Creative Learning Center FY2021 filing

Dewitt, IAUnknown exempt organization EIN 42-0960202Revenue $495K in FY2021Latest return filed Sep 24, 2025

On file with the IRSDewitt, IA

Claim this org

(tell your story, add context, and more) Claim it free, then get the verified mark for $300 a year.

How does your 990 look to donors? Take the 10-Question Audit

Childcare/preschool Center

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 42-0960202) · Dispute this line
98¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$150K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

Before you give

FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $70 a year · 0.03% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
98%
of spending
98% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$150K
to officers and key staff · 25% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 25% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
1.5 mo
of spending, in cash
1.5 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$255K
152% of total assets
Liabilities are 152% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
3 of 3 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$495K
-8% vs prior year
Spent
$604K
To programs
98%
Net assets
−$87K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$495K
FY2021▼ -8%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$538K
FY2021$495K
FY2022$182K
FY2023$102K
FY2024$2K
Expenses
$604K
FY2021▲ +17%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$515K
FY2021$604K
FY2022$119K
FY2023$10K
FY2024$71K
Net assets
−$87K
FY2021▼ -483%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$23K
FY2021−$87K
FY2022−$24K
FY2023$68K
FY2024$0

From the FY2021 Form 990 · see the original

You’re viewing the FY2021 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2024) →

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024.

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

Where the money goes

98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 98% · $594K Management & general 2% · $10K

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

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990; $150K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Former Direc
$149,788Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treas & Secr
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Mindy Chapman$17,922$149,788$84,230

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Creative Learning Center executive salaries →

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Creative Learning Center is a nonprofit organization based in Dewitt, IA.

Questions for Creative Learning Center

Tap to ask. Creative Learning Center sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Creative Learning Center answers here, for everyone.

1 program · $594K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Year around childcare and preschool classes.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 42-0960202) · Dispute this line
$594Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 2 grants · $78K · 2023–2024
Various Community OrganizationsFY2024$67,793
Individual RecipientFY2023$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$495K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$340K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$155K
Investment incomeLn 3$318
Money outPt IX
$604K
Ln 25
Programscol B$594K
Managementcol C$10K
Owns and owesPt X
−$87K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$78K
Total assetsLn 16$168K
LiabilitiesLn 26$255K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$155K
Government grantsLn 1e$155K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$340K
Investment incomeLn 3$318
Total revenueLn 12$495K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$71K
SavingsLn 2$7K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$78K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$90K
Total assetsLn 16$168K
LiabilitiesLn 26$255K
Net assetsLn 32−$87K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 542
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$36K$78K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$94K$90K
Total assetsLn 16$130K$168K
LiabilitiesLn 26$107K$255K
Net assetsLn 32$23K−$87K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$150K$150K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$277K$277K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$33K$33K
Accounting feesLn 11c$725$725
Advertising and promotionLn 12$135$135
OccupancyLn 16$34K$34K
InterestLn 20$6K$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$12K$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$84K$80K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$604K$594K$10K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Sep 24, 2025 $2K$71K−$68K$0 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 2, 2024 $102K$10K$92K$68K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 6, 2023 $182K$119K$64K−$24K 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 10, 2022 $495K$604K−$110K−$87K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 24, 2021 $538K$515K$22K$23K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990
Part I · Summary $494,832 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$154,707
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $465,643$339,807
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $145$318
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $72,103$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $537,891$494,832
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $361,984$461,352
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $153,507$143,009
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $515,491$604,361
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $22,400−$109,529
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $494,832 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$154,707
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$154,707
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $339,807$339,807
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $318$318
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $340,125$494,832
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $604,361 across 12 lines filed
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $149,888$149,888
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $277,386$277,386
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,200$1,200
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $32,878$32,878
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $725$725
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $135$135
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $34,427$34,427
IX-20 InterestManagement $5,798$5,798
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,966$3,966
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,761$11,761
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $80,120 · Management $3,430$83,550
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,647$2,647
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $594,408 · Management $9,953 · Fundraising $0$604,361
Part X · Balance sheet $167,842 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $35,186$70,628
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,196$7,197
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $93,983$90,017
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $130,365$167,842
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $107,104$249,507
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $395$5,814
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $107,499$255,321
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year $22,866−$87,479
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $22,866−$87,479
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $130,365$167,842
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$87,479 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$494,832
XI-2 Total expenses$604,361
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$109,529
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$22,866
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$816
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$87,479

Form 990 e-file FY2021 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

The names, titles, and financial information shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records. More

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown. A filing can only be corrected by the organization filing an amended return with the IRS; the corrected information appears here at our next update.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing, and less than the filing contains. Our pages do not display home addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, contact the filing organization or the IRS directly.

All figures come from public IRS Form 990 filings. Comparisons are computed from the filing against similar orgs. They are not a rating.