Creating Opportunities, Building Relationships, and Serving Others serves the mission of G-Star Arts and Education Foundation. When it comes to Performing Arts related to Film, Motion Pictures, Theater and Broadcast, the G-Star Arts and Education Foundation delivers. Since 2003, when the G-Star School of the Arts and G-Star Studios began, the G-Star team strived to provide the very best in all its endeavors. Thus, the G-Star Arts and Education Foundation, from onset, has raised the bar in setting the standard as a Foundation. We intend to continue as a leader in accumulating funding support, growing assets, resolving financial challenges, and providing comprehensive philanthropic services to students and graduates involved in the fields of film, motion pictures, theater and broadcast productions and, naturally, our importantly vital supporters and investors.
The G-Star Arts and Education Foundation has the power and responsibility to exercise ongoing strategic management with strict fiscal prudence over our full range of services that attract, enhance, build and empower our Foundation’s assets toward their greatest potential level of performance. We provide strong student and client support and benefits’ management with a continuous focus on further enhancing rewards and recognition programs. We take our responsibilities seriously in accordance with our vision, mission, and goals. We strive to remain a leader among Foundations in meeting promises to supporters, recipients, members, clients and other organizations.
The G-Star Arts and Education Foundation culture is built around our people – both members and clients. Our people will grow and sustain our goal toward ensuring our Foundation as an industry leader.

About G-Star Arts and Education Foundation Advisors:
Our Foundation has access to professional legal and financial advisors to best determine the greatest benefits or returns on any individual or corporate gift. In serving the personal needs of our members, supporters and clients, we align our interests with those of our clients. Because we are neither a bank nor a financial investor, we do not attempt to make personal or corporate investment recommendations to our donors, nor to any potential donor. Our relationships with advisors and other professionals in the legal and financial fields exist only to serve the needs of our donors relative to meeting their philanthropic goals and enhancing the value of the donors’ individual gifts in accordance with their personal needs and/or interests.

The G-Star Arts and Education Foundation has demonstrated a strong corporate-level commitment to technology and has developed state-of-the-art information systems. We have developed a database that facilitates the delivery of both periodic and ad-hoc reporting requirements, a necessity in today’s environment where timely information is crucial. Our relational database facilitates cross-sectional analyses of fund-related data by select criteria. By maintaining both on-and off-site staff, G-Star meets and exceeds new data storage and reporting requirements in a timely and efficient manner.

Gift Giving:
Gifts to the G-Star Arts and Education Foundation, at any level, are deeply appreciated. If your family, bank or other affiliates offer grants or matching gifts, please consider a request for their support or allow the Foundation’s team to contact them. Listed below are examples for your consideration. Unrestricted gifts allow the greatest flexibility by enabling the opportunity to make the best use of your donation be it combining with other gifts to fund larger items or enabling fulfillment of the greatest needs first. Major impact naming opportunities also exist.

• General Support – ANY AMOUNT • Teaching Aids ($17,000)
• New Student Supplies ($100/student) • Academic Testing Service/Supplies $20,000)
• Signage (starting at $500/small) • X-Scream Major Fundraiser ($25,000)
• Subscription & Dues ($700 annually) • Student Productions ($60,000)
• Physical Education Equipment ($1,000) • Textbooks ($75,000)
• Shirts & Uniforms – 880 students ($2,800) • Industrial Copy Machine ($100,000)
• Special Event Advertising ($10,000) • Student Transportation ($160,000)

* Major Technical Equipment & Other Sponsorship Opportunities are also available.

Legacy Gifts:

$100,000: Endowment Career Scholarship Funds are restricted for use to encourage a G-Star graduate’s return after college in support of his/her film or broadcasting career in Palm Beach County. Amount covers first year salary and film production costs. Endowment recipients give back by providing first-hand peer opportunities to younger G-Star students who learn as interns assisting in the film production process. Ultimately, their combined efforts lead to future endowments.

$ Ask us: Interior Building Naming Consideration is offered at several levels (i.e. stage, theater room, classroom, and more).

$5 million: Exterior Building Naming Consideration is offered for grand visibility and recognition. Opportunities exist for our Major Sound Studio and its Main Entry, scheduled to open in late 2009.

Bequests: The highest and most rewarding gifts in life are those which are shared forward. Your kind generosity in your Will bequeathed to the G-Star Education and Arts Foundation will assist our youth and young adults in reaching their goals. Everyone benefits when our youth are well-prepared to become strong contributing members of society. Your legacy lies within . . .

Thank you for sharing the gift of YOU, for the privilege of your friendship and for your important support. Your tax-deductible gifts can be made by check to G-Star Arts & Education Foundation. Gifts by credit card may be called in to (561) 967-2023 ext. 103