Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Y.O.G.A. for Youth
Legal Name (if Different): Your Own Greatness Affirmed, Inc.
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 1035 S Cloverdale Ave.
City: Los Angeles
State: CA
Postal Code: 90019
Main Phone: 323.735.0500
Main Fax:
Organization Website: https://yogaforyouth.org
Employer ID Number: 31-1623522
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/30/23
Requested Amount: 10000

Project Title: Empowering Youth in Underserved Communities
Project Description:

Y.O.G.A. for Youth (YFY) is requesting funds to support our Empowering Youth in Underserved Communities project, which aims to address mental health and reduce incidents of violence in school and in the community. Research shows that young people who take weekly yoga classes experience significant improvements in psychological health, increased constructive coping behaviors, and decreased symptoms of stress and post-traumatic stress. These results ultimately empower students to make healthier decisions for themselves and their communities. Studies have also found that a yoga-based social-emotional wellness promotion program that includes yoga postures, breathing techniques, centering meditation, and lessons on social-emotional health improved emotion regulation, emotional arousal, and coping strategies in response to stress in urban youth (Frank, Bose, & Schrobenhauser-Clonan, 2014; Frank, Kohler, Peal, & Bose, 2017).

YFY programs serve youth between the ages of 6 and 18. Nearly, 100% of the youth served qualify for free lunch programs. Of that number, 13% identify as African American and 87% as Latino/Hispanic and 42% are male and 48% female.

Funds will be used to cover the cost of teacher salaries, oversight and supplies. Through this project, YFY will equip young people, individually and collectively, with the tools to successfully manage life’s challenges, facilitate positive communication, anger management, and increased self-control. Youth will gain:

A greater sense of self-efficacy
Increased stress resilience and coping skills
Increased physical fitness
A working knowledge of simple yogic tools that can be practiced at home

Sessions will be delivered by yoga instructors who have completed YFY’s in-house 46-hour training course, in addition to a 200-hour training certificate from a Yoga Alliance accredited institution.

For more information on our work, click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EyEWlwIUt8

Total Project Budget: $15,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): $5,000 (In-kind)

Project Duration: January 2024-December 2024
Geographical Area Served: Los Angeles Unified School District (California), Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland), and Durham Public School District (North Carolina).
Age Group To Be Served: 6-18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
Contact First Name: Shama
Contact Last Name: Davis
Contact Title: Executive Director of Programming and Operations
Contact Phone: (323) 735-0500
Contact Email: shama@yogaforyouth.org