Studio Del Creador
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263096037
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Bothell, WA, USA
- Phone
- 6198907053
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $143,956
- Expenses
- $200,533
- Assets
- $38,872
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Natalie Nicholson (President and Exec. Direct)
People named in this filing
- Natalie Nicholson (President and Exec. Direct)
- Brigit Dixon (Treasurer)
- Keith McKinney (Secretary)
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
A religious organization providing youth an alternative to the street life of gangs, drugs and alcohol. Studio del Creador provides a safe, positive, and encouraging environment with free art and music workshops for all youth, encouraging them to discover the creativity our Heavenly Creator has placed within them, and find a new hope for their futures through the love of Jesus Christ.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, Studio Del Creador continued to serve as a creative refuge and catalyst for transformation in Tecate, Mexico. Over the course of the year, we offered more than 128 different art courses, each lasting approximately 10 weeks. These classes provided consistent, hands-on opportunities for artistic growth, community connection, and personal development for people of all ages.More than 1,500 students participated in courses offered inside the Studio. Community favorites included Sewing, Drawing, Crochet, Cooking, Bible Journaling, and Painting-demonstrating the ongoing hunger for both creative skill-building and spiritually enriching spaces within our region.This work was made possible by the dedication of over 40 volunteer teachers, supported by dozens more volunteers who faithfully served behind the scenes. Their generosity of time and talent continues to cultivate a vibrant, welcoming environment where creativity and faith intersect.Beyond our Studio walls, we expanded our school partnerships in 2025, equipping three elementary schools and one middle school with art supplies and curriculum. Through these partnerships, we reached an additional 600+ students, bringing consistent access to creativity into public education classrooms.We were honored to host two mission teams from Northwest Church. Together, they led 27 single-session classes inside the Studio, organized neighborhood park outreaches, and facilitated an additional 37 art sessions with our elementary school partners. Their presence strengthened our programs and broadened our outreach impact across the community.Our Women's Ministry continued to flourish as we hosted three Women's Bible Study series. These gatherings created a meaningful bridge between our Studio and Church programs, offering safe, life-giving spaces where women found encouragement, purpose, connection, and biblical discipleship.A couple dozen students committed to and completed our year-long Bible discipleship program, walking intentionally through a season of spiritual growth and transformation. This year, we also joyfully celebrated 13 water baptisms-powerful testimonies of lives surrendered to Christ and renewed in faith.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% 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
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 78.8%; rating input score 79
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: -39.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $158K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.