalent.

 Mentorship Program: Life skills consisting of teaching and training young men and women through mentorship and activities how to grow and become successful young adults in society.

Many of these children come from environments either at or below poverty-stricken levels with multiple children in homes with single and/or elderly parents as caregivers.

Total Project Budget: $47,180

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Individual Donations & Pledges of Support

Project Duration: Continuous
Geographical Area Served: Mobile County Metropolitan Area – Maysville Community
Age Group To Be Served: Youth Ages 6 – 18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Tiffany
Contact Last Name: Northington
Contact Title: Administrator
Contact Phone: (251) 408-8583
Contact Email: strongdeliverancebyfaith@gmail.com

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Black Wall Street AVL
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 346 Depot St.
City: Asheville
State: North Carolina
Postal Code: 28801
Main Phone: 8287850233
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://blackwallstreetavl.com/
Employer ID Number: 871330821
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: November 20, 2023
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: GRINDfest
Project Description:

Launched in 2021, GRINDfest is an annual festival celebrating Black Business and Entrepreneurship to generate revenue in Black Cash Registers. Last year we had 9,000 visitors from 35 states and generated $100k+ in the cash registers of BIPOC businesses. All vendors were people of color. In 2023, we had 12k attendees for the weekend.

Our board decided that GRINDfest 2024, scheduled on May 24 – May 26, 2024, would be focused on (and driven by) youth. Considering the challenges our youth face, we believe that local celebrations can provide diversion activity, purposeful programming, and a meaningful culmination of our year-round programming.

We partnered with Asheville High School/School of Inquiry and Life Sciences (SILSA) administration and their CTE department to co-create a youth entrepreneurship curriculum. They have given us 5th period for the whole year to support youth in creating and testing out their business ideas. As part of the curriculum, we created revenue-generating activities that would give youth a platform to sell to customers. By working together on this project, youth get to apply their core subject learning to real-life applications as young entrepreneurs.

Since its inception, GRINDFest has hosted 37 vendors supported by over 50 organizational partners, 200 volunteers, and key stakeholders in the community. GRINDfest contributes to the vision of a vibrant, healthy, and connected community by fostering positive connections for people of color. Our sponsors and program partners had all agreed that the vendors and presenters would all be people of color so that all the support and attention would be directed to help bridge economic gaps in our community. By creating a safe and inclusive environment, we encourage networking, collaboration, and mutual support among participants. This strengthens the bonds within the black community, empowering youth to forge lasting connections and build a supportive network.

Total Project Budget: $59,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed: First Horizon Bank, GRIND LLC, Mountain BizWorks, Asheville Chamber of Commerce

Project Duration: 3 days
Geographical Area Served: Western North Carolina
Age Group To Be Served: Youth and adults

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Dr.
Contact First Name: Joseph
Contact Last Name: Hackett
Contact Title: Chairman of the Board
Contact Phone: 8287850233
Contact Email: blackwallstreetavl@gmail.com

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Black Wall Street AVL
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 346 Depot St.
City: Asheville
State: North Carolina
Postal Code: 28801
Main Phone: 8287850233
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://blackwallstreetavl.com/
Employer ID Number: 871330821
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: November 20, 2023
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: GRINDfest
Project Description:

Launched in 2021, GRINDfest is an annual festival celebrating Black Business and Entrepreneurship to generate revenue in Black Cash Registers. Last year we had 9,000 visitors from 35 states and generated $100k+ in the cash registers of BIPOC businesses. All vendors were people of color. In 2023, we had 12k attendees for the weekend.

Our board decided that GRINDfest 2024, scheduled on May 24 – May 26, 2024, would be focused on (and driven by) youth. Considering the challenges our youth face, we believe that local celebrations can provide diversion activity, purposeful programming, and a meaningful culmination of our year-round programming.

