The Hidden Genius Project was founded in 2012 by five black male entrepreneurs and technologists unnerved by the dramatic juxtaposition between the high unemployment of black male youth and the plethora of career opportunities within the local technology sector. To address this challenge, they established a program to connect young black males with the skills, mentors, and experiences that they need to become high-performing entrepreneurs and technologists in a 21st century global economy.
OUR PROGRAMS
Our INTENSIVE IMMERSION PROGRAM is a holistic 15-month mentorship experience that provides computer science, software development, entrepreneurship and leadership training for black male youth. Following an application, interview and acceptance into the program, students receive more than 800 hours of mentorship and training.
CATALYST PROGRAMS are free single- and multi-day introductory technical workshops and exposure opportunities, led by our Youth Educators, for middle and high school boys of color, including Tech Slams, #RevealingGeniusUK, and our annual Brothers Code event.
1470
TOTAL STUDENTS SERVED IN 2018
112
Intensive Immersion Program Students
290
Youth Educator Programming
1068
Catalyst Program Participants
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED SINCE 2012
4100
Through December 31, 2018
89,600
MENTORSHIP HOURS IN 2018
TECHNOLOGY CREATION • ENTREPRENEURSHIP • LEADERSHIP
187,600+
TOTAL MENTORSHIP HOURS SINCE 2012
Students that graduate from our Intensive Immersion Program receive training to lead Catalyst Program workshops and are invited to return as Youth Educators to support the next generation of Hidden Geniuses in the Intensive Immersion Program.
In 2018, over 20 Hidden Genius Alum have been trained and deployed as Youth Educators for our
Intensive Immersion and Catalyst Programs, leading to 45 in total.
STUDENT OUTCOMES SINCE 2012
STUDENT RETENTION RATE
For all Intensive
Immersion Program Geniuses
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE
Geniuses eligible to
graduate high school
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION MATRICULATION
Of age Geniuses that
have graduated high school
POWERED BY COMMUNITY
260
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS IN 2018
FUELING GENIUS SPONSORS
The following local restaurants have generously stepped up to the plate in 2018 to provide meals for our Geniuses:
Bakesale Betty • Big Apple Cafe • Catered To You • Costco • Everett and Jones • Kinder’s
Panda Express • Pizza Express • Wingstop • Zachary’s Pizza
Their support not only helped us by offsetting costs that can go back into our program, it also provided the fuel our Geniuses need to stay focused during our Intensive Immersion Program.
18,720
Total number of meals provided
GENIUS IN THE NEWS
OUR GROWTH
9
FULL TIME STAFF MEMBERS
45
YOUTH EDUCATORS HIRED
753
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS
RICHMOND’S SECOND COHORT
In partnership with the RYSE Center, we welcomed 24 RICH2 Geniuses for a total of 39 active Geniuses.
GENIUS TAKES FLIGHT
#RevealingGeniusUK was our first international Catalyst Program
experience where we hosted #TechSlamUK and supported
Colorintech’s ColorCode event in London, serving 200 students of color.
INCREASED INTERNAL CAPACITY
Hired two new team members to lead communications,
finance and operations, and strategic initiatives.
UBER CAREER PREP PROGRAM
16 black male college engineering students
from around the nation joined the inaugural
cohort and completed the program.
OBAMA FOUNDATION – MBK ALLIANCE
Richmond’s RYSE Center, in partnership with The Hidden Genius Project, was named a National Seed Community by Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance.
2018 COMMUNITY PARTNERS
42 Silicon Valley
ACES Foundation by Lorenzo Alexander
Affirm
Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Office of Keith Carson
Alameda County Health Pathways Partnership (ACHPP, a division of Alameda County Health Care Services Agency [HCSA])
Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center
Amazon Web Services
Andreessen Horowitz
Autodesk
BASE Ventures
Bay Celebrations
Black Girls Code
Bugcrowd
California College of the Arts
Casey Family Programs
Claremont Middle School
Chelsea FC
Community Financial Resources
Colorintech
College Education Prep
Corporately
Cre8ation Ventures Accelerator
David E. Glover Education and Technology Center
Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.
