Creative Living Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222774159
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Andover, MA, USA
- Phone
- 9786852151
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,708
- Expenses
- $40,355
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LUCILLE GIANNONE (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- JOSEPHINE PAOLINO (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LUCILLE GIANNONE (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- JOSEPHINE PAOLINO (PRESIDENT)
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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Residential and social services to mentally challenged adults ( approx 75+- individuals benefitted)
What it reported doing in 2020
Residential and social services to mentally challenged adults ( approx 75+- individuals benefitted). Creative living, inc. Merged into american training, inc., EIN 04-2662986 effective december 23, 2020.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Sustainability: 10
- 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: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -363.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -23% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -18.2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.6% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 5/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.