Center for Regenerative Ecological Education & Enterprise Development
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832571369
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Canaan, NY, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Interfaith Coalitions
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,353
- Expenses
- $67,334
- Assets
- $491,921
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael Pergola (Treasurer - Vice President)
- Julia Benetez-Pergola (President)
People named in this filing
- Michael Pergola (Treasurer - Vice President)
- Julia Benetez-Pergola (President)
- Clare Rosenfield (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the Center for Regenerative Ecological Education & Enterprise Development CREEED is to foster a new relationship between the human species and the Earth as outlined in Pope Franciss encyclical Laudato si. This message includes a focus on the way we relate to our natural environment our understanding of our place in the world and the way in which we interact with other species and with other human beings. We take inspiration from the great wisdom traditions and understanding of the human-nature connection and seek to foster mindful awareness in all of our activities with each other and the Earth. We welcome individual and group retreatants in the spirit of hospitality offered by the great Medieval and contemporary monasteries.
What it reported doing in 2025
Permaculture Initiatives & Soil Health - Our initiative focuses on long-term food security through permaculture empowering individuals to grow their own food effectively amidst climate change. The program engaged 28 volunteers and 18 interns providing training in various permaculture aspects. We are establishing a sustainable food forest and implementing European row techniques for healthy soil and food production. Activities include composting food forest planting and garden expansion. The educational component targets all ages emphasizing the significance of nutritious food for overall health particularly educating youth to identify and appreciate long-term well-being benefits.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.5%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.31; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -16.9% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -19% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.