Dewey Academy
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
East Bay College Fund
East Oakland Youth Development Center
ECMC
Electronic Arts
Elevator Works
Fam 1st Family Foundation
Golden State Warriors // Warriors Foundation
Google (Trust and Safety)
Head Royce School
Independent Living Program (ILP)
Institute of Design at Stanford
Kaiser Permanente
Kapor Center for Social Impact
Kick n’ It
KIPP King Collegiate High School
Know Your Rights Camp
Last.fm
Microsoft
Mentoring in Medical Sciences (MIMS)
Merritt College
Merritt College Cyber Security Program
MetWest High School
Oakland High School
Oakland Natives Give Back
Oakland Unified School District
Playstation
Positive Communication, Practices Rites of Passage Program
Python Foundation
RYSE Youth Center
Samsung
Sony Interactive Entertainment
SPAAT (Student Programming for Academic & Athletic Transitioning)
Splunk
St. Mary’s College
Stripe
Tech Exchange
Tech Exposure and Access through Mentoring (TEAM)
The Brotherhood of Elders Network
Twitch
Uber
Ubuntu Villages
United Negro College Fund
United State Military Academy
University of California Office of the President
University of California, Berkeley (Graduate School of Education)
UptoCodeAcademy
Upward Bound
Visa
Youth AID Nonprofit
Youth Empowerment Project
Youth Impact Hub
2018 INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS
Adobe Employee Community Fund
Alameda County Board of Supervisors
All Stars Helping Kids Foundation
Ana Mooney Health Coaching
Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP
Anonymous
AT&T
The Andre Tyler Iguodala Living Trust
The Barrios Trust
Best Buy Foundation
Brookins AME Church – CCYPD
Barry Bonds Family Foundation
BridgeBank
The Brotherhood of Elders
The California Wellness Foundation
Capital One
CBS Interactive
Cisco Foundation
Clorox Company Foundation Fund
Comcast Bay Area – NBC Universal
Community Bank of the Bay
DaVita
Dropbox
East Bay Community Foundation
Eagle Capital Corp.
eBay Settlement Fund
Fairview Foundation
Fenwick and West
Ford Motor Company Fund
Freddie Mac
Fullerton Family Foundation
Futures Foundation
The Futures Project
GCI General Contractors
Goggio Family Foundation
Golden State Warriors Community Foundation
Google.org
Halo Health
Hull Family Foundation
IDEO
Jacob Emmert Aronson Foundation
Jack and Jill of America Inc. – Oakland Chapter
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Kaiser Permanente
Kapor Center
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kolar Charitable Foundation of Buckley Sandler
Koret Foundation
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
Louie and Anne Abrons Foundation
Listen for a Change
Little Imaginarium
Macy’s / Bloomingdale’s
McMicking Foundation
The Meyer Family Fund
MindBlown Labs
Miranda Lux Foundation
New Venture Fund
Oakland A’s Foundation
Oakland Athletics
Oakland Natives Give Back
Oakland Technology Exchange
Oakland Black Firefighters’ Association
Oaklandish
Quest Foundation
PACE Foundation
PJS Consultants
Port of Oakland
Ron Brown Scholar Program
Salesforce
Siegel Foundation
Smith Global Altruism Fund
Software Engineering of America
Social Interest Solutions
Stripe
The San Francisco Foundation
Uber
User Testing Inc.
Union Bank
United Airlines
University of California Office of the President
Verizon Digital Media Services
Visa Black Employee Resource Group
Walmart Foundation
Wells Fargo
Westly Foundation
Workday Foundation
Zendesk
2018 INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Aaron Mandel
Adam Hale
Aja Taylor
Alan Abramson
Alexandria Bruggers
Alexis Musante
Alia Jackson
Allyson Dias
Alphonso Sensley
Amy Helfant
Ana Mooney
Andre Wilson
Andrea Cousins
Anna Pitzler
Anthony Wilson
Antoinette E Raines
Ariana Hirsh
Arianna Senteio
Arthur Mitchell
Arun Subhadra
Asatu M Hall
Atieris Adams
Autumn Sullivan
Avon Leong
Barbara Wilson
Brandon Herring
Brendan McKeon
Brian Conner
Brianna Mills
Bruce R Buckelew
Cai Zhang
Carlyn Osmonson
Cedric Brown
Charles Rosenbusch
Charlotte McGoldrick
Chase Hensel
Chelsea Boniak
Chelsea Clouser
Chevon M Ledree
Choy Tuyen
Chris Fetterolf
Christian Areas
Christina Zhang
Cindy Waters
Claire Shorall
Clarence Delores Lemon Thomas
Curtis Clark
Cynthia M. Waters
Daniel Bittker
Daniel Kessler
Danita Gail Wright-Scott
Daryl Simpson
David Francis
Denzel Russell
Devinah Crespo
Dewayne Perry
Diana Wong
Doreen Hinton
Dorothy Jones
Douglas Nakajima
Douglas Paxton
Edwin McCleskey
Eli Taylor
Elizabeth Barron
Eric Jones
Ervin Mathews Jr.
