Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Girls on the Run International
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As: GOTRI
Mailing Address: :PO BOX 30667 PMB 65493
City: Charlotte
State: NC
Postal Code: 28230
Main Phone: 800-901-9965
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://www.girlsontherun.org/
Employer ID Number: 56-2201835
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/5/2024
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: The Confidence Suite: Designing a Curriculum to Elevate Girls’ Confidence and Well-being
Project Description:

Girls on the Run International (GOTRI) shares the Hermanowski Family Foundation’s mission to improve and transform the lives of youth across the United States. GOTRI is a nationally recognized leader in physical activity-based, positive youth development programming, with a mission of inspiring girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running. For over 25 years, the organization has diligently and intentionally created programming for girls in 3rd-8th grade that strengthens the vision of a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.

Recent studies have highlighted a concerning decline in girls’ mental health and physical activity levels. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that three in five U.S. teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021, with only 24% of 6- to 17-year-olds participating in at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day.

GOTRI addresses these mental health concerns as the only national physical activity-based, positive youth development program with a research-based curriculum, trained coaches, and a commitment to serving all girls. The organization is creating a new suite of curricula, the Confidence Suite, designed to reach girls at a critical age and strengthen their confidence. This suite aims to increase relevancy to current issues girls are facing, provide impactful lessons promoting new social-emotional learning skillsets, and elevate the focus on inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA).

By updating existing curricula to meet these critical challenges, GOTRI ensures that participants develop social-emotional skills such as managing emotions, intentional decision-making, helping others, and resolving conflict. These skills promote self-respect, self-efficacy, and resiliency among participants, empowering them to successfully navigate life challenges long after the program’s conclusion.

Total Project Budget: $1,100,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed: The JEM Project:  $45,000, Entergy, $3,500, MONAT Gratitude: $12,000, Rite Aid Healthy Futures: $325,000, Flamingo: $100,000. Potential (applied): Entergy (round 2): $5,000, Barclay-Giel Seed Grants $10,000, Comis Foundation (up to $50,000), Versacare Foundation $40,000, Fidelity Foundation (up to $250,000) Circle of Sisterhood: $10,000

Project Duration: 2022-2025
Geographical Area Served: Communities across 77% of the U.S.
Age Group To Be Served: girls 3rd – 5th grade ages 8-11

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.):
Contact First Name: Sonal
Contact Last Name: Modisette
Contact Title: Grant Manager
Contact Phone: 719-232-3406
Contact Email: smodisette@girlsontherun.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: AMIKids Gadsden
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 363 E CRAWFORD ST
City: Quincy
State: Florida
Postal Code: 32351
Main Phone: 8506271844
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://amikids.org/location/amikids-gadsden/
Employer ID Number: 47-1160200
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/5/24
Requested Amount: 9,418.23

Project Title: AMIkids Gadsden Youth Vocational & Life Skills Improvement
Project Description:

AMIkids Gadsden will be using the funds to increase the programmatic capacity we have for the youth who utilize our services, We would like to provide a food pantry for Gadsden youth where they are able to shop for groceries to take home at the end of each program day; a vegetable garden where we can teach the kids self-sufficiency and more information on produce that are local to their area to bridge the farm to table gap; and we’d like to increase the certificates that we’re able to provide youth, as well as, train staff so we can start providing more youth with relevant certificates.

Total Project Budget: 20,886.23

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Workforce Pathways, Red Cross, Department of Juvenile Justice, Frenchtown Neighborhood Improvement Association, UF/IFAS, Second Harvest

Project Duration: Ongoing
Geographical Area Served: Gadsden County
Age Group To Be Served: 11-17

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
Contact First Name: MT
Contact Last Name: Thomas
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 8507433490
Contact Email: mthomas@amikids.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: VisionNOW
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 264 Salem Street
City: MALDEN
State: MA
Postal Code: 02148
Main Phone: 617-304-6616
Main Fax: 781-605-3926
Organization Website:
Employer ID Number:
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: March 5, 2024
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Transforming Futures
Project Description:

The Transforming Futures Program is dedicated to empowering children and young adults to reach their full potential and thrive in all aspects of their lives.
Our goal is to reach those who would not have certain opportunities and broaden their horizons through cultural awareness. Cultivating new experiences as well as commemorating their own rich heritage.
We believe the ability to pair their cultural history with original, exciting and new perceptions, prepares them for the differences they will face in life. We will mentor through art, culture, history and life experiences.

