Creative Life Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822926467
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Concord, MA, USA
Phone
6177372366
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$127,033
Expenses
$123,231
Assets
$7,733
Liabilities
$66,586

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIMOTHY JAMES HUPE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TIMOTHY JAMES HUPE (PRESIDENT)
  • DEANNA ASSAD (TREASURER)
  • CAROL JUNE ROGERS (CHAIR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Breaking cycles of poverty and exploitation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Creative life foundation connects marginalized children and parents in urban and rural thailand to criticalresources, preventing human trafficking through access toeducation, a path to citizenship, and holistic care.survey results: 86% of our students graduate from high school after joining the creative life foundation, compared to only 6% of their parents. 100% of students agree they have higher educational goals because of the creative life foundation. 100% of students agree they are more confident in accomplishing their educational goals because of the creative life foundation. 96% of students are satisfied with the availability and relationship with their mentor. 100% of students would recommend the creative life foundation to other children in need. 82% of students have a friend who had to drop out of school to work. 73% of students know someone who has worked in the commercial sex industry (including bars, karaoke bars, and massage parlors).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 8.61; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.