Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form<\/p>\n
Organization Name: Scholars Latino Initiative
\nLegal Name (if Different): Shenandoah Valley Scholars Latino Initiative Inc
\nAlso Known As: SLI
\nMailing Address: PO Box 2734
\nCity: Harrisonburg
\nState: VA
\nPostal Code: 22801
\nMain Phone: 4342992549
\nMain Fax:
\nOrganization Website: vasli.org
\nEmployer ID Number: 45-5560300
\nOrganization Tax Status: 501c3<\/p>\n
Proposal Information<\/p>\n
Today’s Date: February 14, 2022
\nRequested Amount: 10,000<\/p>\n
Project Title: College access for Latino\/a\/x students
\nProject Description:<\/p>\n
Scholars Latino Initiative (SLI) supports Latino\/a\/x high school students with college access through rigorous academic challenge, leadership development, scholarships, and supportive mentorships. We are celebrating our 10th year as an incorporated nonprofit, and proudly serve students in Richmond, Harrisonburg, and Winchester, Virginia (much more about SLI is at vasli.org).<\/p>\n
SLI scholars are young people who experience unique circumstances as first-generation college students; as talented but often invisible individuals; as children from families that are disproportionately under resourced and disenfranchised; and as members of a growing population in Virginia and the U.S. that is underrepresented on college campuses.<\/p>\n
Since 2012 SLI has had 132 scholars (50 current, 82 alumni) and supported students with $294,000 in scholarship awards, $66,000 in computer awards, and $20,000+ in dual enrollment tuition assistance for scholars taking college courses while in high school. SLI scholars have attended 21 colleges and universities.<\/p>\n
Students who apply and are selected to be SLI scholars participate in various growth activities, such as:<\/p>\n
…Accepting new academic challenges and leadership responsibilities that empower their paths to higher education, with guidance from SLI high school teachers and university student mentors;
\n…Developing personal statements and goals, evaluating careers and majors, applying for college admittance, and seeking financial aid, all with the help of faculty mentors; and
\n…Receiving friendship, social support and help for navigating the challenges that come with being a Latinx college-bound student.<\/p>\n
SLI scholars have also participated in college-level writing and analysis seminars taught by university faculty members, college-readiness programming, leadership and service partnerships with community organizations, and leadership and networking retreats held on university campuses.<\/p>\n
Learn much more about SLI on SLI\u2019s website (vasli.org), where you can also \u201cmeet\u201d more SLI scholars.<\/p>\n
Total Project Budget: 225,300<\/p>\n
Other Funding
\nSources For The Project (Committed & Potential): SLI is funded by many individuals, businesses, foundations, and organizations (please see vasli.org\/community), so far this year including the Robins Foundation, Peter Iver Kaufman, and Brent Holsinger.<\/p>\n
Project Duration: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
\nGeographical Area Served: Virginia (Richmond, Harrisonburg, Winchester)
\nAge Group To Be Served: 14-20<\/p>\n
Contact Information<\/p>\n
Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
\nContact First Name: Christopher
\nContact Last Name: Clymer Kurtz
\nContact Title: Director of Development
\nContact Phone: 434-299-2549
\nContact Email: christopher.clymerkurtz@vasli.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form Organization Name: Scholars Latino Initiative Legal Name (if Different): Shenandoah Valley Scholars Latino Initiative Inc Also Known As: SLI Mailing Address: PO Box 2734 City: Harrisonburg State: VA Postal Code: 22801 Main Phone: 4342992549 Main Fax: Organization Website: vasli.org Employer ID Number: 45-5560300 Organization Tax Status: 501c3 Proposal Information […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hermanowskifoundation.org\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hermanowskifoundation.org\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hermanowskifoundation.org\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hermanowskifoundation.org\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hermanowskifoundation.org\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hermanowskifoundation.org\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1053,"href":"http:\/\/hermanowskifoundation.org\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hermanowskifoundation.org\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hermanowskifoundation.org\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hermanowskifoundation.org\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}