Total Project Budget: 50,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Malden Cultural Council, Mass Cultural, Imani Temple

Project Duration: This is an on-going program
Geographical Area Served: Malden, MA, and West Springfield, MA
Age Group To Be Served: 5-21

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Reba
Contact Last Name: Danastorg
Contact Title: President
Contact Phone: 617-304-6616
Contact Email: rdanastorg@aol.com

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Grace Notes Music Foundation
Legal Name (if Different): N/A
Also Known As: N/A
Mailing Address: 500 Commerce Way Suite 9
City: Jupiter
State: FL
Postal Code: 33458
Main Phone: 561-379-9072
Main Fax: N/A
Organization Website: gracenotesmusicfoundation.org
Employer ID Number: 27-1548189
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: March 5, 2024
Requested Amount: 5,000

Project Title: Music Education for At-Risk Children in Palm Beach County
Project Description:

Grace Notes Music Foundation (GNMF), founded in 2010, is a 501c3 community-based organization in Jupiter, Florida. GNMF provides access to free music education programs for underserved children throughout Palm Beach County (PBC) in partnership with PBC Schools and Community-based Non-Profit agencies serving low-income children and families in need. Grace Notes develops and provides a variety of initiatives for school-age children and youth, including,

• In and After-School Music Education in collaboration with non-profit human services organizations and PBC Title 1 Public Schools
• Individual Music Lessons with need-based scholarships for children
• Mindful Music – Music Therapy Program with PBC nonprofit partners.
• Instrument Assistance for PBC Students.
• Current development of a preschool music program in collaboration with non-profit entities in high-poverty, high-crime communities
• Current development of an after-school youth orchestra in collaboration with non-profit entities in high-poverty, high-crime communities

The purpose of our work goes beyond learning to play an instrument and into the well-documented benefits of music education that prepares students for learning by helping develop their basic mental skills and capacities. (citations available):

A. Music education prepares students to learn
1. Enhances fine motor skills
2. Fosters superior working memory
3. Cultivates better thinking skills

B. Facilitates student academic achievement
1. Improves recall and retention of verbal information
2. Boosts reading, language, and math skills
3. Improves average SAT scores

C. Develops the creative capacities for lifelong success
1. Sharpens student attentiveness and strengthens perseverance
3. Fosters creativity
4. Supports better study habits and self-esteem

The benefits above create an imperative to bring music education to underserved communities where children are subject to barriers to success in all five areas of the Social Determinants of Health (Neighborhood, Finances, Nutritious food, Healthcare, and Education). GNMF aims to provide music education that facilitates learning and academic achievement and develops creative capacities for lifelong success.

Total Project Budget: 118,850

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed funding sources are Board of Directors Donations, Loxahatchee Club, Fundraising and Events. Pending funding is from Johnathan’s Landing Cares (Site visit is complete), Mirasol Foundation (Site visit is complete), First Horizson Foundation, and Palm Beach Community Trust Fund.

Project Duration: Programs and services provided by GNMF are on-going, and generally operate during the school-year with special projects during the summer months. Funding from the Charles and Joan Hermanowski Family Foundation will be expended between January 2025 and June 2025.
Geographical Area Served: Northern Palm Beach County including Riviera Beach, Mangonia Park, Lake Park, Jupiter, Coleman Park and similar
Age Group To Be Served: Preschool through 12th grade

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms
Contact First Name: Susan
Contact Last Name: Bykofsky
Contact Title: Grant Manager
Contact Phone: 772-626-4267
Contact Email: susanrbykofsky@gmail.com

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: West Texas Rehabilitation Center
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 4601 Hartford
City: Abilene
State: TX
Postal Code: 79605
Main Phone: 325-793-3400
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://westtexasrehab.org/
Employer ID Number: 75-0868320
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/5/24
Requested Amount: 10000

Project Title: Abilene Building Capital Campaign
Project Description:

West Texas Rehabilitation Center is launching our “Building for Patients: Today. Tomorrow. And Always. Capital Campaign.” The mission of this campaign will be to raise funds needed to build a new state of the art, all encompassing, clinical facility in Abilene, Texas. The new 133,000 square foot facility will promote the highest quality patient care, improve efficiencies and safety for our ever-growing patient population, ensure cost savings, improve access and visibility to care with a prime, more accessible location, and enhance the overall morale of all who enter our doors.