We partnered with Asheville High School/School of Inquiry and Life Sciences (SILSA) administration and their CTE department to co-create a youth entrepreneurship curriculum. They have given us 5th period for the whole year to support youth in creating and testing out their business ideas. As part of the curriculum, we created revenue-generating activities that would give youth a platform to sell to customers. By working together on this project, youth get to apply their core subject learning to real-life applications as young entrepreneurs.

Since its inception, GRINDFest has hosted 37 vendors supported by over 50 organizational partners, 200 volunteers, and key stakeholders in the community. GRINDfest contributes to the vision of a vibrant, healthy, and connected community by fostering positive connections for people of color. Our sponsors and program partners had all agreed that the vendors and presenters would all be people of color so that all the support and attention would be directed to help bridge economic gaps in our community. By creating a safe and inclusive environment, we encourage networking, collaboration, and mutual support among participants. This strengthens the bonds within the black community, empowering youth to forge lasting connections and build a supportive network.

Total Project Budget: $59,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed: First Horizon Bank, GRIND LLC, Mountain BizWorks, Asheville Chamber of Commerce

Project Duration: 3 days
Geographical Area Served: Western North Carolina
Age Group To Be Served: Youth and adults

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Dr.
Contact First Name: Joseph
Contact Last Name: Hackett
Contact Title: Chairman of the Board
Contact Phone: 8287850233
Contact Email: blackwallstreetavl@gmail.com

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Black Wall Street AVL
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 346 Depot St.
City: Asheville
State: North Carolina
Postal Code: 28801
Main Phone: 8287850233
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://blackwallstreetavl.com/
Employer ID Number: 871330821
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: November 20, 2023
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: GRINDfest
Project Description:

Launched in 2021, GRINDfest is an annual festival celebrating Black Business and Entrepreneurship to generate revenue in Black Cash Registers. Last year we had 9,000 visitors from 35 states and generated $100k+ in the cash registers of BIPOC businesses. All vendors were people of color. In 2023, we had 12k attendees for the weekend.

Our board decided that GRINDfest 2024, scheduled on May 24 – May 26, 2024, would be focused on (and driven by) youth. Considering the challenges our youth face, we believe that local celebrations can provide diversion activity, purposeful programming, and a meaningful culmination of our year-round programming.

We partnered with Asheville High School/School of Inquiry and Life Sciences (SILSA) administration and their CTE department to co-create a youth entrepreneurship curriculum. They have given us 5th period for the whole year to support youth in creating and testing out their business ideas. As part of the curriculum, we created revenue-generating activities that would give youth a platform to sell to customers. By working together on this project, youth get to apply their core subject learning to real-life applications as young entrepreneurs.

Since its inception, GRINDFest has hosted 37 vendors supported by over 50 organizational partners, 200 volunteers, and key stakeholders in the community. GRINDfest contributes to the vision of a vibrant, healthy, and connected community by fostering positive connections for people of color. Our sponsors and program partners had all agreed that the vendors and presenters would all be people of color so that all the support and attention would be directed to help bridge economic gaps in our community. By creating a safe and inclusive environment, we encourage networking, collaboration, and mutual support among participants. This strengthens the bonds within the black community, empowering youth to forge lasting connections and build a supportive network.

Total Project Budget: $59,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed: First Horizon Bank, GRIND LLC, Mountain BizWorks, Asheville Chamber of Commerce

Project Duration:
Geographical Area Served:
Age Group To Be Served:

Contact Information

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Contact First Name:
Contact Last Name:
Contact Title:
Contact Phone:
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Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: 180 Sport
Legal Name (if Different): 180 Sports AZ
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 6635 W Happy Valley Rd Ste A104 118
City: Glendale
State: AZ
Postal Code: 85310
Main Phone: 602-228-4144
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.180sports.org
Employer ID Number: 87-3748623
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 11/20/2023
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Supporting Athletes
Project Description:

We work to provide athletes with proper equipment and opportunities to join their peers in camps and clinics they wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend without our support. We also provide them with necessities of shoes, socks, food.

