Illinois · Nonprofit
Creative Spirits Cdc
Creative Spirits Cdc (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being GOOD360 ($0). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $49k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $-101860
What Creative Spirits Cdc does
Mission
Creative Spirits CDCs primary exempt purpose is to provide community outreach youth empowerment and community development services that support atrisk youth strengthen families and promote positive growth within the Chicagoland communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Violence Prevention and Community Outreach Program Creative Spirits CDC provided violence prevention and community outreach services designed to reduce community violence promote public safety and strengthen neighborhoods. Services included community engagement activities prevention education resource fairs trauma-informed support services and partnerships with local stakeholders. The program served youth and families throughout Robbins Calumet Park and surrounding communities.
$246,789 spent40% of program spendingYouth Development and Mentoring Program The organization provided youth development mentoring leadership training and educational support services to help young people develop positive life skills improve academic performance and prepare for future success. Participants received mentoring life-skills training leadership development opportunities and support services designed to encourage personal growth and community involvement.
$185,092 spent30% of program spendingWorkforce Development and Job Readiness Program Creative Spirits CDC offered workforce development services including job readiness training resume development interview preparation career exploration internship opportunities and employment support. These services were designed to improve employment outcomes increase economic stability and provide pathways to long-term career success for youth and young adults.
$185,091 spent30% of program spendingOther Program Services Additional services included community resource referrals family support services educational workshops and special community engagement activities designed to strengthen families and improve community well-being.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $616,972.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $12k to $151k (+1166%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Creative Spirits Cdc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Against its field
Creative Spirits Cdc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Creative Spirits Cdc
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 Illinois
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 Spirits Cdc: 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 Spirits Cdc?
- Creative Spirits Cdc (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being GOOD360 ($0). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Creative Spirits Cdc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to Creative Spirits Cdc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Creative Spirits Cdc?
- GOOD360 is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Creative Spirits Cdc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2021–2025), 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