Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: aSTEAM Village
Legal Name (if Different): aSTEAM Village
Also Known As: aSTEAM Village
Mailing Address: 4741 Central Street Suite 504
City: Kansas City
State: MO
Postal Code: 64112
Main Phone: 8165350939
Main Fax:
Organization Website: asteamvillage.org
Employer ID Number: 465023913
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: February 24, 2025
Requested Amount: $5,000.00

Project Title: aSTEAM Village Stadium Design Challenge
Project Description:

As the Kansas City region considers a new Chiefs stadium and other major capital projects, aSTEAM Village is leveraging this pivotal moment to transform how students experience learning. Rather than observing civic development from the sidelines, students engage directly through authentic, project-based learning tied to real-time regional investments.
The aSTEAM Village Brain Sports Gaming League (BSGL) Stadium Design, Finance, and Build Challenge is a bi-state, team-based learning experience that positions students as investigators, designers, and decision-makers. Using stadium development as a living case study, students explore how large-scale projects are planned, financed, designed, constructed, and operated.
Working in collaborative teams, participants apply mathematics, science, technology, civics, economics, and English language arts to solve complex, interdisciplinary problems. They analyze trade-offs, evaluate community and economic impact, and develop proposals that reflect real-world constraints and opportunities. Throughout the challenge, students strengthen research skills, systems thinking, communication, financial literacy, and collaborative decision-making—competencies essential for college, career, and civic life.
Stadium development uniquely integrates engineering and design, public finance, construction and skilled trades, civic leadership, and community impact. BSGL transforms this complexity into an accessible and engaging learning platform that connects classroom content to projects actively shaping the region’s future.
A $5,000 sponsorship directly supports up to 14 student teams (2–3 students per team), engaging as many as 42 middle and high school students in this immersive challenge. Through this investment, sponsors help cultivate a generation of informed, skilled, and civically engaged young leaders prepared to contribute meaningfully to the workforce and the communities they call home.

Total Project Budget: $103,000.00

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Mayors’ Offices: Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri/Committed; HTNB/Committed; GPS Engineering/Committed; Royals & Chiefs Organizations/Potential; Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools and Kansas City Public Schools/Potential

Project Duration: 7 months
Geographical Area Served: Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas Metropolitan Areas
Age Group To Be Served: 6 – 12 grades

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Lisa
Contact Last Name: Henderson Rowe
Contact Title: Program Director
Contact Phone: 816-225-2778
Contact Email: lisa@asteamvillage.org