Teaches veterans multi-discipline visual arts, including sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media, to support their well-being.
For fiscal year 2022 it reported $860K in revenue, $843K in expenses, and $339K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2022
Total revenue
$860K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$843K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$339K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $18K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
75%
17%
Program services $0.75 Management & general $0.17 Fundraising $0.09
Program efficiency
75%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
5.9mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+2%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2022 · Form 990
Revenue
$860K
FY2022▲ +26%
$4.3M$2.2M$0
FY2020FY2025
Expenses
$843K
FY2022▲ +31%
$2.3M$1.1M$0
FY2020FY2025
Total assets
$485K
FY2022▲ +11%
$4.6M$2.3M$0
FY2020FY2025
Total liabilities
$146K
FY2022▲ +25%
$1.7M$843K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total revenue
$860K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$843K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$339K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$18K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$485K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B75%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 39
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 48
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
2 program services account for $629K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2021.
01
Introduction to Art for Veterans
Due to reduced covid restrictions, creativets was able to host 2 full introduction to art for veterans programs where 20 veterans completed AND/OR taught the 3-WEEK course. One class was hosted at the school of the art institute of chicago and the second was with a brand new partner, belmont university.
$323Kprogram expense
02
Veteran Songwriting Programs
40 veterans and 40 veteran mentors participated in our introduction to songwriting program during the 2021- 2022 fiscal year. This program pairs veterans with accomplished songwriters and music artists to allow the veteran the opportunity to creatively express their story through a song.
Richard Casper’s $148K as Executive Director
is at the 65th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3916 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits.
Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII
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.
Individual Richard Casper · Reported title EXECUTIVE DI · Highest reported compensation $77K · Total expenses $843K
9%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $317K · Total expenses $843K
38%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
75%
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—
Overhead ratio
17%
—
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Fundraising cost ratio
9%
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Revenue growth
26%
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Accounting fee ratio
3%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2022IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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