Alabama · Nonprofit
CREATIVE CITIES FUND
CREATIVE CITIES FUND (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,000 to it, the largest being PARKER GRIFFITH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($12,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $172k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $162k
What Creative Cities Fund does
Mission
The mission of the Creative Cities Fund is to create a culture of innovation in economic development and public education in the huntsville area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Creative Cities Fund supports the communitys efforts to become a visionary city that attracts thought leaders, creators, entrepreneurs, and businesses by backing innovative, well-planned projects that spur economic development and improve education. Through grants to smart, tangible initiatives grounded in solid business plans, the fund promotes sustainable models for long-term community growth and opportunity.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $10,000.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of CREATIVE CITIES FUND’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
100% of CREATIVE CITIES FUND's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
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
CREATIVE CITIES FUND's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CREATIVE CITIES FUND
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 Alabama
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CREATIVE CITIES FUND: 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 CITIES FUND?
- CREATIVE CITIES FUND (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,000 to it, the largest being PARKER GRIFFITH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($12,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CREATIVE CITIES FUND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,000 in grants to CREATIVE CITIES FUND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CREATIVE CITIES FUND?
- PARKER GRIFFITH FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CREATIVE CITIES FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2025–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing