Creative Kids Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742910251
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- El Paso, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9155339575
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $549,368
- Expenses
- $652,405
- Assets
- $1,562,510
- Liabilities
- $15,764
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDREA GATES-INGLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- CHARLIE CASTILLO (PRESIDENT)
- VANESSA LEON (VICE-PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- STEPHEN INGLE (CREATIVE DIRECTOR): $118,667 total reported compensation
- ANDREA GATES-INGLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $108,417 total reported compensation
- OSCAR CAMARGO (TECH/DIGITAL MEDIA DIRECTOR): $83,833 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Organization is a nationally recognized non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing a high quality youth development program utilizing the visual arts to empower youth.
What it reported doing in 2024
Creative Kids Inc. is a 25-year-old nationally recognized 501(c)(3) creative youth development agency that positively impacts under-resourced populations in the border community of El Paso, Texas helping young people to thrive through the transformative power of the arts. Creative Kids' 16,000 sq. ft. headquarters, known as the oLo Gallery (Other Learning Opportunities), is located in the Union Plaza District in downtown El Paso. This facility is the permanent home to Creative Kids' art studios, cooking facility, art gallery, multimedia skills development center, and administrative offices. Creative Kids is able to reach over 1,100 youth throughout the year, which includes disconnected youth through Project ABLE (Art Brokers Learning Experiences), at-risk youth in the Boys and Girls Club of El Paso through Project MAP (Making the Arts Possible), and children battling cancer in its Project AIM (Arts in Motion). Creative Kids recently launched an art program for the children and families that were directly affected by the August 3rd Wal-Mart tragedy called Project RAP (Resiliency Art Program). The majority of children participating in Creative Kids' programs come from broken homes, families of very modest socio-economic means, and most have limited formal schooling and are largely of Hispanic ancestry. The Creative Kids programs represent a strategic and pivotal set of opportunities for the students so they can realize their aspirations for adult life, refine their talents and strengths and, in the process, encourage these youths to pursue lifelong learning and other higher education goals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: $52.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.4; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 47.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $489K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $119K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.