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Recognition & Awards

2023

Genesis Motors Inspiration Foundation

Best Places to Work,
The Orange County Business Journal

2022

Nonprofit of the Year
Irvine Chamber of Commerce

2021

AIM High Award
New York Life Foundation/Afterschool Alliance

Stand for the Arts Award
Ovation TV and Charter Communications

2018

Aim High Award, New York Life Foundation
Best Places to Work, The Orange County Business Journal

2015

 Leadership Circle Award,
PIMCO Foundation

2013

 Crystal Vision Award, Employees Community Fund of Boeing California

Best Free Dance Training in Orange County, Orange Coast Magazine

2012

Afterschool Innovator Award, Afterschool Alliance & The MetLife Foundation
 
Certificate of Congressional Recognition for Service to Under-served Youth, United States House of Representatives
 
Proclamation for Achievement in the Community, City of Santa Ana

2011

Dance in the Community Award, Lester Horton Dance Awards
 
2011 Ford Focus Global Test Drive Winner, The Ford Motor Company
 

2010

 Access to Artistic Excellence Award, National Endowment for the Arts

Arts Educator of the Year Award, Arts Orange County
 
Disney VoluntEARS Community Fund Award, The Walt Disney Company
 
Arts Presenters/MetLife Arts Access Award: Engaging Underserved Communities, Association of Performing Arts Presenters/MetLife
 
DoGooder Award, Best Medium-Size Organization Video, YouTube

2009

Neighborhood Builders Award, Bank of America
 
Best After-School Education Program for the College Bound, OC Weekly
 
Outstanding Achievement in Education Award, Orange County Board of Education

2008

Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth Award, National Endowment for the Arts

2007

Educator of the Year Award, Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

2006

Arts Award, Orange County Business Committee for the Arts

2004

 Artistic Visionary Award, Founder Beth Burns, Arts Orange County

2003

National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award,

 United States President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities,

National Endowment for the Arts

1999

 Audrey Nelson Community Development Achievement Award, The National Community Development Association

1991

525th “Daily Point of Light” Award, President George Herbert Walker Bush

1985

Top Six Arts-for-Youth Organization Nationwide, Dayton Hudson Foundation
 
8 Years Highest Possible Rating for Artistic Quality & Administrative Excellence, California Arts Council
 
11 Disneyland Outstanding Community Service Awards
 
 7 Orange County Register Charities Awards