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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CREATIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,916,161
Total expenses
$8,016,456
Contributions and grants received
$3,635,940
Grants paid
$4,219,640
Program service revenue
$4,271,971
Investment income
$8,250
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,114,523
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,074,001
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,040,522
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,927,207
Management and general expenses
$1,078,399
Fundraising expenses
$10,850
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,927,207

Program services were 86.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,608,097

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $27,843

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEDICAL PAYMENTS

    total $2,746,335 · related or exempt $2,746,335

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $1,525,636 · related or exempt $1,525,636

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,250 · excluded $8,250

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,219,640 · program services $4,219,640

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $266,122 · program services $228,105 · management and general $38,017

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,104,524 · program services $1,803,877 · management and general $300,647

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,994 · program services $1,709 · management and general $285

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $337,515 · program services $289,299 · management and general $48,216

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $203,483 · program services $174,414 · management and general $29,069

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,950 · management and general $29,950

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,829 · program services $3 · management and general $2,826

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $118,116 · program services $49,345 · management and general $68,771

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,442 · program services $1,000 · management and general $21,442

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,288 · program services $8,156 · management and general $40,132

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $39,200 · program services $1,648 · management and general $37,552

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $334,264 · program services $79,717 · management and general $254,547

  • 17 · Travel

    total $134,284 · program services $47,609 · management and general $86,675

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,467 · program services $1,079 · management and general $2,538 · fundraising $10,850

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,373 · management and general $6,373

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $87,838 · management and general $87,838

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $45,127 · program services $21,606 · management and general $23,521

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,199,103 · end of year $661,110

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $735,274 · end of year $1,200,110

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $116,066 · end of year $27,042

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

    $256,657

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

    $186,560

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $70,097

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $27,526

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $257,885 · end of year $128,638

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $897,408 · end of year $949,556

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $937 · end of year $937

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $270,049 · end of year $123,508

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,139,934 · end of year $1,039,922

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $600

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CREATIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN, TEENS AND ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, BY PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES AND COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

  • CREATIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. (THE ORGANIZATION) WAS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO YOUTH WITH BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES AND/OR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS (TFC) FOR YOUTH, INCLUDING INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING AND MENTORING SERVICES (SOAR). THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HOST HOME PLACEMENTS FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (DD), INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL OUTINGS, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING AND ONGOING SUPPORT TO MEET MEDICAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO EXPECTANT AND PARENTING YOUTH (TPC) WITH LIFE COACH SERVICES INCLUDING, PARENTING ASSESSMENTS, DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS, INDIVIDUALIZED PARENTING & LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND ADVOCACY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES RESPITE SERVICES THROUGH ADVENTURE YOUTH PROGRAM (AYP). THE ORGANIZATION'S PRINCIPAL MEANS OF SUPPORT IS FROM CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.THESE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES GIVE BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS HOPE, ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENT LIVING AND RESULT IN INVOLVED, ENGAGED CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS AND FAMILIES.

    Expenses $6,927,207 · Grants $4,219,640 · Revenue $4,271,971

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gayle Ely

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Walters

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cassandra Williams

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Dunn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ashley Edwards Altman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Kerlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • April Ogden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Showell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sally Buchanan

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $174,879
    From this org
    $167,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,321
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,558
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,321
    Filer's total
    $174,879
  • Linda Coil

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $97,571
    From this org
    $90,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,306
    Hours/week
    40

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECEIVED A NON-FIXED PAYMENTS (BONUS), BASED ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RECOGNITION AND APPROVAL.

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
15 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500169349300215

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