Fremont Creative District
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911660093
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Rating
- 37
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- History Museums
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,323
- Assets
- $12,323
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Brandi Gaines (President)
People named in this filing
- Brandi Gaines (President)
- Caroline Sherman (Secretary)
- Georgi Phelps (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
Our purpose is to nurture the creative economy in Fremont. We bring together community voices to create a neighborhood that celebrates art and cultural traditions, honoring the rich diversity that makes the Fremont District unique.
What it reported doing in 2025
During 2025, Fremont Creative District advanced its mission by activating public spaces through three community arts events, including interactive printmaking, collaborative mural painting, and a neighborhood annual gathering featuring local portraiture. These programs provided paid opportunities for local artists, fostered public participation in the arts, and strengthened partnerships with Fremont businesses. Together, these activities supported the districts creative economy and celebrated the cultural diversity of the Fremont community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 8
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 12.8%; rating input score 13
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 12.8% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2011 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.