Total Project Budget: 15000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Peoria Diamond Club – $2500, Lerner and Rowe – $2,500

Project Duration: 1 year
Geographical Area Served: Arizona
Age Group To Be Served: 8-18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Tamara
Contact Last Name: Clark
Contact Title: Director of Community Outreach
Contact Phone: 817-412-8112
Contact Email: tamara@180sports.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: 180 Sport
Legal Name (if Different): 180 Sports AZ
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 6635 W Happy Valley Rd Ste A104 118
City: Glendale
State: AZ
Postal Code: 85310
Main Phone: 602-228-4144
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.180sports.org
Employer ID Number: 87-3748623
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 11/20/2023
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Supporting Athletes
Project Description:

We work to provide athletes with proper equipment and opportunities to join their peers in camps and clinics they wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend without our support. We also provide them with necessities of shoes, socks, food.

Total Project Budget: 15000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Peoria Diamond Club – $2500, Lerner and Rowe – $2,500

Project Duration: 1 year
Geographical Area Served: Arizona
Age Group To Be Served: 8-18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Tamara
Contact Last Name: Clark
Contact Title: Director of Community Outreach
Contact Phone: 817-412-8112
Contact Email: tamara@180sports.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Pablo Foundation
Legal Name (if Different): Eleasicia Jenkins
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 1609 Mickey Street
City: Hollandale
State: Mississippi
Postal Code: 38748
Main Phone: 662-299-6144
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://thepablofoundation.org
Employer ID Number:
Organization Tax Status: 92-3477842

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 11/20/2023
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: Project Team One Heart
Project Description:

Team One Heart is a two-in-one program designed to promote mental health by exercising both the mind and
body. Everyone knows that physical exercise is a way to get physically healthier, sculpt your body, increase blood flow, decrease, if not eliminate, health problems, as well as get you moving. What most people don’t realize is that physical exercise is an exceptional means to enhance and maintain stable mental health. Physical exercise lifts your mood, reduces stress and anxiety, decreases depression, and teaches you breathing techniques. One’s mental state plays a huge role in their physical state because mental illnesses like depression and anxiety cultivate negative thoughts, leaves you feeling fatigued, and decimates one’s social skills. Likewise, physical healthy can have an impact on one’s mental state. Physical and mental health have a yin-and-yang affect where when one decreases from it’s normal range, it will throw the other off. Having a perfect balance of mental and physical healthy is key to overcoming issues like anxiety, paranoia, sleep deprivation, and various organ diseases.
With Project Team One Heart, we want to help the youth understand what their body is feeling, why it is feeling that way, what their body needs, and how to combat those negative feelings in a healthy way. This program will incorporate various exercise classes that allow the students to focus less on the negative thoughts, and focus more on the task at hand—be it kickboxing, yoga, meditation, or stretching. Our project goals and objectives are such:
Goals:
– Reduce and prevent suicide, mental, and substance disorders
– Decrease the number of students and young adults abusing alcohol
– Improve the identification and treatment of at-risk students and young adults
– Increase the number of free physical exercise classes available that focus on mental health
Objectives:
– Enhance mental health services for all students and young adults
– Promote help-seeking behavior by 35%
– Decrease the negative stigma around mental health assistance among our participants by 65%
We seek to open the lines of communication with our participants to understand what they are going through and how they feel about mental health, therapy, physical fitness, serious mental illness (SMI), and serious emotional disturbances (SED). We want to provide talking sessions and assessments that will allow us to measure where the participants start out, and how our program has affected them by the end.

Total Project Budget: $31,119.27

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): $3,900.00

Project Duration: Ongoing
Geographical Area Served: Washington County
Age Group To Be Served: 10 to 24

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Eleasicia
Contact Last Name: Jenkins
Contact Title: President
Contact Phone: 662-299-6144
Contact Email: thepablofoundation@gmail.com