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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CREATIVE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$573,112
Total expenses
$319,908
Contributions and grants received
$558,548
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$14,564
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,624,388
Total liabilities, end of year
$750,957
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$873,431
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$303,016
Management and general expenses
$15,892
Fundraising expenses
$1,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$303,016

Program services were 94.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $7,872

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $550,676

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,550 · excluded $14,550

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $14

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $14 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $14 · excluded $14

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $57,000 · program services $54,455 · management and general $2,545

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,805 · program services $1,724 · management and general $81

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,575 · management and general $1,575

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,837 · program services $0 · management and general $2,837 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,240 · program services $4,240 · fundraising $1,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,954 · program services $3,799 · management and general $2,155

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $130,157 · program services $130,157

  • 17 · Travel

    total $558 · management and general $558

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $630 · management and general $630

  • 20 · Interest

    total $43,844 · program services $41,886 · management and general $1,958

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $39,633 · program services $37,879 · management and general $1,754

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,876 · program services $28,876

  • 24a · Other expenses: LICENSES, DUES, & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,799 · management and general $1,799

  • 24e · All other expenses

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

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $932

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $273,913 · end of year $522,309

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $1,106,846

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

    $48,615

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,011,077 · end of year $1,058,231

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,756 · end of year $11,931

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $25,653 · end of year $31,917

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $957

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $750,000 · end of year $750,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $561,575 · end of year $861,500

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,756 · end of year $11,931

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CREATIVE LEARNING ALLIANCE'S VISION IS TO ENGAGE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN HANDS ON LEARNING, DRIVEN BY CURIOSITY, AND PLAY.

  • A SCIENCE CENTER BRINGS MANY CRITICAL THINGS TO OUR REGION. CULTURAL AMENITIES ARE PROVEN TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WHILE IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE FAMILIES OF OUR REGION ENGAGE IN, EXPLORE AND LEARN ABOUT NEW PASSIONS WHILE DISCOVERING NEW AND EXCITING CAREER CHOICES. OUR PARTNERS HELP TEACH OUR PATRONS WHAT THEY LOVE AND THAT CAREERS IN THOSE FIELDS ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT HERE AT HOME. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE US IN THE REGION. IN 2022, WE OPENED OUR PHASE 1 DOWNTOWN CREATIVE LAB WHERE WE HOLD MONTHLY THEMED EVENTS WHICH OPENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY INTO THE LAB TO EXPLORE OUR EXHIBITS AS WELL AS OFFERING VARIOUS LABS THAT ENHANCE LEARNING WHICH SUPPORTS STEAM BASED LEARNING. IN 2024, WE HOSTED 13 IN-LAB EVENTS, 7 EVENT PARTNERSHIPS, AND REACHED OVER 8,500 KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

    Expenses $303,016

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • AUDIE DENNIS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CATHERINE WARD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAD GREER

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SHELLY KRAFT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BRI WATTS

    BOARD MEMBER END 06/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA NELSON

    BOARD MEMBER END 09/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LOGAN STANLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHANIE BRADSHAW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Neely Myers

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $57,000
    From this org
    $57,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202513219349316926

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