Organizations Supported
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Embarc Tampa Bay
Genspiration Foundation has funded internships for USF and USF-feeder schools with Embarc-member tech start-up companies, as well as training for the tech companies in HR best practices and informative programs for students focused on how to succeed in the tech space.
Embarc Collective, a 501c3 non-profit, is a central learning zone for the most driven and focused startup builders in Florida. Embarc Collective offers coaching by startup veterans, curated live and on-demand programming, an ever-growing repository of resources and frameworks, and access to national customers and investors, all amongst a peer community of 125+ tech startups operating within an award-winning 32,000-square-foot startup hub in downtown Tampa, Florida.
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Florida Holocaust Museum
Funding provided by Genspiration Foundation has supported the Digital Trunks program which provides educational materials regarding the Holocaust to public school teachers throughout Florida for use in their classrooms. Funding has also been provided for college students to serve as docents to relate information about the Holocaust to museum visitors and in the community.
The Florida Holocaust Museum honors the memory of millions of innocent men, women and children who suffered or died in the Holocaust. The Museum is dedicated to teaching the members of all races and cultures the inherent worth and dignity of human life in order to prevent future genocides. The Florida Holocaust Museum is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
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Friends in Adoption
Genspiration Foundation has funded post-adoption services including small-group sessions and counselor services for adoptees and adoptive parents to provide support, connection and education regarding the adoption experience.
Friends in Adoption’s mission is to keep the central focus on the needs of each child and to provide compassionate adoption services for the unique individuals involved in the adoption process. Friends in Adoption is committed to empowering individuals and families to make informed decisions.
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Hillels of the Florida Suncoast
Genspiration Foundation has funded student leadership programs for USF students with the objective of preparing students for leadership positions within the university and in their communities now and in the future.
Hillel of the Florida Suncoast seeks to foster a welcoming student environment fostering student growth for Jewish undergraduate and graduate students at all of the colleges and universities on the Florida Suncoast.
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Instruments of Change
Genspiration Foundation supports Instruments of Change in its efforts to bring the joy of playing a musical instrument to elementary school students. Through our support students are provided with music instruction, study skills and the opportunity to earn an instrument of their own for use in middle school band and beyond.
Music instruction teaches perseverance, enhances study and math skills, and provides a foundation for success in academic pursuits.
Research supports that students who learn to play an instrument have higher rates of success in school and career.
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Genspiration Foundation has funded a 2-year residency position under the direction of a world-class surgeon who will provide instruction in state-of-the-art surgical techniques which provide life-saving treatment for certain cancers. Funding has also been provided for a 2-year research study aimed at improving surgical outcomes for cancer patients.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is a world leader in cancer research, patient care, and education. With donor support, MSK dares to face the biggest questions in cancer and find previously unimaginable cures that go on to help people everywhere.
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National Academy of Inventors
Funding provided by Genspiration Foundation supports NAI's efforts to locate and recognize student inventors in both the K-12 and Collegiate spaces. These young inventors have the potential to create a solution that could be translated to benefit society and/or the economy. The Genspiration Young Inventors Award and Genspiration Collegiate Inventors Award showcase inventions from a national pool of applicants with awards presented to the top inventions at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Inventors.
The NAI was founded to recognize and encourage inventors with U.S. patents, enhance the visibility of academic technology and innovation, encourage the disclosure of intellectual property, educate and mentor innovative students, and to create wider public understanding of how its members’ inventions benefit society.
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University of South Florida
Genspiration Foundation has funded an endowed scholarship honoring WIlton Simpson, Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture. The Wilton Simpson Scholarship for Innovative Learning will be awarded each year to a student with financial need who graduated from a high school or community college in Pasco County.
Funding has been provided for USF students in the Judy Genshaft Honors College to study abroad as an enhancement to their educational experience. The USF Global Explorers Fund gives talented students the key resources to global learning experiences.
The Genspiration Foundation has funded USF Pearls, a program providing a support network for students who have been foster children.
Funding to inspire entrepreneurial, innovative faculty research has been provided to support the Bull Ring Accelerator Program (BRAG). BRAG provides bridge funding to companies using USF-licensed technologies to help the companies get to a stage where they can attract investment and scale their business.
The University of South Florida is a high-impact global research university dedicated to student success. Serving more than 50,000 students on campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee, USF is designated as a Preeminent State Research University by the Florida Board of Governors, placing it in the most elite category among the state’s 12 public universities. USF has also received national recognition through its invitation as a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities.