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GENESIS INSPIRATION FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2024 GRANT WINNERS

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 14, 2024 – Genesis Inspiration Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, announced its 2024 grant recipients. Annually, the organization donates millions of dollars to organizations across the country to support youth arts education. This year, Genesis Inspiration Foundation awarded $3 million in grants to 50 organizations.

“When children are actively engaged in any art form – whether it’s dancing, drawing, sculpting, or more – it unlocks creativity, it inspires, and it leads to greater achievement inside and outside the classroom,” said John Guastaferro, executive director, Genesis Inspiration Foundation. “There is nothing that compares to a quality arts education, yet this is something that many kids don’t have access to. Genesis Inspiration Foundation is dedicated to bringing arts programming to local communities because we believe all children deserve to experience the benefits that the arts can have in their lives.”

Genesis Inspiration Foundation was founded in 2018 to help address the needs of quality art education in communities throughout the nation. For every vehicle sold at a Genesis retailer, a portion goes to the Genesis Inspiration Foundation to support youth arts education, particularly in underserved communities. With additional support from Genesis Motor America, this year’s commitment brings the foundation’s lifetime total giving to $10 million.

Art is shown to have a multitude of benefits for children, including supporting emotional and cognitive development, reducing stress, and improving academic outcomes. With the variety of art disciplines, Genesis Inspiration Foundation supports different types of art programs with the goal to reach as many children as possible and expand the transformational impact of the arts on youth.

Genesis Inspiration Foundation Grant Recipients

OrganizationCityState
Uniting Voices ChicagoChicagoIL
Alabama Shakespeare FestivalMontgomeryAL
Free Arts ArizonaPhoenixAZ
A Place Called HomeLos AngelesCA
Act Out Long BeachLong BeachCA
Amazing Grace ConservatoryLos AngelesCA
Get Lit – Words IgniteLos AngelesCA
Inner-City ArtsLos AngelesCA
TGR Foundation (TGR Learning Lab)AnaheimCA
A Child’s SongDenverCO
Art from AshesDenverCO
Sitar Arts CenterWashingtonD.C.
Arsht Center FoundationMiamiFL
Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward CountyFort LauderdaleFL
Broward Center for the Performing ArtsFort LauderdaleFL
Chance 2 DanceOrlandoFL
Heard Em SayTampaFL
Orlando Family StageOrlandoFL
Young At Art MuseumPlantationFL
Artportunity KnocksAtlantaGA
Frank Callen Boys & Girls ClubSavannahGA
Loop it Up SavannahSavannahGA
Songs for KidsAtlantaGA
The People’s Music SchoolChicagoIL
Young Audiences LouisianaNew OrleansLA
Open Door ArtsBostonMA
Joe’s Movement EmporiumMount RainierMD
Upstream ArtsMinneapolisMN
Arts for LifeCharlotteNC
Arts TogetherRaleighNC
The Arts Empowerment ProjectCharlotteNC
Superior Arts InstituteCamdenNJ
Positively ArtsLas VegasNV
Arts for AllNew YorkNY
ArtsConnectionNew YorkNY
Education Through MusicNew YorkNY
Exploring the ArtsAstoriaNY
Art House Inc.ClevelandOH
Arts ImpactClevelandOH
Oklahoma A+ Schools InstituteEdmondOK
ArtWellPhiladelphiaPA
AssemblePittsburghPA
Rock to the FuturePhiladelphiaPA
Art and Beyond, Inc.Cedar HillTX
Art Spark TexasAustinTX
ARTreachHoustonTX
Big ThoughtDallasTX
Spy HopSalt Lake CityUT
Creative JusticeSeattleWA
Madison Youth ArtsMadisonWI

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Genesis Inspiration Foundation
Genesis Inspiration Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to connecting youth to the transformative power of the arts. Our mission is to improve educational outcomes by providing access to arts programs that engage and inspire children in under-resourced communities. Since its inception in 2018, the Genesis Inspiration Foundation has donated $10 million to fund youth arts programming at museums, schools, and nonprofit art and cultural organizations nationwide. With the support of Genesis retailers and charitable donations, we are introducing children to a new world of the possible. To learn more about the Genesis Inspiration Foundation,  visit genesisinspirationfoundation.org.

Genesis Motor North America
Genesis is a new global automotive brand that delivers the highest standards of design, safety, refined performance, and innovation while looking towards a more sustainable future. Drawing from its cultural heritage and distinctly Korean hospitality, Genesis crafts experiences focused on customers as “son-nim”, or honored guests.

Genesis Motor North America offers a growing range of award-winning SUV, sedan, and electric models through its network of more than 220 independent U.S. retailers, in addition to its more than 30 Canadian agency distributors. Genesis now counts more than 60 standalone retail facilities across the North American region, with dozens more in development. Consumers can discover the brand through its many retail points, at Genesis House, the brand’s flagship space in New York City, or online at www.genesis.com.

Please visit our media site for the latest news at www.genesisnewsusa.com (United States) and www.genesisnews.ca (Canada).

A Message From GENESIS

At Genesis, we celebrate that creative force in each child that will catapult their lives. It is central to the mission of Genesis CSR, because Genesis is born of a balance. Between the part of us that marvels at stunning technological achievements, and the sector in every heart that longs for graceful simplicity and tranquility. That balance lives deep in the soul of our company.

Driven by the belief that inspiration is the greatest luxury a luxury car company can deliver.

And that as long as humans express their deepest aspirations in paint and steel and stone and the human form itself, there will be children witnessing that expression whose hearts and minds and destinies will be redefined and reimagined forever.

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