Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Hip Hop for Change, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different): Hiphopforchange, Inc.
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 515 55th Street, Suite A
City: Oakland
State: CA
Postal Code: 94609
Main Phone: 510-350-7730
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.hiphopforchange.org
Employer ID Number: 46-3005727
Organization Tax Status: 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/30/23
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Hip Hop for Change – The MC Program
Project Description:

Education Department: In 2021, our programs reached over 8,000 students from K-12th grade through our workshops, presentations, assemblies, and full-day conferences. We hire Bay Area-based Hip Hop artists and train them to be Hip Hop educators and trauma-informed facilitators while delivering a culturally responsive curriculum.

Our Education Department breaks down barriers between youth and justice issues that affect their lives and communities by using Hip hop as a vehicle. We offer several programs and workshops, teaching the history, principles, and Hip Hop Cultural mechanisms through these new practices for positive introspection and expression. Around half of our programming has been provided free of charge to under-resourced institutions. In addition, our education department hires Hip Hop artists within our community, training them in trauma-informed care to better serve our youth.

HH4C’s educational curriculum has reached over 26,000 students nationally, through the facilitation of Hip Hop lectures and camps catered toward BIPOC youth. Examples of our educational programs include THE MC: Theory of Hip Hop Evolution, a five-part experimental K-12 curriculum that details the history and social impact, of Hip Hop; Agents of Change, a week-long naturalist camp in partnership with East Bay Regional Parks District that increases environmental access for marginalized youth; Write On, a comprehensive Graffiti curriculum for K-12 youth that focuses on cultural expression.

Total Project Budget: 1,209,162

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): CAC, The Zellerbach Foundation, The Satterberg Foundation, Battery Powered, Meta, City of Oakland, Alameda County, San Francisco Fund

Project Duration: Annual
Geographical Area Served: San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County
Age Group To Be Served: 6-18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Pallavi
Contact Last Name: Kidambi
Contact Title: Development Coordinator
Contact Phone: 408-677-6689
Contact Email: pallavi@hiphopforchange.org