Createaccess

What it reported doing in 2025

Createaccess broadens access to opportunities in 3d technology by providing 3d creation exposure education in four primary ways:1. Facilitating in-person 3d creator programs and outreach events in createaccess' local community, with a focus on engaging members of under-resourced communities and/or those who have limited previous exposure to 3d technology. 2. Developing and sharing freely-available, beginner-focused 3d creation educational materials. 3. Supporting a robust internship program for students and emerging professionals.4. Increasing awareness of opportunities in 3d technology in the community as a whole. The 2025 outcomes of these activities were as follows:1. Createaccess facilitated more than 100 hours of in-person 3d education programming and reached more than 300 beginner 3d creators who engaged directly with 3d technology through these programs. More than 100 of these creators participated in at least 5 hours of 3d education, and approximately 40 participated in a 30-hour program with createaccess. Createaccess brings 3d technology education to schools, libraries, and community-based organizations that were providing little or no 3d education previously, and meets learners where they are at organizations they are connected to and trust. In 2025, createaccess collaborated with 10 such organizations to bring programs to their learners. Across programs, 14 different free or free-to-start software programs were introduced. 2. Createaccess continued to develop and share freely available, beginner-focused written and video materials to help beginners get started with 3d technology. These materials are shared during programs and published on createaccess' website and/or social media platforms, as appropriate. 3. Createaccess continued its paid internship program, and employed 10 student and early career professional interns in 2025, one of whom was ultimately hired as a full-time program manager. Two of the interns were hired directly from createaccess' creator community through dedicated internship slots for participants in a workforce development program for which createaccess provides 3d technology education. Createaccess also piloted its first 3d facilitator training, which equipped promising and engaged participants from createaccess' programs at a local library to facilitate 3d education programs for their peers, with program design and implementation support from createaccess.4. Createaccess continued to support increased awareness of opportunities in 3d technology and the work of createaccess in the community as a whole. This included coordination of tours/visits with a local technology company for two student groups, guest speaking at multiple universities, hosting a community table at a technology conference, and participating in a local nonprofit collaborative that convenes nonprofits in one community across different service areas.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 33.5%; rating input score 34
• Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
• Fundraising efficiency: $20,514.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 64.1%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.63; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: 84.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 109.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings