Creativity Opportunities Unlimited
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 710832243
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Siloam Springs, AR, USA
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $29,383
- Expenses
- $24,406
- Assets
- $91,946
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- John Pipkins (Association Director)
- Tracey Renard (Assistant Association Director)
- Mindy Hunt (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See Schedule
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided new teams grants to cover their registration fees through the national Creative Opportunities Unlimited organization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 50
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.9%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 56.4%; rating input score 56
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.77; rating input score 79; 79th 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: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.9% of revenue deployed · 56.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.