Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by CREATING RESOURCES FOR EMPOWERMENT AND ACTION INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $10,598,755
- Total expenses
- $11,025,108
- Contributions and grants received
- $9,829,038
- Grants paid
- $4,008,225
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $617,813
- Other revenue
- $151,904
- Total assets, end of year
- $22,837,967
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $5,933,327
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $16,904,640
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $9,423,995
- Management and general expenses
- $924,045
- Fundraising expenses
- $677,068
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $9,423,995
Program services were 85.5% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$24,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$9,805,038
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3 · Investment income
total $617,813 · related or exempt $617,813
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Foreign Currency Translation
total -$47,969 · related or exempt -$47,969
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11b · Other revenue: Foreign Exchange Gain
total $50,237 · related or exempt $50,237
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11c · Other revenue: Other Revenues
total $149,636 · related or exempt $149,636
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11e · Other revenue, total
$151,904
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $160,000 · program services $160,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $3,848,225 · program services $3,848,225
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $252,000 · program services $176,400 · management and general $37,800 · fundraising $37,800
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $66,008 · program services $46,206 · management and general $9,901 · fundraising $9,901
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $29,047 · program services $20,331 · management and general $4,358 · fundraising $4,358
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $3,965 · program services $2,777 · management and general $594 · fundraising $594
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $75,355 · management and general $75,355
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $38,909 · management and general $38,909
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11g · Fees: other
total $249,305 · program services $226,868 · management and general $12,465 · fundraising $9,972
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $184,257 · program services $14,740 · management and general $128,980 · fundraising $40,537
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $48,516 · management and general $48,516
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17 · Travel
total $1,697,391 · program services $1,578,574 · management and general $16,974 · fundraising $101,843
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $2,435,526 · program services $1,704,869 · management and general $292,262 · fundraising $438,395
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $11,576 · management and general $11,576
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23 · Insurance
total $10,155 · management and general $10,155
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24a · Other expenses: Consortium partners' grant exp
total $1,394,911 · program services $1,394,911
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24b · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $359,175 · program services $233,463 · management and general $94,283 · fundraising $31,429
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24c · Other expenses: Renovation & improvements
total $89,303 · management and general $89,303
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24d · Other expenses: Bank Charges
total $29,534 · management and general $29,534
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24e · All other expenses
total $41,950 · program services $16,631 · management and general $23,080 · fundraising $2,239
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $11,337,680 · end of year $1,504,766
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,103,181 · end of year $72,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $261,927 · end of year $115,453
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$201,443
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$124,095
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $51,792 · end of year $77,348
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $11,741,629 · end of year $20,522,368
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $283,072 · end of year $546,032
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $494,736 · end of year $966,115
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $7,370,397 · end of year $4,956,207
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $10,974 · end of year $11,005
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,739,977 · end of year $7,975,012
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $10,163,197 · end of year $8,929,628
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
STRATEGIES AND COLLECTIVE POWER FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION. CREA, ALSO WORKS TO BUILD THE LEADERSHIP CAPACITY OF ELECTED WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES. CREA, AS PART OF THE SEXUAL RIGHTS INITIATIVE, ALSO WORKS TO ADVANCE SEXUAL RIGHTS AS PARTICULAR SET OF RIGHTS AND AS A CROSS-CUTTING ISSUE WITHIN INTERNATIONAL LAW, SPECIFICALLY IN THE WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL. CREA DEVELOPS PUBLICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES, IN ENGLISH AND HINDI, IN THE FIELDS OF SEXUALITY, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, GENDER AND HUMAN RIGHTS. CREA ALSO ORGANIZES PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS, DEBATES, EVENTS, ONLINE AND OFFLINE CAMPAIGNS TO CHALLENGE PUBLIC ATTITUDES AND DISCOURSE ON ISSUES OF WOMENS' HUMAN RIGHTS AND SEXUAL RIGHTS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
CREA BUILDS FEMINIST LEADERSHIP, STRENGTHENS MOVEMENTS, CHALLENGES UNJUST POWER STRUCTURES, EXPANDS SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS, AND ADVANCES THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF STRUCTURALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE.
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CREA WORKS WITH AND SUPPORTS PARTNERS IN EAST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, AND SOUTH ASIA TO PARTICIPATE IN FEMINIST ORGANIZATIONS, TO BUILD CROSS- MOVEMENT ALLIANCES, AND TO ADVOCATE LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY. IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN FEMINIST LEADERSHIP AND MOVEMENTS, ADVANCE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, PROMOTE RIGHTS-BASED APPROACHES TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, AND SUPPORT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND MOVEMENTS TO DEFEND AND EXPAND CIVIC SPACE AND FOSTER COLLECTIVE RESILIENCE. IT DOES THIS THROUGH TRAININGS, INSTITUTES, CONVENINGS, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES, CAMPAIGNS AND PUBLIC EVENTS.
Expenses $9,423,995 · Grants $4,008,225
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Geetanjali Misra
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $282,755
- From this org
- $216,747
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $66,008
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $216,747
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $66,008
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $282,755
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Shilpa Phadke
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Bindi Aibara
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Jyoti Makhijani
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Ajay Agrawal
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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. 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
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 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
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Assoc for Progressive Comm
$160,000
Workshops, trainings, meetings, etc
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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CREA - India
Institutes, workshops, training, meeting
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202640469349300064
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