2025-10-22T09:06:40-07:00 2024-12-31 LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE 861635390 GLENN C ZARAGOZA CPA 114 BUCCANEER ST MARINA DEL REY CA 90292 990 2024-01-01 474460740 GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION GENE 3104940180 9595 WILSHIRE BLVD 700 BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212 SHERI SCHLESINGER CHIEF EXECUTIVE 2025-10-22 true true Glenn Zaragoza P01200370 3234471079 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z SHERI SCHLESINGER 9595 WILSHIRE BLVD 700 BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212 257000 false X WWW.GENESISSTEAM.ORG X 2015 CA THE MISSION OF GENESIS IS TO PROVIDE UNDERSERVED YOUTH WITH THE SKILLS REQUIRED TO SCAFFOLD CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING AND INNOVATION THROUGH THE USE OF ART+TECHNOLOGY, THE ESSENTIAL 21ST CENTURY TOOLS THAT LEAD TO SUCCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT. 7 0 1 10 0 525550 257000 0 0 0 525550 257000 0 0 110304 98043 0 12461 285095 208928 395399 306971 130151 -49971 266437 216466 0 266437 216466 GENESIS IS A NONPROFIT PROVIDING STEAM EDUCATION FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY, IGNITING CREATIVITY AND EMPOWERING THEM WITH THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR 21ST CENTURY SUCCESS. false false 249590 257000 In 2023 - GENESIS STEAM provided the Innovator Kit to K-12 school and after school programs in Los Angeles. The Innovator Kit is a robust, STEAM enrichment program fostering collaborative project-based learning developed by experienced STEAM educators. Through the program, students combine ART with TECHNOLOGY to innovate solutions and problem-solve collaboratively.The Innovator Club has been developed for K-12 teachers, and isa plug-and-play (all standards aligned) curriculum that is designed to:1.Augment and strengthen current STEAM curriculum.2.Use Art + Tech to teach students how to innovate solutions to real world challenges.3.Increase students logic, creativity, and collaboration skills.Jan 2023 - June 2023: Spring SemesterGENESIS STEAM expanded the distribution of our Innovator Kits to a total of 35 classrooms in 18 Title 1 schools and after-school programs throughout Los Angeles, reaching 1,050 students in grades K-12.June 2023 - September 2023: SummerThink Together contracted GENESIS STEAM to be an official provider of STEAM programming for their Summer Camps. With our expanded partnership with Think Together, along with our continued partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs METRO, we provided 12 summer camp sites with 81 Innovator Kits, providing STEAM programming for 3,705 youth during the summer.September 2023 - December 2023: Fall SemesterWe launched a new partnership with Compton Unified School District to provide GENESIS STEAM Innovator Programs for their STEAM Labs. We distributed Innovator Programming to 27 schools within the Compton Unified School District in Fall 2023. We also partnered with the Los Angeles County Office of Education to send Innovator kits to 10 LAUSD title 1 schools. We continued our after school STEAM programming for Think Together and the Boys & Girls Clubs by providing Innovator Kits for 13 after school programs. In total we provided STEAM programming for 1,500 students in Fall 2023. 249590 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 4 0 true 1 false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 0 false false false false false true true true false false false true true true true true true false false false CA X SHERI SCHLESINGER 3107887541 9595 WILSHIRE BLVD 700 BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212 X SHERI SCHLESINGER President & CEO 40.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL BAUM VICE CHAIRMAN 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DR ARI MACKLER CFO 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DR DEBRA MUND Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ZAINAB ALI Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DARYL NIEMEROW Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SHELLEY ZALIS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 257000 147000 257000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 257000 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 80000 65600 8800 5600 0 18043 14434 2165 1444 0 0 5295 5295 5350 5350 0 0 0 41875 41875 417 417 1160 1160 0 0 12000 12000 3217 3217 0 0 0 0 3754 3754 7150 7150 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 120000 100000 15000 5000 EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES 8710 8710 0 306971 249590 44920 12461 262683 216466 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141565 141565 3754 0 0 0 0 0 0 266437 216466 0 0 X 266437 216466 266437 216466 266437 216466 -49971 X true X false false false X 619974 767084 503984 525550 257000 2673592 0 0 619974 767084 503984 525550 257000 2673592 0 2673592 0 0 0 2673592 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 117482 117482 24083 24083 X 1 27000 FMW X SERVICES 1 120000 FMW false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a ORGANIZATION BYLAWS AUTHORIZE FOUNDER SHERI SCHLESINGER TO APPOINT TWO MEMBERS TOTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT ONLY SHE OR HER DESIGNEE CANTERMINATE THE MEMBERS SHE HAS APPOINTED. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b N/A. The Board has no committees. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b FORM 990 IS CIRCULATED ELECTRONICALLY TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THEN APPROVED AT A BOARD MEETING PRIOR TO FILING. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Genesis makes its annual Form 990 and Financial Statements available to the public via written request. Statement Note 1 FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11g OTHER FEES FOR SERVICESIndependent Contractors for Program Services including program and curriculum design, delivery of program services to students, and outreach to promote STEAM literacy in the community.