California · Nonprofit
GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION
GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $302,339 to it, the largest being MAURICE AND PAUL MARCIANO ART FOUNDATION ($122,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $408k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $302k
- Net assets
- $230k
What Genesis the Schlesinger Academy for Innovation does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
GENESIS STEAM's primary program provides hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) learning experiences that empower K12 students to become creative problem solvers through design thinking, engineering, technology, and the arts. The organization partners with public schools, community organizations, museums, and educational institutions to increase equitable access to high-quality STEAM education, particularly for students in underserved communities.During the reporting period, GENESIS STEAM designed and implemented project-based learning experiences integrating engineering, coding, visual arts, social-emotional learning, and collaborative problem solving. Students participated in multidisciplinary activities that strengthened creativity, communication, critical thinking, and teamwork while developing practical STEM and digital literacy skills.The organization continued expanding partnerships with schools and community organizations while developing innovative curriculum and educator resources that combine art, technology, and real-world problem solving. Programs are designed to foster empathy, resilience, civic engagement, and responsible technology…
$312,457 spent$408,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $312,457.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $136k to $266k (+95%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sheri Schlesinger
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $10k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 56% · 2019 40% · 2020 100% · 2021 81% · 2022 88% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
95% of GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION?
- GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $302,339 to it, the largest being MAURICE AND PAUL MARCIANO ART FOUNDATION ($122,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $302,339 in grants to GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION?
- MAURICE AND PAUL MARCIANO ART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $122,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing