Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Opportunity Early Childhood Education and Family Center
Legal Name (if Different): Opportunity Inc. of Plam Beach County
Also Known As: Opportunity
Mailing Address: 4171 Westgate Avenue
City: West Palm Beach
State: FL
Postal Code: 33409
Main Phone: (561)712-9221
Main Fax: (561)712-9224
Organization Website: www.opportunitypbc.org
Employer ID Number: 59-062449
Organization Tax Status: 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/18/2025
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Kindergarten Readiness
Project Description:

Opportunity requests support for its Kindergarten Readiness program to maintain the current level of educational programming by providing one year of tuition-gap scholarship funding to support 2-year-old children and to support 55% of costs per child that are not covered through tuition. 95% of our children are minorities and 8% have limited English language skills. Most live in single-parent households and crime-riddled neighborhoods with 92% living below or within 150% of the federal poverty level. Parents struggle to meet their children’s basic needs for food, safe housing, healthcare, and quality childcare. You can help Opportunity achieve its mission: Empowering the children of working families to achieve academic and life success through educational programs that embrace the whole child and through family programming.

Opportunity provides year-round, five days per week preschool education. We deliver comprehensive early childhood education preparing at-risk children to enter kindergarten meeting or exceeding standards for school readiness. Accredited by the National Accreditation Commission and recognized as a Gold Seal School of Excellence by the Florida Department of Children and Families, Opportunity provides critical services and experiences focusing on the whole child ensuring equitable access to enriching programs.

Opportunity’s curriculum is individually tailored to engage each child, emphasizes creativity, spontaneous play and exploration and is combined with formal instruction based on Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards. The Literacy for Life curriculum provides the core from which a child will learn throughout his or her lifetime. Opportunity implements STEAM practices, which incorporate enriched science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics throughout the curriculum. Our art, music, movement, field trips, early childhood wellness and social and physical fitness programs enhance our students’ social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. The combination of our literacy curriculum enhanced with STEAM practices and focused social/emotional development encourages curiosity, investigation, and discovery in young learners.

Total Project Budget: 3,168,450

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Town of Palm Beach United Way committed Wells Fargo Foundation committed Batchelor Foundation committed JM Rubin Foundation $63,000 potential Split Rock Charitable Foundation $10,000 potential Flagler Systems Inc. $16,600 potential

Project Duration: academic year 2025-2026
Geographical Area Served: Westgate/Belvedere neighborhood of West Palm Beach, FL
Age Group To Be Served: Children, ages 6 weeks – 5 years old and their families.

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs
Contact First Name: Alice
Contact Last Name: Eger
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: (561)712-9221
Contact Email: aeger@opportunitypbc.org