Georgia · Nonprofit
CREATIVE ACADEMY
CREATIVE ACADEMY (Georgia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,193 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($23,573). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $47k
What Creative Academy does
Mission
The Creative Academy Inc provided educational programming workforce development training mentorship workshops and experiential learning opportunities for youth interested in careers within the creative industries. Programs focused on music production photography filmmaking entrepreneurship financial literacy and career readiness. During 2025 the organization continued delivering services using grant funds awarded in prior years while expanding access to industry professionals hands on learning opportunities and career exploration experiences for students throughout Georgia. Services included educational workshops workforce development activities mentorship opportunities industry exposure experiences and career readiness programming. Participants gained technical skills professional development experience and increased awareness of career pathways within the creative economy. Program service expenses approximately 55550.96.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
INDUSTRY EXPOSURE AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAMS. The Creative Academy provided experiential learning opportunities designed to expose students to real world creative environments and professionals. Activities included studio visits live event experiences educational field trips networking opportunities and community based learning experiences. These activities helped bridge classroom instruction with real world industry application. Approximately 150 students participated. Services included industry field experiences studio and workplace visits live event and production exposure networking opportunities and professional development activities. Participants gained firsthand exposure to creative careers strengthened professional networks and increased motivation to pursue educational and career opportunities within the arts and entertainment industries. Program expenses approximately 15550.96. Revenue generated 0.
$15,550 spent28% of program spendingCREATIVE WORKSHOPS AND SKILLS TRAINING. The Creative Academy provided hands on workshops in music production photography videography and digital media for middle school high school and young adult participants throughout Metro Atlanta. Students received instruction using industry standard software and equipment while developing technical creative and collaborative skills. Workshops included project based learning experiences portfolio development and exposure to creative career pathways. Approximately 400 students participated. Services included music production workshops photography instruction videography instruction digital media training and portfolio development activities. Participants gained technical skills increased creative confidence and developed career awareness in creative industries. Program expenses approximately 25000. Revenue generated 0.
$25,000 spentof which $3,000 as grants45% of program spendingCAREER READINESS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND LUNCH AND LEARN INITIATIVES. The Creative Academy conducted workforce development and career readiness programming designed to prepare students for post secondary education and careers in the creative economy. Programming included industry panels mentorship opportunities financial literacy instruction entrepreneurship education and Lunch and Learn events featuring professionals from music media business and technology sectors. Approximately 200 students participated. Services included career exploration activities financial literacy training entrepreneurship education industry guest speakers mentorship opportunities and college and workforce readiness preparation. Participants increased their understanding of career opportunities professional skills financial responsibility and pathways to employment within creative industries. Program expenses approximately 15000. Revenue generated 0.
$15,000 spentof which $900 as grants27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $55,550.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $87k to $47k (−46%).
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.
100% of CREATIVE ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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.
Chief executive
Andre DeRamus
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CREATIVE ACADEMY’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
CREATIVE ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CREATIVE ACADEMY.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of CREATIVE ACADEMY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38k 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.
Against its field
CREATIVE ACADEMY's revenue fell 98% between 2024 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,200 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CREATIVE ACADEMY: 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 CREATIVE ACADEMY?
- CREATIVE ACADEMY (Georgia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,193 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($23,573). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CREATIVE ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $38,193 in grants to CREATIVE ACADEMY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CREATIVE ACADEMY?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $23,573 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CREATIVE ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 3 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing