Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form
Organization Name: Foster Grants and Giving Inc.
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Mailing Address: PO Box 771501
City: Orlando
State: FL
Postal Code: 32877
Main Phone: 4077292805
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.FosterGrantsAndGiving.Org
Employer ID Number: 83-1790452
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Proposal Information
Today’s Date: 1-15-2023
Requested Amount: 10,000.00
Project Title: Fostering High-Quality Education for All
Project Description:
Foster Grants and Giving Inc. wants to humbly request grant support to fund our impactful programs. Our programming is comprised of areas that make an immediate and daily impact on vulnerable populations in our community. Our comprehensive program, Fostering High-Quality Education for All, was created to impact homeless students, their families, and under-resourced/underprivileged students in Central Florida. Everyone involved in the education industry knows about the severe learning loss that has occurred since the pandemic. It is projected that the pandemic learning loss could cost students $70,000.00 in lifetime earnings, which equates to 5.6% lower lifetime earnings. On top of that, a new report just surfaced that only 1 out of 5 graduates from the class of 2023 were fully prepared for college. It is a crucial time in education as 40% of new high school graduates are not meeting the ACT’s college-readiness benchmarks in any subject, and only 21% met benchmarks in all four subjects. While we are on the college subject, the number of students from lower economic areas attended college 50% less often than in the previous three decades. These trends show a widening gap between higher and lower economic populations attending college. As you can clearly see, your support could not have come at a more imperative time. Your funding will be a beacon of hope for students from low-income families, students of color, English learners, children with disabilities, students experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, and migratory students. Additionally, our comprehensive programming supports literacy and remediation programs throughout our community for underserved students while providing evidence-based, intensive outside-the-school-day learning opportunities and summer enrichment for our students by providing in-person and virtual tutoring services, books, supplies, college prep services, and feeding programs.
Total Project Budget: $305,580.00
Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): We are blessed to have partnerships from Walmart, Costco Wholesale, CVS Health, Walgreens, Publix, Uber, Wawa, Pizza Hut, Celebration Restaurant Group, KFC, Taco Bell, A Yum! Brands Franchise, Panera Bread, Oriental Trading, Zevia, Cobb Theatres, Medieval Times, Jeremiah’s Italian Ice, WonderWorks Orlando, Chuy’s Tex Mex, Topgolf Orlando, Ross Dress For Less, Orlando Solar Bears, 4 Rivers Smokehouse, 4imprint.com, Otter Box, Crayola Experience, University of South Florida Athletics, Nora Roberts Foundation, Lucky’s Market Winter Park, Orlando Apollos, Alliance of American Football, ALDI/ALDI Smart Kids Program, USA Today Networks, Facebook, Amazon, Southeastern Grocers, Winn-Dixie, Fogo de Chao Churrascaria, Microsoft, Foxtail Coffee Co., Rubio’s Coastal Grill, TPC Tampa Bay, Insight Community Foundation, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Osceola County Government, Margaret McCartney & R. Parks Williams Foundation, Harper Family Charitable Foundation, Kissimmee Utility Authority, Google, Registry for Good, Whole Foods Foundation, One-By-One Foundation, City of St. Cloud, IronMan Foundation, RDV Ice Den, Toho Water Authority, Lisa Libraries, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Hindi’s Libraries, Mary Pope Osborne, Magic Tree House series, Random House Children’s Books, City of Kissimmee, Kissimmee Parks and Recreation, Verizon Small Business, First Horizon Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, First Book Marketplace, Allstate Foundation, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Southeastern Grocers Community Bag Program, Urban Awareness USA, DeBartolo Family Foundation, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Fun Spot America, Osceola Board of County Commissioners, Mister Car Wash, Camp Homework, MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry), Legoland Florida Resort, and Inspired Edge Coaching.
Project Duration: Year-Round (12 months)
Geographical Area Served: Central Florida (Orlando, Kissimmee, and St. Cloud)
Age Group To Be Served: 5-18
Contact Information
Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
Contact First Name: Rashaan
Contact Last Name: Foster
Contact Title: President
Contact Phone: 4077292805
Contact Email: owner@fostergrantsandgiving.org