Creative Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861643111
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 3479064242
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,900
- Expenses
- $55,551
- Assets
- $47,132
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Andre DeRamus (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Andre DeRamus (Executive Director)
- Joffre Lester (Head of Brand and Strategy)
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 Creative Academy Inc provided educational programming workforce development training mentorship workshops and experiential learning opportunities for youth interested in careers within the creative industries. Programs focused on music production photography filmmaking entrepreneurship financial literacy and career readiness. During 2025 the organization continued delivering services using grant funds awarded in prior years while expanding access to industry professionals hands on learning opportunities and career exploration experiences for students throughout Georgia. Services included educational workshops workforce development activities mentorship opportunities industry exposure experiences and career readiness programming. Participants gained technical skills professional development experience and increased awareness of career pathways within the creative economy. Program service expenses approximately 55550.96.
What it reported doing in 2025
CAREER READINESS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND LUNCH AND LEARN INITIATIVES. The Creative Academy conducted workforce development and career readiness programming designed to prepare students for post secondary education and careers in the creative economy. Programming included industry panels mentorship opportunities financial literacy instruction entrepreneurship education and Lunch and Learn events featuring professionals from music media business and technology sectors. Approximately 200 students participated. Services included career exploration activities financial literacy training entrepreneurship education industry guest speakers mentorship opportunities and college and workforce readiness preparation. Participants increased their understanding of career opportunities professional skills financial responsibility and pathways to employment within creative industries. Program expenses approximately 15000. Revenue generated 0.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 68
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1,324.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 43; 43rd 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: -194% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -59% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $56K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.