Creative Classrooms

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237337836
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Raymond, NH, USA
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,044
Expenses
$68,758
Assets
$36,804
Liabilities
$66,118

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARLENE LEIN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARLENE LEIN (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM FREGOSI (SECY/TREAS)
  • FLORA PITERACK (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide educational training and workshops, and operate an educational/learning facility.

What it reported doing in 2019

Lesley university - graduate credits as part of two-year program leading to masters degree in education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.9%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 41.4%; rating input score 41

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22.7%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.8; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.1% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.9% of revenue deployed · 41.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.