The Center for Social Creativity

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The Center for Social Creativity serves to help new or small nonprofits in the social justice space to cultivate growth and further their missions. We believe that mission-driven groups deserve a chance to thrive. We equip grassroots organizations with the skills, strategy, and support they need to grow strong and deliver lasting impact.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2 volunteers and 2 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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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $12K a year · 8% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$63K
to officers and key staff · 80% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 80% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $181K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$56K
-76% vs prior year
Spent
$79K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$33K
By yearFY2024–FY2025
Revenue
$56K
FY2025▼ -76%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2024$233K
FY2025$56K
Expenses
$79K
FY2025▼ -58%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2024$187K
FY2025$79K
Net assets
$33K
FY2025▼ -41%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2024$56K
FY2025$33K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2020.

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

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $73K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990-EZ; $63K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$31,667Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$31,667Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Megan Galaviz’s $32K as Executive Director is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 168 <$100K community development 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Megan Galaviz$31,667$51,458
Melissa Bosworth$31,667$51,458

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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Programs and updates

Empowers small social justice groups with skills and strategy for growth and lasting impact.

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1 program · $165K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Center for Social Creativity provides capacity building, fund development, organizational development, workforce and leadership development to help strengthen programs and services of other organizations grant projects, infrastructure and/or capacity needs.

$165Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$181K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$56K
Gifts and grants$56K
Money out
$79K
Programs$73K
Owns and owes
$33K
net assets
Total assets$35K
Liabilities$2K
People
5
listed
Paid2
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$56K
Total revenue$56K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$35K
Liabilities$2K
Net assets$33K
Operations
Employees2
Volunteers2
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 $56K$79K−$23K$33K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Oct 15, 2025 $233K$187K$46K$56K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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