The Good Tidings Foundation

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

May 12, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.0

Gross Receipts

$1,581,636

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Realizing the lack of art programs at schools due to budget cuts, each year the LeRoy Neiman Art Center for Youth in San Francisco provides free art education for over 600 underserved 5th-8th graders whose schools no longer support it. Our traditional art studio environment fosters creativity and imagination. Integrating their school curriculum with visual art fundamentals, students experience high-level structured classes while embracing different cultures. We submerge students in art with up to seven two-hour or day-long visits a year to enhance their critical thinking and develop cognitive, social and personal competencies. The LeRoy Neiman Art Center for Youth offers classes including, but not limited to: acrylic painting on canvas inspired by LeRoy Neiman still-life sketching with pastels quilting and sewing inspired by the Quilts of Gee's Bend circus scenes inspired by Alexander Calder clay and plaster work murals watercolors glass mosaics Unlike after school programs where art is perceived as less important than core subjects, our studio operates during school hours on a field-trip basis. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES THE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOLS, INSTRUCTION, AND ALL SUPPLIES. To prioritize art education and the creativity it develops during the school day, we integrate their current curriculum into art projects enhancing history, science and others to a higher level of comprehensive learning. Art Director and Instructor Rebecca Shannon shares her expertise with our students in an encouraging and imaginative way conducive to learning and growth.(PLUS IN-KIND EXPENSES OF $11,200).

Activity 3

Good Tidings supports education by providing education grants to high school seniors in need who have dedicated themselves to extraordinary community service projects. Since its inception, we have granted a total of $889,000 to 263 deserving high school seniors. In 1999, the Good Tidings Foundation Community Service Scholarship program started small, with five recipients receiving $1,000 each. Today, our program awards $100,000 annually to 20 underserved high school seniors at $5,000 each, providing much needed support to youth who have demonstrated tremendous leadership potential despite their economic circumstances (PLUS IN-KIND EXPENSES OF $500).

Filer

EIN

94-3219013