Creative Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113204305
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990 2010
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
6464655313
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Cancer

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$371,919
Expenses
$345,570
Assets
$382,573
Liabilities
$174,937

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The creative center is a community of artists, cancer patients and survivors, trustees, donors, and friends who are dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with cancer.

What it reported doing in 2010

The hospital artist-in-residence program provides creative arts experiences by trained artists in more than 20 hospital sites in the New York area including in- and out- patient oncology, radiation, pediatrics, geriatrics, long-term care and rehab, hospice and palliative care. Livestrong has replicated our program in 22 hospitals nationwide.in addition, creative aging artists in residence program focuses on bringing the arts to older adults in a range of settings, from community centers to residential settings for the frail and elderly.furthermore, we provide training programs for artists and administrators in arts in healthcare and creative aging, and consulting on the development and implementation of arts programs in hospitals, cancer centers and facilities serving older adults. Two books, artists-in-residence: the creative centers approach to arts in healthcare and still life: documenting cancer survivorship and a dvd, training hospital artists-in-residence are available as well.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 100
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $281K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.