Creative Spirits Cdc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852621832
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Robbins, IL, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,206
Expenses
$151,066
Assets
$49,000
Liabilities
$150,860

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lawanda Gosa (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Tina T Artis (Clerical)
  • Parish Banks (Outreach worker)
  • Ivory Brown (Outreach Worker)

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

Creative Spirits CDCs primary exempt purpose is to provide community outreach youth empowerment and community development services that support atrisk youth strengthen families and promote positive growth within the Chicagoland communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Creative Spirits CDC provides community outreach and support services for atrisk youth and families in the Chicagoland area. Activities include mentoring resource navigation family support and community development initiatives designed to empower youth and strengthen neighborhood stability.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 28.3%; rating input score 28

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -207%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.08; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 61.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 85.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 46.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 28.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 18 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.