Genesis Program Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
GENESIS CITY'S MISSION IS TO EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY EMPOWERING DISADVANTAGED YOUTH TO ACQUIRE THE EDUCATION AND WORK SKILLS THEY NEED TO BECOME LIFELONG LEARNERS AND PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY IN THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
- Income
- $1.2 million
- Spending
- $1.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 72%
- Reserves
- -24.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 60%
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $139,695, development
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 65 out of 100. Higher than 38% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 2% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 9% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 24% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1572% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 28 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $162,462 spent. GENESIS PROGRAM, INC. DBA GENESIS CITY HAS SERVED TO RECLAIM THE PROMISE OF MARICOPA COUNTY'S MOST DISADVANTAGED YOUTH SINCE 1991. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION HAS PROVIDED GUIDANCE AND A NEW BEGINNING TO OVER 8,0000 YOUTH. THE PROGRAM SERVES UP TO 300 YOUTH ANNUALLY BY EQUIPPING TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO REACH THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL. GENESIS CITY'S VIBRANT COMMUNITY CENTER TAPS INTO A DEEP RESERVOIR OF TALENTED TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAD GIVEN UP HOPE OF EVER REACHING THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL. THE POVERTY-LEVEL 14-24 YEAR OLDS THAT GENESIS CITY SERVES ARE REFERRED BY SCHOOLS, SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES, LIKE-MINDED YOUTH SERVICES AGENCIES, THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, MARICOPA COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AGENCY (MCESA), PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PROGRAM ALUMNI, THE CITY OF PHOENIX, AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF ITS YOUTH PARTICIPANTS. PROGRAM DEMOGRAPHICS: -99% MINORITY -95% AT OR BELOW POVERTY LEVEL -15% TEENAGE PARENTS -20% INTERMITTENTLY HOMELESS -30% WORK AND AVERAGE OF 32 HOURS A WEEK TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES -50% VICTIMS OF CRIME OR ABUSE -68% FIRST GENERATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES GENESIS CITY'S YOUTH EDUCATION SERVICES CENTER (GC-YES) CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF DROPOUT RECOVERY AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR DISENFRANCHISED YOUTH WHO WISH TO RETURN TO THE EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE, CONTINUE IN POST- SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND ACCESS MEANINGFUL CAREERS. GENESIS CITY SERVICES INCLUDE: -JOB READINESS TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT -FOOD AND CLOTHING ASSISTANCE -COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES -COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS TRAINING AND FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE -HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAM FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS (14-25) -FAMILY COUNSELING -FINE ARTS, DANCE, THEATRE AND MUSIC -FREE SUMMER SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM -LIFE COACHING -SOCIAL SERVICE REFERRALS -TECHNOLOGY TRAINING -TUTORING AND SKILLS REMEDIATION -GENESIS CITY RISING STAR PROGRAM A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM FOR 14-15 YEAR OLDS THAT IS DESIGNED TO BOLSTER BASIC SKILLS, INSTILL WORK ETHICS, AND ASSIST TEENS WITH HOW TO DEAL WITH NEGATIVE PEER PRESSURE AND SET GOALS FOR THEMSELVES. -GENESIS CITY TRAILBLAZER PROGRAM AN INTENSIVE POST-SECONDARY READINESS PROGRAM THAT SPECIALIZES IN TRANSITIONING FIRST GENERATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES (AGES 16-22) INTO COLLEGE, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS AND CAREERS -GENESIS CITY TROOPER PROGRAM A CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 5TH, 6TH , 7TH AND 8TH YEAR SENIORS TO EARN CREDITS MORE RAPIDLY, GRADUATE, AND ACCESS POST-SECONDARY CAREERS AND ABOVE ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS. -YOUTH RECLAMATION PROJECT A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM WHOSE CHARGE IS TO LOCATE DISENFRANCHISED YOUTH AND RECONNECT THEM WITH EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. GENESIS PROGRAM, INC. DBA GENESIS CITY HAS SERVED TO RECLAIM THE PROMISE OF MARICOPA COUNTY'S MOST DISADVANTAGED YOUTH SINCE 1991. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION HAS PROVIDED GUIDANCE AND A NEW BEGINNING TO OVER 8,0000 YOUTH. THE PROGRAM SERVES UP TO 300 YOUTH ANNUALLY BY EQUIPPING TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO REACH THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL. GENESIS CITY'S VIBRANT COMMUNITY CENTER TAPS INTO A DEEP RESERVOIR OF TALENTED TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAD GIVEN UP HOPE OF EVER REACHING THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL. THE POVERTY-LEVEL 14-24 YEAR OLDS THAT GENESIS CITY SERVES ARE REFERRED BY SCHOOLS, SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES, LIKE-MINDED YOUTH SERVICES AGENCIES, THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, MARICOPA COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AGENCY (MCESA), PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PROGRAM ALUMNI, THE CITY OF PHOENIX, AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF ITS YOUTH PARTICIPANTS. PROGRAM DEMOGRAPHICS: -99% MINORITY -95% AT OR BELOW POVERTY LEVEL -15% TEENAGE PARENTS -20% INTERMITTENTLY HOMELESS -30% WORK AND AVERAGE OF 32 HOURS A WEEK TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES -50% VICTIMS OF CRIME OR ABUSE -68% FIRST GENERATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES GENESIS CITY'S YOUTH EDUCATION SERVICES CENTER (GC-YES) CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF DROPOUT RECOVERY AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR DISENFRANCHISED YOUTH WHO WISH TO RETURN TO THE EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE, CONTINUE IN POST- SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND ACCESS MEANINGFUL