Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form<\/p>\n
Organization Name: Nia Cultural Center
\nLegal Name (if Different):
\nAlso Known As:
\nMailing Address: 2217 The Strand
\nCity: Galveston
\nState: Texas
\nPostal Code: 77550
\nMain Phone: 409.765.7086
\nMain Fax:
\nOrganization Website: www.niacultural.org
\nEmployer ID Number: 76-0375902
\nOrganization Tax Status: 501 (c )(3)<\/p>\n
Proposal Information<\/p>\n
Today’s Date: January 16, 2024
\nRequested Amount: $10,000<\/p>\n
Project Title: Freedom School
\nProject Description:<\/p>\n
Since 2007, Nia has operated Children\u2019s Defense Fund Freedom School, a 6-week summer literacy, parent involvement, and social action program for youth. The latest external evaluations revealed that the local Freedom School youth showed no \u201csummer slide\u201d in their attitude toward reading and improvements in their reading skills.
\nThis out-of-school-time program provides culturally responsive enrichment through a research-based and multicultural model, reaching children in Galveston\u2019s most underserved neighborhoods.
\nThis program offers five essential components: 1) high-quality academic and character-building enrichment, 2) parent and family involvement, 3)civic engagement and social action, 4) intergenerational servant leadership development, and 5)and nutrition, health, and mental health services. Students receive two nutritious meals and a snack daily. ,
\nStudent participants, ages 5 to 18, are referred to as Freedom School Scholars and their teachers are referred to as Servant Leader Interns who are college students or recent college graduates trained and committed to the tenets of the Freedom School model. The program is multi-cultural, but in 2023 as in prior years, more than two-thirds of the Scholars and Servant Leader Interns were Black. The full-day 5-days-a-week program is organized into classrooms with 10 Scholars per class in age bands from youngest to oldest referred to as Level 1, 2, 3, and 4. Art, dance, music, sports, museum visits, and other learning experiences fill the after school hours and are supported through partnerships with local agencies such as the Boys and Girls Club, Galveston ISD, Moody Gardens and community volunteers.
\nNia\u2019s funding is sufficient to accommodate 100 students though the need is much greater. We are reaching out to stellar organizations like the Charles and Joan Hermanowski Family Foundation to help us grow our program. All the students in our program live at or below the poverty level so philanthropic support is dire to our growth.<\/p>\n
Total Project Budget: $231,662<\/p>\n
Other Funding
\nSources For The Project (Committed & Potential): The Moody<\/p>\n
Project Duration: six consecutive weeks each summer during June and July
\nGeographical Area Served: Galveston County
\nAge Group To Be Served: 5-18 years<\/p>\n
Contact Information<\/p>\n
Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
\nContact First Name: Sue
\nContact Last Name: Johnson
\nContact Title: CEO
\nContact Phone: 409.457.8955
\nContact Email: suejohnson@niacultural.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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