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Creative Restorations Inc

Creative Restorations Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $132,300 to it, the largest being THE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATION ($132,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$461k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$132k
Net assets
$160k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Creative Restorations Inc does

Mission

Creative Restorations INC directly addresses the barriers to reentry that justice-involved individuals face focusing on basic needs stable housing and employment opportunitieskey factors in reducing recidivism. Many participants struggle with homelessness food insecurity and lack of job prospects making reintegration extremely difficult. Our program provides: Transitional housing to offer a stable foundation. Case management to navigate reentry challenges. Peer-led support from individuals with lived experience. Employment assistance & vocational training linkages to create long-term stability. Basic needs assistance including food clothing hygiene products and transportation. By addressing these immediate needs while connecting individuals to sustainable job opportunities we empower them to rebuild their lives regain independence and successfully reintegrate into society.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Creative Restorations INC provided peer led support services including HRSN navigation non-medical transportation harm reduction outreach basic needs support linkage to housing including rental payment assistance and recovery resources to underserved individuals and families in Erie Niagara Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties.

    $323,045 spent$41,151 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $323,045.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($73k) Expenses 100 ($52k) Net assets 100 ($22k)2025 Revenue 628 ($461k) Expenses 625 ($323k) Net assets 736 ($160k)
20242025
Revenue (628)Expenses (625)Net assets (736)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 2024 to 2025, from $22k to $160k (+636%).

$22k
$160k
20242025
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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

90% of Creative Restorations Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,778 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’24
$138k
’25
4.8
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of Creative Restorations 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

100% of Creative Restorations Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Creative Restorations Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Operating margin30% · top quartile
Months of reserve4.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)528% · outside the comparable range

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Creative Restorations 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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
33%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Creative Restorations 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 Creative Restorations Inc?
Creative Restorations Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $132,300 to it, the largest being THE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATION ($132,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Creative Restorations Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $132,300 in grants to Creative Restorations Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Creative Restorations Inc?
THE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $132,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Creative Restorations 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.

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 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