Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Camp Ascendela
Legal Name (if Different): Givinga Foundation (fiscal sponsor)
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 1234 Foundation Way
City: Boston
State: MA
Postal Code: 02110
Main Phone: (617) 555-0142
Main Fax:
Organization Website: campascendela.com
Employer ID Number: 47-4172718
Organization Tax Status: TouchVida

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 08/31/2026
Requested Amount: $4,697.78

Project Title: Camp Ascendela — A Bilingual Business Accelerator for Girls
Project Description:

Camp Ascendela is a virtual, bilingual business accelerator for girls ages eight to thirteen across Massachusetts. We teach girls to think like founders: each chooses a real problem in her community and builds a venture to solve it, working through market research, leadership, money basics, AI and technology, public speaking, and more. Every topic is taught bilingually (English and Spanish) through a podcast, a reading, a video, and a hands-on challenge, and every girl is paired with mentors who guide her one-on-one, alongside specialist guest speakers. The season culminates in Pitch Fest, where the girls pitch their businesses to a panel of judges. The program runs during the Winter, February, and April school breaks, and it is need-blind, so no girl is ever turned away for inability to pay. Camp Ascendela reaches exactly the young people the Foundation cares about, children under twenty-one, at a pivotal age, giving girls mentoring, education, and the confidence to build something of their own. Many keep their businesses running afterward, earning and beginning to save toward college, and because each venture solves a real community problem, the benefit multiplies outward. This request of $4,697.78 funds the hands-on program materials for our next cohort of twenty girls: curriculum books, building and prototyping kits, creative supplies, program and design software, and Pitch Fest prizes, the tools each girl uses to turn her idea into something real. With a lean, volunteer-powered model, your support reaches the girls directly and helps prove a program built on one belief: that every girl can build something real, and build it to help other people.

Total Project Budget: $52,697.78 (full cost of running the cohort $4,697.78 in materials plus a $48,000 program-director salary; all other roles volunteer)

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed: substantial in-kind support from ~20 volunteer mentors and specialists. Potential: applications in progress to several education- and entrepreneurship-focused foundations (none yet secured).

Project Duration: November 2026 – April 2027 (one program season)
Geographical Area Served: Massachusetts (statewide; delivered virtually)
Age Group To Be Served: Girls ages 8–13

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.):
Contact First Name: Jimena
Contact Last Name: Arnal Machado
Contact Title:
Contact Phone: 6176375217
Contact Email: campascendela@gmail.com