Ezra Kebrab
Felicia Jeffley
Gary Thompson
Gaynelle Chase
Gina Hodgson
Gisela Simon
Gloria Bayne
Grant Din
Haley Carstensen
Herbert Griffin
Herbert Payne II
Iris Bustos
James Christie
Jammond Hayes-Ruffin
Janet Ikpa
Jason Mitchell
Jason Young
Jeffrey Hobson
Jeffrey Ryan
Jeffery Wilkerson
Jeffery Williams
Jerlena Griffin-Desta
Joel Zacharias
Jonathan L Beauford
Jordan Klein
Joseph Frank Sr.
Josh Warshauer
Julie Katz
K Hogan
Kara Nelson
Karmin Abadi
Karris Eldridge
Karris Scott
Katherine Fukui
Katherine Henrickson
Keeli Harris
Keith Chin
Kelly Garrett
Kevin Flynn
Kilimanjaro Robbs
Kim Wendell
Kimberly Seashore
Kiona Suttle
Kirsten Lundgren
Lanette Jimerson
Langmen
LaShawn Sims
Laura Holmes
Laurie Soman
Leola Spencer
Leslie Trutner
Li’el Morris
Lillian Samuel
Linda Jones
Linda Mendonsa
Lynn Dodd
Malyn Deguzman
Margaret Kirschner
Marian Greenfield
Mario Vargas
Marisa Richardson
Mark Chandler
Mark Flower
Marta Grajeda
Marta Keller
Mary Sharma
Mathilda Espiritu
Maurice Johnson, Jr.
Megan Scott
Megan Witmer
Melisa Thomson
Mellody Hobson
Michael Allison
Michael Armstrong
Michael Pearson
Mileen Zarin
Millicent Cox-Edwards
Miya Hayes
Monique Liburd
Natasha Middleton
Nia Ujamaa
Nichelle Holmes
Nicholas Maccarone
Nicole Mincin
Okim-Osi Nsor
Omar Ashford
Osborne Hardison
Pamela Ulmer
Peter Brown
Phillip Riley
Piero Rocca
Pierre-Antoine LaFayette
Precious Stroud
Rachel Cukierman
Rachel Johnson
Randall Bly
Razon Tramble
Ravon Taylor III
Regina Davis
Rene Perry
Rhonda Berg
Rich Jones
Robert Stewart
Robert Stone
Roosevelt Pye
Roxanne McFadden
Roy Wensley
Ruby Jazz
Rune Stromsness
Ryan Anson
Sacha Nacar
Sara Rudder
Scott Garrell
Selia Warren
Sergio Guardarrama
Shavonne Brooks
Sheila Grace Singh
Shelley Finci
Sonia Crespo
Stephanie Yao
Stephen Adetumbi
Stephen Jones
Stephen R Bates
Stephen Rucker
Susan Lau
Tamar Cohen
Taylor Benson
Thai Chu
Theodore Ford
Thomas Elliot
Thomas Lichtenberg
Thomas Russo
Thurman V White Jr.
Tiffany Price
Tiffany Shumate
Timothy McDowell
Timothy Sutton
Tristan Nunnally
Tyler Holland
Valerie Shelton
Victoria Swepson
Violet Budhu
Vivian Chin
Warren Colbert
William Muits
Yuvoyne McCowan
Zaria Valentine
As our opportunities to impact young lives continue to blossom,
so must grow the pool of resources we need to propel us forward.
HELP OUR GENIUSES CONTINUE TO SHINE
THEIR LIGHT BRIGHTER AND FARTHER
