About Genesis Inspiration Foundation
Connect youth to the transformative power of the arts by improving access to arts education in under-resourced communities to enhance educational outcomes and spark inspiration in children nationwide.
Focus Areas
Arts educationYouth developmentSTEAM / arts-integrated learningPerforming artsVisual arts
Who They Fund
youth (children and adolescents)community-based participants
Funding Style
direct serviceprogram/project supportcommunity-based grantsyouth-focused program funding
Topics
About Genesis Inspiration Foundation
Genesis Inspiration Foundation’s recent giving is built around large, repeated grants to youth arts organizations, with several awards hitting $100,000 and a cluster of multi-year recipients. The foundation backs arts education and community-based arts programming for children and adolescents, often through nonprofits that place creative learning in local settings beyond the classroom. In 2025, Exploring the Arts Inc received $120,000 for arts programming at the community level for youth, the largest grant in the recent list. Other sizable awards went to TGR Foundation in Irvine and Arts Connection in New York, both for youth arts programming. The pattern across the grants list shows a preference for organizations that connect young people to arts access, creative development, and enrichment through direct service. The foundation’s active grant programs also emphasize youth arts organizations nationwide and organizations that link youth to the arts through arts education, STEAM, community arts, and related programming. Across the recent grants shown here, the same purpose statement appears repeatedly: support for arts programming at the community level for youth.
What Genesis Inspiration Foundation Funds
Arts education is the clearest through line. The foundation awarded $100,000 to Education Through Music in New York for arts programming at the community level for youth, and $100,000 to Ingenuity in Chicago for the same purpose. It also supported visual and performing arts settings, including $100,000 to Broward Performing Arts Foundation in Fort Lauderdale and $67,000 to Inner-City Arts in Los Angeles. Youth development appears alongside arts access rather than as a separate silo: $100,000 went to Big Thought in Dallas, and $100,000 to Arts for Life in Asheville. The grant names and descriptions point to community-based delivery, with nonprofits serving children and adolescents through local arts programming rather than individual awards or capital support.
How Genesis Inspiration Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is tightly clustered at $50,000, with p25, median, and p75 all at $50,000. The recent grants list also shows frequent $100,000 awards and a smaller number above that level, suggesting a pattern of standard grants with some larger exceptions. The foundation is a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Multiple organizations appear in more than one year, including Exploring the Arts Inc, ArtWell Collaborative Inc, TGR Foundation, and others, indicating recurring support rather than one-off awards. Unsolicited applications are not accepted in the active grant programs listed.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.2M
Total Assets
$3.1M
Total Revenue
$3.5M
Total Expenses
$4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $50K and $50K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
National21 states funded
About 15% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
John Guastaferro
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