Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Baton Rouge Youth Coalition, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As: BRYC
Mailing Address: 448 North 11th Street
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Postal Code: 70802
Main Phone: 2254565752
Main Fax: n/a
Organization Website: thebryc.org
Employer ID Number: 26-2477597
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: April 22, 2021
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: Class of 2022 College Mentor Program
Project Description:

BRYC humbly and gratefully requests $10,000 to support its Class of 2022 College Mentor Program. BRYC seeks funding to recruit, train, and continually support its College Mentors, the volunteers who serve as personal guides to our Senior Fellows throughout the college application and financial aid processes. The Hermanowski Family Foundation’s support for the 2021-2022 school year would enable BRYC to provide 75 Senior Fellows with the tools and guidance they need to gain admission to the four-year colleges of their choice with less than $5,500 per year in student loan debt.

There are many high-achieving, low-income students in our region’s public high schools who have the ability to get into and graduate from college, strengthening our community both economically and civically. But they don’t. Most of our Fellows are East Baton Rouge Parish School System (EBRPSS) students and identify as Black and economically disadvantaged. EBRPSS is a perennially struggling school system in which 84 percent of 42,000 students are Black and live in poverty, and 73 percent of low-income Black high schoolers earn diplomas. Far fewer attend college. Even fewer graduate: 19 percent of Black adults aged 25+ in East Baton Rouge Parish hold bachelor’s degrees.

Baton Rouge’s educational need is unconscionable. BRYC doesn’t intend to be all things to all students; we exhaustively serve rising/current high schoolers who: 1) have 3.0+ GPAs and 2) are Pell Grant-eligible.

Total Project Budget: $142,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): The project for which we seek support from the Hermanowski Family Foundation will take place during Fiscal Year 2022 (2021-2022 school year). As such most of the funding listed below is technically pending. However, given BRYC’s high donor retention rate, we are confident that most, if not all, of these funders will renew their financial support. Finally, please note that this is not a comprehensive projection of BRYC’s Fiscal Year 2022 income sources, but rather a projection of just the funders who we expect to support the College Mentor Program specifically. Foundation Support William Edwin Montan Charitable Trust $12,500 Tauber Foundation $10,000 Gorter Family Foundation $5,000 Individual Support Annette Barton $25,000 Ava & Cordell Haymon $25,000 Linda & Bob Bowsher $10,000 Carolyn & Ervie Ellender $10,000 Teri & Gordon LeBlanc $10,000 Polly & Conville Lemoine $5,000 Linda & Mark Posner $5,000 Pam Richards & Pat Caballero $5,000 Corporate Support Capital One $5,000

Project Duration: One year
Geographical Area Served: Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana area
Age Group To Be Served: High school students (ages 14-18)

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Leigh
Contact Last Name: Phillips Rustom
Contact Title: Director of Development
Contact Phone: 225.456.5752 ext. 709
Contact Email: leigh@thebryc.org