To advocate for and provide support services to artists creative workers organizations businesses educational and government entities to ensure that Washtenaw County Michigan - the greater Ann Arbor area - remains a great place for all to create live work learn play and visit.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-0638491) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $19K a year · 4% of revenue · last 2 filings
A surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
75% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
2.1 mo
of spending, in cash
2.1 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $70K
3 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$198K
266% of total assets
Liabilities are 266% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
6 of 7 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$222K
-67% vs prior year
Spent
$264K
To programs
75%
Net assets
−$123K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$222K
FY2024▼ -67%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$192K
FY2021$157K
FY2022$163K
FY2023$684K
FY2024$222K
Expenses
$264K
FY2024▼ -61%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$680K
FY2024$264K
Net assets
−$123K
FY2024▼ -51%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$40K
FY2021−$66K
FY2022−$86K
FY2023−$82K
FY2024−$123K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2008.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $197K Management & general 12% · $31K Fundraising 14% · $36K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President-CEO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Supports artists and creative businesses to keep Washtenaw County a vibrant place to live and work.

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3 programs · $197K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Creative Washtenaw provides essential support to artists creatives and cultural organizations in Washtenaw by offering business guidance valuable resources relief programs and networking opportunities.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-0638491) · Dispute this line
$90Kprogram expense
02

Creative Washtenaw is dedicated to advancing the arts through public art installations and design projects in collaboration with local artists. By transforming public spaces we aim to enrich the cultural landscape encourage artistic expression and build a more vibrant community.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-0638491) · Dispute this line
$56Kprogram expense
03

Creative Washtenaw plays a vital role in supporting local artists by overseeing government grants which are pivotal in nurturing a dynamic creative environment. Through the management of grant initiatives and the provision of essential connections to valuable resources Creative Washtenaw empowers artists to embark on projects that…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-0638491) · Dispute this line
$51Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 27 grants · $461K · 2023–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$22,000
Wsg GalleryFY2024$10,000
Furnace Design Studio LLC DBA Chris Nordin StudiosFY2024$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$925
Unitemized GrantFY2023$213,904
W Patterson Our Own Thing ChoralFY2023$10,000
Terry Abrams PhotographyFY2023$10,000
Pjr Design LLCFY2023$10,000
Oz S Music EnvironmentFY2023$10,000
Media EnsembleFY2023$10,000
MactechnicsFY2023$10,000
LimelightFY2023$10,000
Eventjazz LLCFY2023$10,000
Erika Cross Studio LLCFY2023$10,000
DO Good WorkFY2023$10,000
Dave Sharp EnterprisesFY2023$10,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$222K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$179K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$43K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$264K
Ln 25
Programscol B$197K
Managementcol C$31K
Fundraisingcol D$36K
Owns and owesPt X
−$123K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$47K
Total assetsLn 16$74K
LiabilitiesLn 26$198K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$179K
Government grantsLn 1e$68K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$43K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$222K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$47K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$47K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$23K
Accounts receivableLn 4$4K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$125
Total assetsLn 16$74K
LiabilitiesLn 26$198K
Net assetsLn 32−$123K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$162K$47K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$189K$74K
LiabilitiesLn 26$270K$198K
Net assetsLn 32−$82K−$123K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$28K$28K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$23K$23K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$120K$78K$24K$18K
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$511$210$212$89
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$450$450$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$569$382
Information technologyLn 14$505$170$22$313
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$430$48$0$382
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$3K$145$13
InterestLn 20$8K$0$6K$3K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$1K$722$222$466
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$75K$62K$0$13K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$264K$197K$31K$36K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 22, 2025 $222K$264K−$41K−$123K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 $684K$680K$4K−$82K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 4, 2023 $163K−$86K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 4, 2022 $157K−$66K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 1, 2021 $192K−$40K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $222,447 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $672,666$178,563
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,943$42,651
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $900$1,233
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $683,509$222,447
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $497,193$50,925
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $182,702$212,934
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $679,895$263,859
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,614−$41,412
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $222,447 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$68,156
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$68,842
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$178,563
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$42,651
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,233 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,233
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,233 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$222,447
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $263,859 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $28,000$28,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $22,925$22,925
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $78,000 · Management $24,000 · Fundraising $18,000$120,000
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $210 · Management $212 · Fundraising $89$511
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $450 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$450
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,844 · Management $569 · Fundraising $382$2,795
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $170 · Management $22 · Fundraising $313$505
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $48 · Management $0 · Fundraising $382$430
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,441 · Management $145 · Fundraising $13$3,599
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $5,680 · Fundraising $2,702$8,382
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $722 · Management $222 · Fundraising $466$1,410
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $61,516 · Management $0 · Fundraising $13,336$74,852
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $197,326 · Management $30,850 · Fundraising $35,683$263,859
Part X · Balance sheet $74,343 assets, 31 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $161,771$46,991
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$22,727
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $26,714$4,500
X-5 Loans to officers and key peopleStart of year $0$0
X-6 Loans to other insidersStart of year $0$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $61$125
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $188,546$74,343
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $159,959$87,166
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-21 Escrow or custodial accountsStart of year $0$0
X-22 Loans from officers and insidersStart of year $0$0
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $110,500$110,500
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $270,459$197,666
X-29 Capital stock or trust principalStart of year $0$0
X-30 Paid-in or capital surplusStart of year $0$0
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year −$81,913−$123,325
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$81,913−$123,325
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $188,546$74,341
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$123,323 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$222,447
XI-2 Total expenses$263,859
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$41,412
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$81,913
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$123,323

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