2024-11-06T18:29:08-08:00 2023-12-31 823771232 JOYCE ZHU CPA 21015 PATHFINDER RD STE 150 DIAMOND BAR CA 91765 990 2023-01-01 954585425 SPIRIT AWAKENING FOUNDATION SPIR 8664568002 12130 MILLENNIUM DRIVE 300 LOS ANGELES CA 90094 Akuyoe Graham CEO and Director 2024-11-06 true true JOYCE ZHU P00370130 6269658381 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Akuyoe Graham PO Box 11643 Marina del Rey CA 90045 1192285 false X spiritawakening.org X CA See Schedule O 10 6 2 25 0 239327 175545 606188 859753 5766 1810 249978 155177 1101259 1192285 500 0 124722 119221 0 24746 835483 1004421 960205 1124142 141054 68143 429750 516228 23166 75816 406584 440412 Spirit Awakening Foundation, (SAF), is a nonprofit, multidisciplinary arts organization. Through the power of artistic expression in the literary, theater and visual arts disciplines, we support program participants in transforming their lives.We believe that art is powerful and can entertain, heal, transform and inspire; therefore, artistic expression is a powerful entryway to uncover and heal from traumatic experiences. With the use of meditation/mindfulness practices, creative writing, visual arts, music, role-play, conflict resolution and dramatic improvisation, we support abused, neglected and underserved youth and young adults in realizing their value, self-worth, and dignity.Through our arts practices, SAF addresses the internalized racism and negative beliefs that stumps creative expression and produces self-hatred, low self-esteem, and violent behavior stemming from systemic structures that oppress and harm youth and communities of color.Spirit Awakening Foundation supports it false false 792169 500 859753 2023 Impact and Overview Year of Expansion & GrowthThe foundation restructured itself to better support program participants and clients; administrative department was streamlined to strengthen its capacity to be in greater proximity with students, their families and communities. New hires included a Program Coordinator, an Administrative Manager and an Administrative Assistant. New Master Teaching Artists and Teaching Assistants were trained and contracted to work in the schools and juvenile facilities.The foundation was awarded two major program contracts from the Office of Violence Prevention and Amity Foundation. SAF became a multiyear grantee of EDL Northwest for the next 4 years and continues to be a multiyear grantee of The California Wellness Foundation. Additionally, program participants were invited to present to the board of directors of The California Wellness Foundation at the invitation of outgoing President Judy Belk.Spirit Awakening became an inaugural member of Liberty Hill Foundations Liberation Fund; joining a cohort of 10 organizations creating an initiative for LA to become the largest jurisdiction in the nation to end the incarceration of girls and gender expansive youth.Marqueece Harris-Dawsons office gave SAF the use of the newly refurbished Historic Crenshaw Fire Station 54 to host our after-school Mentoring Leaders gatherings through which we provide free nutritious meals and non-alcoholic beverages, cultural and artistic field trips, retreats, international service trips, meditation/mindfulness practices, visual and performing arts programs.The foundation offered an Open House event at the Skirball Cultural Center where we acknowledged and celebrated the talents, wisdom and resiliency of our scholars.SAF was able to re-shoot the magical garden sequence in its upcoming narrative feature film.Spirit Awakening students at Dorothy Kirby probation camp, under the direction of the foundations Art Director and Master Teaching Artists began work on a new Los Angeles mural which will welcome visitors and students at the interior entrance of the facility. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All the documents will be available upon written request received. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Released Restricted Funds = -$34315