Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Girls Athletic Leadership Schools Los Angeles
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As: GALS LA
Mailing Address: 14200 Runnymede St.
City: Van Nuys
State: CA
Postal Code: 91405
Main Phone: 818-389-1184
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://www.galsla.org/
Employer ID Number: 47-3972850
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 02/03/2025
Requested Amount: 5000

Project Title: GALS Mental Health Retreat
Project Description:

Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles (GALS LA) is seeking a $5,000 grant to support a Mental Health Retreat Day for our 6th–8th grade students, many of whom have recently experienced the trauma of the devastating LA wildfires. As a school serving 96% girls of color, with 88% coming from low-income families, our students often face compounding stressors that impact their emotional well-being. This retreat will provide a day of healing through mindfulness workshops, movement-based wellness activities, art therapy, and guided discussions led by mental health professionals. By fostering resilience, self-care strategies, and peer support, we aim to equip our students with tools to navigate stress and trauma, ensuring they can continue to thrive academically and personally. Your support will help us create a safe, restorative space for our girls to process their experiences and emerge stronger.

Total Project Budget: 10000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): 5000 Committed (Board of Directors Donations)

Project Duration: 1 month planning, 1 day Retreat
Geographical Area Served: Los Angeles, CA
Age Group To Be Served: 10-13

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Vanessa
Contact Last Name: Garza
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 310-291-1314
Contact Email: vgarza@galsla.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Early Excellence Project
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 1835 Centre Avenue
City: Pittsburgh
State: PA
Postal Code: 15219
Main Phone: 412-954-7415
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://www.earlyexcellenceproject.org/
Employer ID Number: 85-2451228
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: February 3, 2025
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Early Literacy High Impact Tutoring
Project Description:

The Early Excellence Project’s High-Impact Tutoring Program is an innovative literacy intervention designed to close early learning gaps and build strong reading foundations for elementary students in the Pittsburgh region. Rooted in research-based instructional strategies, this program provides personalized, small-group tutoring during the school day to ensure students receive targeted support without disrupting family schedules.

Our highly trained tutors work in deep collaboration with partner schools, aligning lessons with classroom instruction to reinforce key literacy skills. Through evidence-based reading strategies, structured lessons, and individualized feedback, students build confidence and make measurable progress in their reading abilities.

Beyond academics, we cultivate a culture of belonging and achievement, ensuring that every child, especially Black and other marginalized students, receives the support they need to thrive. By investing in early literacy, we empower young learners, strengthen their academic trajectories, and contribute to dismantling systemic barriers in education.

Total Project Budget: 418,750

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): McAuley Ministries, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Pittsburgh Foundation

Project Duration: 1 year – January 2026 – December 2026
Geographical Area Served: Pennsylvania – Allegheny County
Age Group To Be Served: 3 – 10

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Dr.
Contact First Name: Cassandra
Contact Last Name: Brentley
Contact Title: Director of Operations
Contact Phone: 412-999-4587
Contact Email: cbrentley@earlyexcellenceproject.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Sutton Project
Legal Name (if Different): Northwest Christian School
Also Known As: NCS
Mailing Address: 16401 N 43rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85053
City: Phoenix
State: Arizona
Postal Code: 85053
Main Phone: 602-978-5134
Main Fax: 1-602-978-5804
Organization Website: https://www.ncsaz.org/giving/sutton-project
Employer ID Number: 86-0445016
Organization Tax Status: 501(c3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 2/3/25
Requested Amount: $5,000

Project Title: Sutton Project
Project Description:

Our organization’s mission is to bring the light to schools within the Isaac, Fowler, and other school districts. Through this project, we pack and provide food boxes for around 15 different schools and 1,700 families for the Thanksgiving holiday; each of these boxes go to feed 4 people. The food we provide includes a nutritious Thanksgiving meal for a whole family. In these boxes, we put canned vegetables such as corn and green beans. We also provide a turkey voucher, giving them the opportunity to get a healthy turkey for their family. During the fall semester, our school will unite and fundraise to provide Thanksgiving meals as well as Christmas gifts for many families within these communities. Since we aim to provide as much love and support as possible, we will extend our fundraising goals into the Christmas season by collecting Christmas gifts for the students at Alta E Butler, J.B. Sutton, and refugee families. These food boxes and gifts are directly delivered to the students and families. We feel it is also our responsibility to help the struggling refugee families, as well as the schools. Refugees have the constant struggle of not being able to provide, they have had to restart their lives, and anything we can do to help is very appreciated by them. Not to mention, all the extra food we have left goes to food banks in the community. We typically spend around $65,000 on this project, using it on food, boxes, toys, ect. As this is our fifteenth year with the Sutton project, we can ultimately see the goodness of the project through its continuous blessings for this struggling community. We hope to continue this life changing project for years and years to come.

Total Project Budget: $65,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): John F. Long Foundation, Sunwest Bank, Chisholm

Project Duration: October – December
Geographical Area Served: Fowler, Issac, Cartwright in the Phoenix area
Age Group To Be Served: All ages

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Debbie
Contact Last Name: Yee
Contact Title: Grant Writer
Contact Phone: 602-978-5134
Contact Email: dyee@ncsaz.org

Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Raton Community Development Collaborative
Legal Name (if Different): Raton Community Development Collaborative
Also Known As: RatonCDC
Mailing Address: 19 N Mesa Loop
City: Raton
State: NM
Postal Code: 87740-9760
Main Phone: 5754474561
Main Fax: 5754453130
Organization Website: https://ratoncdc.org
Employer ID Number: 93-3539443
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: February 1, 2025
Requested Amount: 10000

Project Title: Raton Reading Proficiency Project
Project Description:

The NM Public Education Department Report Card for the 2023-2024 academic year shows that only 39% of our students are proficient in reading. We will offer an out-of-school time (OST) program to pilot an alternative online reading proficiency application designed to improve reading proficiency. Improvement results will be reported to the Raton Board of Education for consideration in purchasing this alternative program for use in subsequent school years.

The online application is MindPlay Reading Ultra by Essential Education and will require purchasing 30 licenses as well as paying for two part-time teachers (1 teacher to 15 students ratio) to administer the program. The program will also require a monthly rental fee (including utilities) of $1,200 per month. The target population will be 6th & 7th graders. We will utilize a previously established computer training center designed to accommodate 30 participants.

MindPlay Reading Ultra is a virtual reading program designed to provide research-based reading instruction and offers data-driven insights to support student progress. It utilizes adaptive technology to create personalized learning plans for each student, focusing on key areas like phonics, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and phonemic awareness. MindPlay Reading Ultra is grounded in research on effective reading instruction, including the Science of Reading and Orton-Gillingham approaches, ensuring that the program’s strategies and activities align with best practices. MindPlay Reading Ultra has earned ESSA Tier 3 recognition for its effectiveness in enhancing reading instruction, demonstrating its impact on student achievement.

Total Project Budget: $76,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Proliteracy, NM Children’s Foundation, Rapoport Foundation

Project Duration: 1 year
Geographical Area Served: Raton, New Mexico
Age Group To Be Served: 6th & 7th graders

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
Contact First Name: Paul
Contact Last Name: Jenkins
Contact Title: President
Contact Phone: (575) 447-4561
Contact Email: Paul@RatonCDC.org