Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Laughter League
Legal Name (if Different): Slappy & Monday’s Foundation for Laughter
Also Known As: Laughter League
Mailing Address: Sammons Center for the Arts, 3630 Harry Hines Blvd
City: Dallas
State: Texas
Postal Code: 75219
Main Phone: 917-900-8610
Main Fax: None
Organization Website: https://laughterleague.org/
Employer ID Number: 26-0598220
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: March 28, 2024
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: Behavioral Health Project for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Project Description:

Laughter League’s mission is to engage and empower everyone we serve with the healing power of laughter. Utilizing our talents as a highly-trained company of performing artists, we create moments of levity and healing, empowering patients and emboldening hope. We bring empathy, authenticity and therapeutic humor to pediatric hospitals, care facilities, schools and more, using laughter as an agent of hope through the art of clowning and the transformational power of laughter.

Through 13 weekly programs, LL brings 40 professional therapeutic clowns to over 100,000 children and families in six major hospitals: Boston’s Children’s Hospital, Cook Children’s Health Care System (Fort Worth), Hasbro Children’s Hospital (Providence), Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital (NYC), Parkland Health (Dallas) and Seattle Children’s Hospital. This year, LL will launch a new partnership with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA).

LL respectfully requests $10,000 to support its Behavioral Health Project at CHOA, which will enable LL to reach approximately 1500 new pediatric patients in 2025. With over 60 pediatric programs, CHOA is one of the largest US pediatric clinical care providers and is at the forefront of behavioral health treatment.

In order to best serve patients, LL performers train with Milieu therapists and collaborate closely with hospital staff. In a typical visit, LL performers spend 30-45 minutes interacting with small groups of 6-12 kids. LL clowns bring an interactive arts activity (such as music, magic, circus skills or storytelling), which is then shared with the group using LL’s skills as high-level improvisers. Afterwards, performers and hospital staff debrief, discussing patients’ experiences and needs.

With the Foundation’s support, LL will be able to make a large difference in the lives of CHOA patients, while also providing the necessary modeling needed to build similar programs in LL’s other partner hospitals, exponentially growing the grant’s impact.

Total Project Budget: $36,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): NEA (potential), Brookhurst Drive Foundation (committed), Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (committed)

Project Duration: Jan 2025-Dec 2025
Geographical Area Served: Atlanta
Age Group To Be Served: 0-18

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Tiffany
Contact Last Name: Riley
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 917-900-8610
Contact Email: triley@laughterleague.org