Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Sweet Dream Makers
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 55 NE 5th Ave., Suite 400,
City: Boca Raton
State: FL
Postal Code: 33432
Main Phone: 561-571-7363
Main Fax:
Organization Website: http://www.sweetdreammakers.org
Employer ID Number: 81-3693206
Organization Tax Status: 501c3 since 2016

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/26/2024
Requested Amount: $10,000 to cover up to 37 beds and bedding packages

Project Title: A Bed of My Own®
Project Description:

Bedlessness – a prolonged period where individuals are sleeping on the floor, an unsanitary surface, on a couch, a make-shift bed or air mattress, or sharing a bed not large enough to be shared – is a serious impairment to the positive mental and physical health benefits of a good night’s sleep.

A Bed of My Own provides our community’s neediest children and their adult caregivers with safe, clean beds at no cost to the family within one week of receiving a validated request. Our team begins to manage a solution within 24-48 hours of referrals from over 130 partner agencies as well as direct requests from individuals who are validated by our in-house case manager, a retired police officer.

Sweet Dream Makers leverages relationships with area furniture companies, low-cost suppliers, and our warehouse with donated furniture that allows us to source the best fit for the family’s needs, whether it be individual beds, bunk beds, trundle beds, pull-out couch beds, cribs, or a combination of options. Sweet Dream Makers ensures that each child receives:
A new mattress
A mattress encasement to protect against bed bugs and bed-wetting (a frequent occurrence among children suffering the effects of trauma)
A box spring
Bed frame
Bedding includes sheets and comforter chosen by the children, and fresh pillows.

A good night’s sleep allows children and their families to wake each morning refreshed and ready to take on the challenges of school, work, and life.

Sweet Dream Makers prides itself in having fulfilled 100% of validated requests (nearly 22,000 since 2017) for beds with bedding and our generous donors help ensure that the day never comes when a family is denied this support because there is not enough money.

Total Project Budget: $2,181,735

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed Leslie L. Alexander Foundation $100,000.00 Jim Moran Foundation $85,000.00 Pat Moran $75,000.00 Great Charity Challenge $55,000.00 BallenIsles Foundation $37,100.00 Ibis Charities Foundation $25,000.00 Mirkin Foundation $25,000.00 Pulte Family Foundation $20,000.00 Sid Pashelinsky Family Foundation, Inc. $15,000.00 Admiral’s Cove Foundation $15,000.00 William and Helen Thomas Foundation $15,000.00 Boca West Foundation Raffle $13,200.00 Florida Panthers $10,000.00 Boca Rio Foundation $8,000.00 Pending Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation $100,000.00 Boca West Children’s Foundation $75,000.00 McNally Foundation $50,000.00 Community Foundation of Palm Beach & Martin County $35,000.00 AJNFF-Al & Jane Nahmad Family Foundation (Miami-Dade Only) $32,000.00 Hands on Tzedakah $30,000.00 The Batchelor Foundation $25,000.00 Irvin Stern Foundation $30,000.00 Leonard and Hilda Kaplan Foundation $25,000.00 PSB Foundation $25,000.00 Mary Alice Fortin Foundation $20,000.00 Lattner Family Foundation $15,000.00 Myron and Elaine Adler Private Foundation $10,000.00 Dr. & Mrs. Janower $10,000.00 Albert E. & Birdie W. Einstein Foundation $10,000.00 Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office LETF $10,000.00 Community Foundation of Broward County $10,000.00 Harry T Mangurian Foundation – Broward $10,000.00 Boca West Golf Tournament $8,000.00 Billi Marcus Foundation $5,000.00 Lost Tree Foundation $5,000.00 Margaret & R. Parks Williams Charitable Foundation $5,000.00 Vertical Bridge $5,000.00 The William R. Watts Foundation (Broward County) $5,000.00 Asofsky Family Foundation $5,000.00 Hermanowski Foundation $5,000.00 The Simard Family Foundation $5,000.00 CAR Foundation $5,000.00 Alexander Brady Foundation $5,000.00 Harcourt M. & Virginia W. Sylvester Foundation $5,000.00 Neubauer Family Foundation (matching grant) $2,500.00 Amaturo Family Foundation – Broward $10,000.00 Ruth Silverman-Rosenbloom and Victor H. Rosenbloom $2,000.00 City of Boca Raton $1,000.00 Soroptimist $1,000.00 Temple Beth El $1,000.00 Rotary of Downtown Boca Grant Program $1,000.00 Other Grants and Donor Directed Gifts $130,000.00

Project Duration: A Bed of My Own is an ongoing program. The requested funds will support the 2025 program between 1/1/2025 – 12/31/2025
Geographical Area Served: A Bed of My Own serves children and families in need throughout Palm Beach and Broward Counties.
Age Group To Be Served: Primarily we serve children aged 0-18, but we also provide beds to their adult family caretakers.

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Suzanne
Contact Last Name: Broad
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 561-571-7363
Contact Email: suzyb@sweetdreammakers.org