Program areas at EM
Full-time vocational program: our full-time program offers skills-based training and behavioral support to teens and adults with autism spectrum disorder. It is a three-year program (10 months per year) where students receive training in the fields of digital arts and post-production.
Studio program: graduates of the full-time program use skills acquired at Exceptional Minds to generate program revenue from paid client projects, typically major motion pictures and television shows. Graduate artists also receive additional support and training from their supervisors and em staff with the aim of eventual placement in "outside" employment.
Part-time skills and vocational programs: students take part in after school and saturday programs to learn niche skills related to the animation and visual effects career paths. Students are also provided one on one tutoring to develop specific skills needed to advance in the program. Program also includes a six-week summer program where teens and adults with autism spectrum disorder acquire skills needed to become animators and media artists.
Post-graduate/continuing ed programs. Graduates who do not yet have the skills for immediate employment in the studio pay for a 4th-year guided independent-study program to hone and develop additional skills needed. Students can also enroll in targeted advanced skills and software courses offered on a one-off basis to help improve their employability.
Who funds Exceptional Minds (EM)
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at EM
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| David Siegel | Executive Director / Director of Strategic Partnerships | $146,461 | 2022-06-30 |
| Dana Rubin | Director , Finance and Operations | $96,308 | 2022-06-30 |
| Barbara Bruno | Director , Development / Director , Enterprise Planning and Operations / Grant Writer | | 2021-01-09 |
| Benjamin Maixner | Director of Programs | | 2021-01-09 |
| Howie Hoffman, Creative | Director, Animation Studio | | 2020-12-30 |
| ...and 14 more key personnel |
Financials for EM
| Revenues | FYE 06/2022 | FYE 06/2021 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $2,187,668 | $2,256,587 | -3.1% |
| Program services | $2,167,401 | $1,784,666 | 21.4% |
| Investment income and dividends | $11,542 | $298 | 3773.2% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $1,007,057 | $-14,454 | 7067.3% |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $1,996 | $150,000 | -98.7% |
| Total revenues | $5,375,664 | $4,177,097 | 28.7% |
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Data update history
November 26, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
November 26, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
August 8, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Employment organizationsHuman service organizationsCharities
Issues
HealthHuman servicesDiseases and disorders
Characteristics
Receives government fundingProvides scholarshipsTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 14144 Ventura Blvd 100
- Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Website URL
- exceptional-minds.org/Â
- Phone
- (818) 387-8811
- Facebook page
- Exceptional-MindsÂ
- Twitter profile
- @exmindsÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 80-0392843
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2009
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- P80: Services to Promote the Independence of Specific Population Groups
- NAICS code, primary
- 624310: Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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