CAREERS. GENESIS CITY SERVICES INCLUDE: -JOB READINESS TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT -FOOD AND CLOTHING ASSISTANCE -COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES -COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS TRAINING AND FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE -HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAM FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS (14-25) -FAMILY COUNSELING -FINE ARTS, DANCE, THEATRE AND MUSIC -FREE SUMMER SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM -LIFE COACHING -SOCIAL SERVICE REFERRALS -TECHNOLOGY TRAINING -TUTORING AND SKILLS REMEDIATION -GENESIS CITY RISING STAR PROGRAM A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM FOR 14-15 YEAR OLDS THAT IS DESIGNED TO BOLSTER BASIC SKILLS, INSTILL WORK ETHICS, AND ASSIST TEENS WITH HOW TO DEAL WITH NEGATIVE PEER PRESSURE AND SET GOALS FOR THEMSELVES. -GENESIS CITY TRAILBLAZER PROGRAM AN INTENSIVE POST-SECONDARY READINESS PROGRAM THAT SPECIALIZES IN TRANSITIONING FIRST GENERATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES (AGES 16-22) INTO COLLEGE, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS AND CAREERS -GENESIS CITY TROOPER PROGRAM A CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 5TH, 6TH , 7TH AND 8TH YEAR SENIORS TO EARN CREDITS MORE RAPIDLY, GRADUATE, AND ACCESS POST-SECONDARY CAREERS AND ABOVE ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS. -YOUTH RECLAMATION PROJECT A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM WHOSE CHARGE IS TO LOCATE DISENFRANCHISED YOUTH AND RECONNECT THEM WITH EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
- $634,033 spent. GENESIS CITY HAS OPERATED GENESIS ACADEMY, A PREMIER (COGNIA ACCREDITED) ALTERNATIVE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL INSTITUTED SINCE 1993. GENESIS ACADEMY'S FACULTY AND STAFF ARE EXPERTS IN THE SPECIALIZED FIELD OF EDUCATING DISENGAGED 14-21 YEAR OLDS AND TRANSITIONING THEM TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE YOUTH GENESIS ACADEMY SERVES ARE STRUGGLING WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL BARRIERS TO SUCCESS AND THE YOUTH IT SERVES INCLUDE PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEENS, TEENS STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ADJUDICATED YOUTH, AND VICTIMS OF NEGLECT OR VIOLENCE. GENESIS ACADEMY'S LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FORGING THE PATH FOR ARIZONA'S DYNAMIC ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL MOVEMENT AND HELPED INSTITUTE THE CURRENT ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL ACADEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT IS EMPLOYED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. HUNDREDS OF GENESIS ACADEMY ALUMNI, YOUTH WHO HAD GIVEN UP HOPE OF REACHING THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL, HAVE EARNED DIPLOMAS, PERSEVERED THROUGH COLLEGE, AND ATTAINED SUCCESSFUL CAREERS. GENESIS ACADEMY BREAKS THE CYCLE OF POVERTY IN JUST ONE GENERATION AS SIXTY SIX PERCENT OF ITS GRADUATES ARE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO EARN DIPLOMAS AND HISTORICALLY, SEVENTY PERCENT OF THESE GRADUATES CONTINUE IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. GENESIS ACADEMY'S PROGRAMS INCLUDE: -RIGOROUS DIPLOMA COURSEWORK -CAREER NETWORKING DAYS AND JOB INTERNSHIPS -QUALITY CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAMS -CIVICS INSTRUCTION, CHARACTER EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE -GIS TRAINING -HONORS PROGRAM -INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION -COLLEGE READINESS TRAINING AND FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE -FREE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING -QUALITY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING MUSIC, LITERATURE, , THEATRE, SPORTS AND DANCE -YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM -WORKLINK SCHOOL TO WORK PROGRAM GENESIS CITY HAS OPERATED GENESIS ACADEMY, A PREMIER (COGNIA ACCREDITED) ALTERNATIVE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL INSTITUTED SINCE 1993. GENESIS ACADEMY'S FACULTY AND STAFF ARE EXPERTS IN THE SPECIALIZED FIELD OF EDUCATING DISENGAGED 14-21 YEAR OLDS AND TRANSITIONING THEM TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE YOUTH GENESIS ACADEMY SERVES ARE STRUGGLING WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL BARRIERS TO SUCCESS AND THE YOUTH IT SERVES INCLUDE PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEENS, TEENS STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ADJUDICATED YOUTH, AND VICTIMS OF NEGLECT OR VIOLENCE. GENESIS ACADEMY'S LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FORGING THE PATH FOR ARIZONA'S DYNAMIC ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL MOVEMENT AND HELPED INSTITUTE THE CURRENT ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL ACADEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT IS EMPLOYED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. HUNDREDS OF GENESIS ACADEMY ALUMNI, YOUTH WHO HAD GIVEN UP HOPE OF REACHING THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL, HAVE EARNED DIPLOMAS, PERSEVERED THROUGH COLLEGE, AND ATTAINED SUCCESSFUL CAREERS. GENESIS ACADEMY BREAKS THE CYCLE OF POVERTY IN JUST ONE GENERATION AS SIXTY SIX PERCENT OF ITS GRADUATES ARE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO EARN DIPLOMAS AND HISTORICALLY, SEVENTY PERCENT OF THESE GRADUATES CONTINUE IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. GENESIS ACADEMY'S PROGRAMS INCLUDE: -RIGOROUS DIPLOMA COURSEWORK -CAREER NETWORKING DAYS AND JOB INTERNSHIPS -QUALITY CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAMS -CIVICS INSTRUCTION, CHARACTER EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE -GIS TRAINING -HONORS PROGRAM -INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION -COLLEGE READINESS TRAINING AND FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE -FREE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING -QUALITY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING MUSIC, LITERATURE, , THEATRE, SPORTS AND DANCE -YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM -WORKLINK SCHOOL TO WORK PROGRAM
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1994.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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