Total Project Budget: 85,000,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): foundations and individuals

Project Duration: fundraising 12-18 moths, construction 24 months
Geographical Area Served: We don’t define geographical boundaries but we predominately see patients from central and western Texas
Age Group To Be Served: Birth- 18 years, organization also sees adults

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.):
Contact First Name: Kathi
Contact Last Name: Masonheimer
Contact Title: Director of Marketing
Contact Phone: 325-793-3525
Contact Email: kmasonheimer@wtrc.com

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: The children Development and Educational Corporation
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address:
City:
State:
Postal Code:
Main Phone:
Main Fax:
Organization Website:
Employer ID Number:
Organization Tax Status: non profit

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date:
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title:
Project Description:

Total Project Budget: 60,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): 30,000

Project Duration: one year
Geographical Area Served: Cuyahoga County
Age Group To Be Served: 3-12

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms
Contact First Name: Jennifer
Contact Last Name: Wright-Collins
Contact Title: CEO
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Pediatric Oncology Support Team
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As: POST
Mailing Address: 927 45 St Suite 203
City: West Palm Beach
State: Florida
Postal Code: 33407
Main Phone: 561-882-6336
Main Fax: 561-842-6142
Organization Website: www.postfl.org
Employer ID Number: 45-4769367
Organization Tax Status: 170(b)(1)(a)(vi)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/05/2024
Requested Amount: 7,000

Project Title: Giving Help Financial Support Program
Project Description:

Low & middle-income families whose child is battling cancer are at high risk for homelessness. The Giving Help Family Support Program assists with rent or mortgage support. It is hard to watch a child suffer with cancer, but unthinkable that they should also become homeless at this critical time. Not only must families cope with the overwhelming fear that they could lose their child, but they also face major financial challenges of very high medical costs & a loss of income from caring for a sick child.
To help families cope with financial hardship, the Giving Help Financial Support Program provides relief towards basic needs such as housing, transportation, medication, groceries, & other daily living necessities. POST will pay one bill in each category (rent/mortgage, utilities, transportation) per calendar year. This program also includes our Preventing Homelessness & Food Insecurity for Children Battling Cancer Initiative, as we established an onsite food pantry for immediate needs. This is supplemented by giving families gift cards to buy groceries.
The entirety of this program strives to prevent homelessness & hunger in local children battling cancer, ensuring that 100% of the families we serve – especially those at greatest risk of facing eviction, whose child is having a bone marrow transplant, or single parents – have safe housing, enough food to eat, & will never have to choose between lifesaving medication or paying for basic needs.

Total Project Budget: 181,960

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Sources for the Project (Committed and Potential): American Heart Association (Potential), Gratis (Potential), Milbank (Potential), Herbert Bearman (Potential), Ballenisles (Committed), Edward Jones (Committed)

Project Duration: June 1, 2024 – May 31, 2025
Geographical Area Served: Palm Beach County
Age Group To Be Served: 0-21 years old

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Dr.
Contact First Name: Barbara
Contact Last Name: Abernathy
Contact Title: President & CEO
Contact Phone: 561-882-6336
Contact Email: babernathy@postfl.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Brenda’s Smart Start Inc
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 8549 Wilshire Blvd #2401
City: Beverly Hills
State: CA
Postal Code: 90211
Main Phone: 3108951313
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://www.brendassmartstartinc.org/
Employer ID Number: 92-0942381
Organization Tax Status: 509(a)(2)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/05/2024
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Brenda’s Smart Start
Project Description:

Brenda’s Smart Start initiative is dedicated to providing a comprehensive mentoring program that promotes financial literacy among children. Our curriculum aims to equip young minds with the necessary knowledge and skills to make informed financial decisions, fostering a strong foundation for their future financial well-being.

Total Project Budget: 22000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Walmart 1400 Committed

Project Duration: 01/01/2023-01/01/2025
Geographical Area Served: Los Angeles California and surrounding areas
Age Group To Be Served: 7-17

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr
Contact First Name: Cliff
Contact Last Name: Delfosse
Contact Title: Treasurer
Contact Phone: 13108951313
Contact Email: info@theblueprintempowermentacademy.com

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Lighthouse of Broward County, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As: LHOB
Mailing Address: 5901 Del Lago Circle
City: Sunrise
State: Florida
Postal Code: 33313-9893
Main Phone: 954-463-4217
Main Fax: 954.764.3825
Organization Website: www.lhob.org
Employer ID Number: 59-1650909
Organization Tax Status: 501-C-3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: March 5, 2024
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: Children’s Services to Independence Program (CSTI)
Project Description:

