Totals
- Total revenue
- $380,808
- Total expenses
- $266,573
- Contributions and grants received
- $370,262
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $8,241
- Investment income
- $1,772
- Other revenue
- $533
- Total assets, end of year
- $251,252
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $7,514
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $243,738
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $191,562
- Management and general expenses
- $44,521
- Fundraising expenses
- $30,490
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $191,562
Program services were 71.9% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$370,262
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$974
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2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
total $8,241 · related or exempt $8,241
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3 · Investment income
total $1,772 · excluded $1,772
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $533 · related or exempt $533
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11e · Other revenue, total
$533
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $177,761 · program services $156,435 · management and general $21,326
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $16,060 · program services $14,332 · management and general $1,728
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11g · Fees: other
total $26,200 · program services $2,620 · management and general $16,244 · fundraising $7,336
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13 · Office expenses
total $6,504 · program services $846 · management and general $3,252 · fundraising $2,406
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17 · Travel
total $417 · program services $150 · management and general $154 · fundraising $113
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23 · Insurance
total $3,964 · program services $1,982 · management and general $1,744 · fundraising $238
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENT EXPENSE
total $16,895 · fundraising $16,895
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24b · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM SUPPORT
total $9,114 · program services $9,114
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24c · Other expenses: DIRECT PROGRAM SUPPORT
total $6,010 · program services $6,010
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24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES
total $3,648 · program services $73 · management and general $73 · fundraising $3,502
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $87,331 · end of year $57,652
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $161,280
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $23,955 · end of year $28,997
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $22,341 · end of year $3,323
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,124 · end of year $7,514
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $83,413 · end of year $202,600
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $46,090 · end of year $41,138
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE DETROIT CREATIVITY PROJECT ("DCP") SEEKS TO EMPOWER AND INSPIRE DETROIT'S YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH IMPROVISATION, AN ART FORM THAT HELPS PEOPLE BUILD CONFIDENCE AND DEVELOP A CREATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO THEIR LIVES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO EMPOWER AND INSPIRE METRO DETROIT-AREA YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH IMPROVISATION.
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THE DETROIT CREATIVITY PROJECT (DCP)WAS INCORPORATED AS A CALIFORNIA NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO EMPOWER AND INSPIRE DETROIT'S YOUTH PEOPLE THROUGH IMPROVISATION, AN ART FORM THAT HELPS STUDENTS BUILD CONFIDENCE AND DEVELOP A CREATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO THEIR LIVES. DCP CREATED THE IMPROV PROJECT TO DELIVER ON THIS MISSION. THE IMPROV PROJECT INCULDES YEAR-AROUND PROGRAMMING TO DETROIT-AREA YOUTH AND EDUCATORS THROUGH WORKSHOPS, SEMESTER-LONG IMPROV COURSES, AND IMPROV- INTEGRATED CLASSES TO BUILD LITERACY SKILLS AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING. THE YOUTH BEING SERVED REPRESENT DIVERSE ETHNIC AND CULTURAL GROUPS AND COME FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS DETROIT. MOST ARE CONSIDERED ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BY FEDERAL POVERTY MEASURES. THE MAJORITY OF THE DCP'S PROGRAMS ARE FREE. A SMALL PORTION OF 2025 REVENUE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO PAID PROGRAMS.
Expenses $191,562 · Revenue $8,241
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Nancy Hayden EdwardsNANCY HAYDEN EDWARDS
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $23,366
- From this org
- $23,366
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Marc Evan JacksonMARC EVAN JACKSON
BD. CHAIR/PR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Carl EvansCARL EVANS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Beth HagenlockerBETH HAGENLOCKER
INTER. EXEC
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Jon CarrJON CARR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Kimberly Liddell-LoveKIMBERLY LIDDELL-LOVE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Tiger VeenstraTIGER VEENSTRA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 6 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202632089349301043
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