Creative Pursuits Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862419592
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lancaster, PA, USA
Phone
7174054402
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,189
Expenses
$46,509
Assets
$2,349
Liabilities
$18,611

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATHERINE WALKER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CATHERINE WALKER (PRESIDENT)
  • MELISSA THOMPSON (SECRETARY)
  • DEBBIE NIXON (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To serve the artistic needs of lancaster and surrounding counties for creators at all stages of their artistic journey; committed to providing students an opportunity to find their inner artist in a safe, challenging, and educational environment. The goal and commitment is to equip students with skills they carry with them not only through their journey in the arts, but also as thoughtful contributors to their community for the rest of their lives.

What it reported doing in 2025

Equip our students with skills they will carry with them not only through their journey in the arts, but also as thoughtful contributors to their community for the rest of their lives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.2%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 75.3%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 7.92; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.2% of revenue deployed · 75.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.