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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,120,788
Total expenses
$3,817,817
Contributions and grants received
$2,985,160
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,061,921
Investment income
$44,774
Other revenue
$28,933
Total assets, end of year
$15,741,220
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,672,278
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,068,942
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,341,511
Management and general expenses
$226,189
Fundraising expenses
$250,117
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,341,511

Program services were 87.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $897,648

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,087,512

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $0

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Revenue

    total $1,061,921 · related or exempt $1,061,921 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,774 · related or exempt $44,774 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other

    total $28,933 · related or exempt $28,933 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $28,933

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $241,555 · program services $212,568 · management and general $12,078 · fundraising $16,909

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $1,922,792 · program services $1,692,056 · management and general $96,141 · fundraising $134,595

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $199,725 · program services $175,758 · management and general $9,986 · fundraising $13,981

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $359,470 · program services $312,739 · management and general $25,163 · fundraising $21,568

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $10,839 · program services $9,540 · management and general $541 · fundraising $758

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $66,083 · program services $57,493 · management and general $4,625 · fundraising $3,965

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $82,591 · program services $71,855 · management and general $5,781 · fundraising $4,955

  • 17 · Travel

    total $157 · program services $138 · management and general $8 · fundraising $11

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $23,554 · program services $942 · management and general $19,550 · fundraising $3,062

  • 20 · Interest

    total $135,175 · program services $117,602 · management and general $9,462 · fundraising $8,111

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $365,238 · program services $317,757 · management and general $25,567 · fundraising $21,914

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $53,713 · program services $46,731 · management and general $3,759 · fundraising $3,223

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Costs and Supplies

    total $149,333 · program services $149,333 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Research and Development

    total $6,306 · program services $1,598 · management and general $0 · fundraising $4,708

  • 24c · Other expenses: Credit Loss Expense

    total $10,689 · program services $9,407 · management and general $534 · fundraising $748

  • 24d · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance

    total $173,288 · program services $150,761 · management and general $12,130 · fundraising $10,397

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,309 · program services $15,233 · management and general $864 · fundraising $1,212

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $370,919 · end of year $849,251

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,992,009 · end of year $1,490,011

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $48,628 · end of year $81,121

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $14,253,919

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,276,417

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,132,954 · end of year $12,977,502

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $298,561 · end of year $343,335

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $129,028 · end of year $106,881

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,948,072 · end of year $3,565,397

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,714,971 · end of year $9,131,108

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,051,000 · end of year $2,937,834

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Center for Creative Education's mission is to "transform teaching and learning through creativity and the arts". CCE envisions a world where each child has the opportunity to learn and grow in the way that meets their needs and allows them to reach their full potential as citizens and contributors to society.

  • The Organization's innovative response to the third-grade illiteracy crisis in Palm Beach County is to use out- of-school time to build an afterschool program in order to accelerate student learning and by using an arts- integrated teaching model. This model allows the Organization to take control of the entire learning environment and provide students 10 hours/week of literacy instruction and reading recovery support that are aligned with the scope and sequence of the district curriculum. The Foundations School offers education for up to two hundred students from kindergarten through fifth grade. The Foundations School's mission is to disrupt educational inequality by successfully teaching all students the foundations of learning - curriculum engagement, social emotional well-being, creative practice, reading proficiency, and academic achievement.

    Expenses $1,202,798 · Revenue $524,290

  • Serving nearly 4,000 K-5 students through afterschool programming in recreation centers, churches, and other community sites across Palm Beach County. CADRE provides an interactive, supportive and safe learning environment with 40 out-of-school sites, and sometimes as many as 65 sites. Funding for this program comes from Prime Time of Palm Beach County, which receives significant funding from the Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County. Prime Time also supports our Art of Science initiative that serves roughly 300 students. This is a collaborative effort between South Florida Science Center and Aquarium (SFSCA) based on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) activities.

    Expenses $2,138,713 · Revenue $537,631

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert L Hamon

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $241,555
    From this org
    $241,555
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,555
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $241,555
  • James B Meany

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Pamela Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • G Phillip Friedly

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Jacquet

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maura Ziska Christu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Helander

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Daniel Karp

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Barsky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Graham Davidson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sallie Korman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pauline Pitt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Orlove

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John J Raymond Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexandra Rajegowda

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Schmidt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald Kochman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Evans

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Rehnert

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Hansen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret Wilesmith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Telesco

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
28 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510879349301626

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