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CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC

CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC (New York) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,651,874 to it, the largest being NOVO FOUNDATION ($2,338,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.1M
Funders on record
29
Grants received
$4.7M
Net assets
$2.2M
12/29 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 79%
01What it does

What Center for Creative Education Inc does

Mission

The center for creative education promotes the social and cultural awareness of youth and community througharts wellness and education. The mission is acheived through programs teaching dance, performance arts creativityand mentorship programs.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The center for creative education promotes the social and cultural awareness of youth and community through arts, wellness and education. The mission is achieved through programs teaching dance,performance arts creativity and mentorship programs,

    $662,958 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $662,958.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($726k) Expenses 100 ($573k) Net assets 100 ($231k)2020 Revenue 208 ($1.5M) Expenses 96 ($550k) Net assets 577 ($1.3M)2021 Revenue 203 ($1.5M) Expenses 156 ($893k) Net assets 672 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 118 ($858k) Expenses 130 ($746k) Net assets 715 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 114 ($829k) Expenses 131 ($748k) Net assets 755 ($1.7M)2024 Revenue 148 ($1.1M) Expenses 147 ($842k) Net assets 957 ($2.2M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (148)Expenses (147)Net assets (957)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $231k to $1.4M (+493%).

$231k
$1.4M
$1.6M
$1.7M
$1.8M
$2.2M
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 22% · 2020 8% · 2021 14% · 2022 17% · 2023 11% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

72% of CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,360 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$153k
’19
$962k
’20
$582k
’21
$112k
’22
$81k
’23
$236k
’24
29
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

201920202021202220232024
Listed138881010
Joined·+3+0+0+5+0
No longer listed·80030
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $44k → $467k.

5 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

50%
largest funder
78%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 88% · 2019 47% · 2020 63% · 2021 74% · 2022 58% · 2023 68% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

41% of CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

81% of CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
NJ
CA
DE
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $901k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin22% · top quartile
Months of reserve29.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 21%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

83%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC?
CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC (New York) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,651,874 to it, the largest being NOVO FOUNDATION ($2,338,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC have?
IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $4,651,874 in grants to CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC?
NOVO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,338,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 29 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing