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Creative Pinellas Inc

Creative pinellas is the designated local arts agency for pinellas county, supporting regional artists, arts organizations, and arts tourism.

$292k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$509k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $62,087, the rows itemized in this filing. The $292,280 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $230,193 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $39k
$10,400
Median grant
1
States reached
$471k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN STAGE COMPANY$16,205
JACK'S SIGNS & DESIGNS$12,072
MOREAN ARTS CENTER$10,400
GULF BEACH ART CENTER$8,760
ST PETERSBURG CITY THEATRE INC$7,650
DUNEDIN FINE ARTS CENTER INC$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CREATIVE CLAY INC: $25k → 12%CREATIVE CLAY INC: $25k → 12%ARTS CONSERVATORY FOR TEENS: $11k → 12%ARTS CONSERVATORY FOR TEENS: $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$527k · 14 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$527k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+19%

Still filing today

86%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GB
    GULF BEACH ART CENTER
    5× · 2021–2025 · $61k · revenue +236%
  • CC
    Creative Clay Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue +22%
  • FT
    freeFall Theatre Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • AB
    ARTIST BETH WARMATH LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • MS
    MICKETTSTACKHOUSE STUDIO LLC
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
  • MI
    MOMENTIVE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Ballet Academy of St Petersburg

The Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to provide accessible, high-quality ballet and dance education to individuals of all ages and backgrounds. Its primary exempt purpose is to promote arts…

Arts & Culture
2
Creative Kids Srq
Arts & Culture
3
Tampa International Fringe Festival Inc

To provide local and global artists a platform helping make their work accessible and affordable and to diversify the arts on offer in the greater Tampa Bay area by increasing exposure to artists from different perspectives and cultural…

Arts & Culture
4
Art League of Marco Island Inc dba Marco Island Center for the Arts

The Art League of Marco Island, Inc. sponsors and promotes the study of, appreciation and support for, and interest in, the fine arts and in allied and related creative arts and crafts. The Art Center honors Marco Island and Southwest…

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5
Tampa Arts Alliance Inc

Tampa Arts Alliance Inc. will provide leadership to the arts and cultural community of City of Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida by promoting the following: Growing the arts industry as an economic engine for the City of Tampa/…

Arts & Culture
6
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida Inc

A charitable ballet company producing professional ballet performances for the public, Arts Ballet Theatre provides accessibility, community involvement & education & training for professional and pre-professional dancers. It also provides…

Arts & Culture
7
Cultural Hub of Nw Florida Inc

A thriving art community creates a more prosperous and resilient community overall. We view resiliency as a top priority for our community as Panama City and the surrounding areas work to recover from Hurricane Michael in 2018. We believe…

Arts & Culture
8
St Petersburg Warehouse Arts District Inc

Our mission is to build and sustain a vibrant arts community in St. Petersburg, Florida that supports the success of all artists and the community at large through a broad spectrum of tools, including community revitalization, marketing,…

Arts & Culture
9
Gateway Center for the Arts Inc

Promote art education and instruction in West Volusia County and the surrounding areas through classes, events, exhibits, festivals and other cultural and civic activities.

Arts & Culture
10
Temple Terrace Community Arts Festival Inc

Bringing art and Culture to the community and beyond.

Arts & Culture
11
Florida Cultural Group Inc

Florida Cultural Group, Inc. and its venue, Manatee Performing Arts Center, are the cultural anchor and economic drivers in the Florida Gulf Coast region. We provide for all ages affordable, high-quality and thought-provoking…

Arts & Culture
12
Port Theatre and Culture Center Inc

To provide a focal point for artistic, educational and cultural activities within the city of port st joe, florida and the surrounding areas.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Studio 620 Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dunedin Fine Art Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 21 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARTS CENTER ASSOCIATION INC: $93,788 · Arts & CultureARTS CENTER ASSOCIATION INCGULF BEACH ART CENTER: $60,808 · Arts & CultureGULF BEACH ART CENTERfreeFall Theatre Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CulturefreeFall Theatre IncST PETERSBURG ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureST PETERSBURG ARTS ALLIANCE INCSt Petersburg City Theatre Incorporated: $41,868 · Arts & CultureSt Petersburg City Theatre IncorporatedDunedin Fine Art Center: $27,880 · Arts & CultureDunedin Fine Art CenterFRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL INC: $20,818 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL INC+3 more: $17,454 · Arts & CultureJACK'S SIGNS & DESIGNS: $29,922 · OtherJACK'S SIGNS & DESIGNSThe American Stage Company Inc: $21,380 · OtherThe American Stage Comp…THE STUDIO 620 INC: $20,818 · OtherTHE STUDIO 620 INCSUNBELT RENTALS: $18,165 · OtherSUNBELT RENTALSARTIST BETH WARMATH LLC: $8,282 · OtherARTIST BETH WARMATH LLCMICKETTSTACKHOUSE STUDIO LLC: $6,800 · OtherMICKETTSTACKHOUSE STUDI…MOMENTIVE INC: $6,000 · OtherTAMPA BAY SYMPHONY INC: $5,818 · OtherCreative Clay Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesCreative Clay …IN TOUCH WITH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD INC: $20,818 · Human ServicesIN TOUCH WITH …DMG SCHOOL PROJECT INC: $20,818 · Education
Arts & Culture$362,616Other$117,185Human Services$70,818Education$20,818

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARTS CENTER ASSOCIATION INC: $93,788 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetGULF BEACH ART CENTER: $60,808 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetCreative Clay Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetfreeFall Theatre Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetST PETERSBURG ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetSt Petersburg City Theatre Incorporated: $41,868 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetDunedin Fine Art Center: $27,880 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe American Stage Company Inc: $21,380 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE STUDIO 620 INC: $20,818 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL INC: $20,818 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetIN TOUCH WITH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD INC: $20,818 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetDMG SCHOOL PROJECT INC: $20,818 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetACADEMY OF BALLET ARTS INC: $5,818 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTAMPA BAY SYMPHONY INC: $5,818 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetDR CARTER G WOODSON AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC: $5,818 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKeep St Pete Lit Inc: $5,818 over 1y, 8.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Pinellas Community Fo…J Crayton Pruitt Foun…Gobioff FoundationTop Jewish Foundation…Foundation for a Heal…Florida Humanities Co…Debartolo Family Foun…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL31.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · J Crayton Pruitt Foundation Inc · Gobioff Foundation · Top Jewish Foundation Inc · Foundation for a Healthy St Petersburg Inc · Florida Humanities Council Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Creative Pinellas Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Creative Pinellas Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Gulf Beach Art Center: 0% of income from government
  • Creative Clay Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 21 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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