Grant Request Believe With Me
Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form
Organization Name: Believe With Me
Legal Name (if Different): Believe With Me, Inc.
Also Known As: N/A
Mailing Address: 11420 US HWY 1 PMB 122
City: North Palm Beach
State: Florida
Postal Code: 33408
Main Phone: (561) 236-2005
Main Fax: N/A
Organization Website: https://believewithme.com/
Employer ID Number: 47-3192165
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Public Charity
Proposal Information
Today’s Date: September 1, 2026
Requested Amount: $10,000
Project Title: An American Gold Star Christmas
Project Description:
An American Gold Star Christmas brings hope and help to children who have lost a parent in service to our nation. For these children, Christmas can make that loss feel especially heavy. There is one less person watching them open presents on Christmas morning, one less name written on a gift tag, and one person they would give anything to have back.
The funeral may be over, another year may have passed, and the rest of the world may have moved forward, but that child is still growing up without their parent.
Believe With Me cannot change that loss, but through An American Gold Star Christmas, we can make sure these children know they have not been forgotten.
Each year, approximately 3,000 Gold Star children send us their individual Christmas wish lists. Volunteers shop from each child’s list, wrap their gifts personally, and prepare a Santa sack with the things they asked for, a Bible, devotional, handwritten note, and a Polaroid of the smiling volunteers who wrapped their gifts.
These details matter. We want each child to know someone learned their name, learned about the parent they lost, and cared enough to show up for them at Christmas.
At Believe With Me, we call this “the heart behind the star.” The Gold Star in our logo represents a family whose loved one gave their life in service to our nation, and the red heart behind it represents the hearts of grateful Americans who step forward to bring hope and help to the family left behind.
A $10,000 grant from the Hermanowski Family Foundation would bring Christmas to 100 Gold Star children from birth through age 21. One hundred children would wake up on Christmas morning to gifts chosen specifically for them and a tangible reminder that, even though the world may have moved forward, there are still people who remember.
Total Project Budget: $375,000
Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Individual donors, foundation grants, corporate partnerships, community fundraising, in-kind donations, and volunteer support
Project Duration: January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2027
Geographical Area Served: Nationwide; coordinated from Palm Beach County, Florida
Age Group To Be Served: Gold Star children, birth through age 21
Contact Information
Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Glory
Contact Last Name: Reback
Contact Title: Grants Coordinator
Contact Phone: (561) 335-8161
Contact Email: grants@believewithme.com