Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC
CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,840,000 to it, the largest being RDK FOUNDATION ($2,840,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.3M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $49M
What Creation and Preservation Partners Inc does
Mission
Creation and preservation partners, inc. (capp) is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, and/or to carry out the purposes of the john michael kohler arts center, inc. (the "arts center"), including by the carrying on of such of the art center's programs. The phrase "such of its programs" is meant to include projects and activities that the art center conducts, sponsors, advises, or in which it participates, including, for the purposes of illustration only and not in limitation, the preservation and exhibition of vernacular art environments, collections, and performing arts. The creation and preservation partners may carry out its purposes directly or by making gifts, grants, or other payments to the arts center.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Visual arts - the organization acquired works of art to hold and maintain in furtherance of the mission of john michael kohler arts center, inc. Existing works experienced ongoing conservation and preservation efforts.
$2,422,128 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,422,128.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $9.1M to $44M (+386%).
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.
96% of CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Steve Woods
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $520k → $600k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $16M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Kohler Trust for the Arts and Education). These are real filings, and they are not money CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS 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.
Where its funders are
CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS 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.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- John Michael Kohler Arts Center Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC?
- CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,840,000 to it, the largest being RDK FOUNDATION ($2,840,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,840,000 in grants to CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC?
- RDK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,840,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CREATION AND PRESERVATION PARTNERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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