CSTI is dedicated to empowering blind and visually impaired (BVI) youth in Broward County, offering a range of beneficial, recreational, and educational programs designed to foster development and independence. We have proudly relocated to a larger facility in Sunrise, FL, enabling us to expand our services and reach even more BVI youth across Broward County. Currently, CSTI serves 94 BVI children under 13 and their families, including 35 participants in the LHOB Bright Beginnings Early Intervention Program for infants to five-year-olds. This program focuses on enhancing remaining senses and vision (hearing, touch, taste, smell, and proprioceptive) through play therapy, which encompasses cognitive knowledge, communication, assistive technology, and compensatory skills alongside sociability, personal hygiene, and motor skills development. Our staff conducts thorough assessments to create personalized education plans for each child.
We offer year-round programming for older children aged 6 to 13, including academic enrichment, field trips, and recreational activities during non-school days, Saturdays, and summer breaks. These programs emphasize safe travel, cooking, self-care, Braille, computer use, polite social interaction, self-determination, and self-advocacy, following the evidence-based Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC). STEAM elements are integrated into activities and education, facilitated by our experienced Teachers of the Visually Impaired, ensuring personalized attention in one-on-one or small group settings.
Our services include necessary equipment for social and educational advancement. Notably, many CSTI participants have multiple disabilities. Given the School Board of Broward County’s reports of an increasing trend in BVI children with co-occurring disorders, CSTI plays a crucial role in bridging the gap for children who are otherwise excluded from their school’s Visually Impaired Program, promoting academic and life success for BVI children in our community.

Total Project Budget: $866,286

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): ): Division of Blind Services; United Way of Broward County; The Batchelor Foundation; Henry L. & Kathryn Mills Foundation; Hoffa Memorial Foundation; Joe Sonken Trust; Kegel Foundation, Negley Flinn Foundation, Gore Foundation, Deaver Phoenix Foundation, The William R. Watts Foundation, Inc, and the First Horizon Foundation.

Project Duration: Year-Round
Geographical Area Served: Broward County, FL
Age Group To Be Served: Birth to 13 years old

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
Contact First Name: Jose
Contact Last Name: Lopez-Masso
Contact Title: VP of Strategic Initiatives & Development
Contact Phone: 954-463-4217 ext. 141
Contact Email: jlopez@lhob.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program
Legal Name (if Different): N/A
Also Known As: HJTEP
Mailing Address: 40 West 143rd Street
City: New York
State: New York
Postal Code: 10037
Main Phone: 212.491.3738
Main Fax:
Organization Website: hjtep.org
Employer ID Number: 13-3076419
Organization Tax Status: non-profit organization

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: March 5, 2024
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: HJTEP Wellness Program in the Learning Resource Center
Project Description:

HJTEP has operated in central Harlem for over 50 years focused on closing the racial equity gap against entry into the sport of tennis. Equally weighted with the tennis program are the academic and wellness programs in our Learning Resource Center (LRC). This application is being submitted for the Wellness program.

The nexus of focus at HJTEP’s LRC is on academic success, development of executive functioning skills, and optimizing the personal wellness & fitness of our youth. At the start of every academic year, the LRC diagnostically assesses each child with a tool called EXACT PATH that creates a snapshot of specific educational skill and health gaps. That information is the foundation for personalized learning plans tailored to individual academic and health needs, along with targeted interventions that can include private academic tutoring sessions, mental health support, social & emotional learning, mentorship, meditation & mindfulness practices. LRC instructors meet each student athlete at their respective educational and health levels with a customized learning plan.

The LRC’s wellness program functions as the glue in HJTEP’s holistic programmatic success in the lives of our youth. We have deepened our wellness program in efforts to alleviate disproportionate challenges faced by Harlem’s BIPOC youth, such as limited resources for mental health & resilience, prolific poverty-related physical health & nutritional challenges, lacking academic matriculation, and regular exposure to violence. Without tracking physical, nutritional, social, and emotional learning, mindfulness & mental health supportive programs alongside our tennis and academic pillars, successes among our youth would not depict sustainability or depth. Every child learns independent agency, discipline, and the ability to problem solve. They also understand needs for contemplation and inner clarity. The wellness program in the LRC creates an environment where excellence in tennis, academics, and personal health becomes an embodied, achievable reality for every child.

Total Project Budget: $79,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Applied for to date: $60,000

Project Duration: 9 months total: Sept 2024-June 2025
Geographical Area Served: New York City, NY
Age Group To Be Served: Youth ages 6 – 18 years old

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Lynda
Contact Last Name: Hamilton
Contact Title: Development Consultant
Contact Phone: 646.391.4906
Contact Email: lynda@lyndahamilton.com