Creative waco's mission is to grow and support a thriving cultural and Creative community in Waco and mclennan county, texas.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 120 volunteers and 6 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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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
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $95K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$110K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $83K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$25K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
-25% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$900K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2024▼ -25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$676K
FY2021$823K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.2M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2024▼ -21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$602K
FY2021$746K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.1M
Net assets
$900K
FY2024▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$501K
FY2021$579K
FY2022$670K
FY2023$828K
FY2024$900K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2015.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $913K Management & general 11% · $128K Fundraising 7% · $84K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $110K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$110,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair & Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Fiona Bond’s $110K as Executive Director is at the 40th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Fiona Bond$110,000$100,000$75,414$73,248$70,000

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.

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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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Fosters a vibrant cultural and creative community in Waco and McLennan County.

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3 programs · $913K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Operating as the local arts agency for waco and mclennan county by managing and evaluating strategic investment in non-profit arts organizations, public art, and infrastructure to advance the goals of the waco cultural PLAN.BENEFICIARIES: whole community of waco and mclennan county

$673Kprogram expense
02

Providing training, information, services, networking forum, online resources, and education programs to support arts organizations, artists and cultural programming in waco and mclennan COUNTY.BENEFICIARIES: 90 organizations and individuals, whole community

$177Kprogram expense
03

Launching and managing cultural programming, public art, events, and marketing for the waco downtown cultural districtbeneficiaries: whole community of waco and mclennan county

$63Kprogram expense

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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 · 63 grants · $1.3M · 2020–2024
Waco Cultural Arts FestFY2024$41,500
Waco Civic TheatreTX · FY2024$41,500
Waco Creative Art CenterTX · FY2024$33,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$30,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$11,000
Silent House Theatre CoFY2024$10,000
Jacob Decordova SocietyFY2024$10,000
Hot Children's TheatreFY2024$10,000
Art Faith and HopeTX · FY2024$10,000
Heart of Texas Film SocietyTX · FY2024$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$9,405
Unitemized GrantFY2024$9,106
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,000
Waco Cultural Arts FestFY2023$48,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$43,500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$34,850
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$22K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$913K
Managementcol C$128K
Fundraisingcol D$84K
Owns and owesPt X
$900K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$610K
Total assetsLn 16$925K
LiabilitiesLn 26$25K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$895K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17K
Investment incomeLn 3$22K
Other incomeLn 4–11$185
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$175K
SavingsLn 2$435K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$610K
Total assetsLn 16$925K
LiabilitiesLn 26$25K
Net assetsLn 32$900K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 6120
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$692K$610K
Total assetsLn 16$882K$925K
LiabilitiesLn 26$55K$25K
Net assetsLn 32$828K$900K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$235K$235K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$60K$60K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$117K$68K$20K$30K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$277K$186K$43K$48K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$3K$325$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$10K$3K$4K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$23K$5K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$17K
Investment management feesLn 11f$848$848
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$10K$10K
Office expensesLn 13$42K$33K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$17K$17K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$23K$23K
InsuranceLn 23$1K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$280K$278K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$913K$128K$84K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.2M$1.1M$72K$900K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.6M$1.4M$158K$828K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$1.0M$91K$670K 990 PDF
FY2021 $823K$746K$78K$579K 990 PDF
FY2020 $676K$602K$74K$501K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,198,054 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,560,568$1,158,868
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $14,977$16,780
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $14,661$22,221
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$185
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,590,206$1,198,054
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $281,300$294,606
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $403,867$439,284
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $747,263$391,723
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,432,430$1,125,613
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $157,776$72,441
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $1,198,054 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $185 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$894,849
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$264,019
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,158,868
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $16,780$16,780
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $22,221$22,221
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $16,965 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $22,221$1,198,054
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,125,613 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $235,095$235,095
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $59,511$59,511
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $67,504 · Management $20,046 · Fundraising $29,701$117,251
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $186,419 · Management $42,683 · Fundraising $48,034$277,136
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,331 · Management $325 · Fundraising $1,346$5,002
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,040 · Management $3,800 · Fundraising $3,100$9,940
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,850 · Management $4,957 · Fundraising $2,148$29,955
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $17,303$17,303
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $848$848
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $9,515$9,515
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $33,439 · Management $8,584$42,023
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,045$1,045
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $16,527$16,527
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $22,607$22,607
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,419$1,419
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $278,345 · Management $2,091$280,436
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $913,186 · Management $128,098 · Fundraising $84,329$1,125,613
Part X · Balance sheet $925,446 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $277,779$175,495
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $414,084$434,975
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $190,631$314,976
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $882,494$925,446
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $54,646$25,157
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $54,646$25,157
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $827,848$900,289
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $827,848$900,289
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $882,494$925,446
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $900,289 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,198,054
XI-2 Total expenses$1,125,613
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$72,441
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$827,848
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$900,289

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