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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CREATIVE CAULDRON INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$979,794
Total expenses
$990,483
Contributions and grants received
$463,210
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$496,971
Investment income
$527
Other revenue
$19,086
Total assets, end of year
$1,368,995
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,160,232
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$208,763
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$762,697
Management and general expenses
$192,678
Fundraising expenses
$35,108
Program service expenses (Part III)
$762,697

Program services were 77.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $463,210

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,134

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AA Camp

    total $177,189 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Classes/workshops

    total $102,232 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Presenting

    total $72,122 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Producing

    total $172,788 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Less: scholarships given

    total -$27,360 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $527 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $527

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,083

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,715

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $368 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $368

  • 11a · Other revenue: Concessions

    total $18,718 · related or exempt $18,718 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,718

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $108,299 · program services $63,689 · management and general $17,964 · fundraising $26,646

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $413,275 · program services $321,146 · management and general $92,129 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,266 · program services $26,097 · management and general $7,406 · fundraising $1,763

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,312 · program services $29,830 · management and general $8,466 · fundraising $2,016

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,606 · program services $0 · management and general $17,606 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $106,735 · program services $106,660 · management and general $75 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,206 · program services $28,869 · management and general $1,123 · fundraising $214

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,140 · program services $1,645 · management and general $10,495 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,648 · program services $0 · management and general $4,648 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $119,002 · program services $113,971 · management and general $5,031 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,273 · program services $0 · management and general $1,273 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $209 · program services $0 · management and general $209 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,685 · program services $0 · management and general $18,685 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies/program costs

    total $38,776 · program services $37,927 · management and general $849 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Ticketing system

    total $10,661 · program services $10,661 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Discount merchant fees/ticketing

    total $21,572 · program services $21,572 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Direct mail/filing fees

    total $4,403 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $4,403

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,415 · program services $630 · management and general $6,719 · fundraising $66

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $222,386 · end of year $149,952

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $69,528 · end of year $91,367

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $61,407 · end of year $82,760

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

    $302,199

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

    $301,157

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,042

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,094,739 · end of year $1,043,874

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,835 · end of year $8,368

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $68,414 · end of year $68,056

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $55,249 · end of year $53,438

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,091,110 · end of year $1,030,370

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $125,967 · end of year $146,542

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $93,485 · end of year $62,221

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Produce and present theater and music performances and provide educational workshops in the performing and visual arts for youth and adults.

  • Producing Theater - In 2023 Creative Cauldron produced six shows: "Diagnosed", "The Snow Queen/La Reina de la Nieve", "Audrey: The New Musical", "Monarch: A Mexican American Musical", "The Adventures of Pinocchio/Las Aventuras de PinochoX and "Madeline's Christmas," for a total of 107 performances attended by 6,916 people and 5 livestream performances seen by 989 people, for a total audience of 7,905. An estimated 6,500 unique individuals were served.

    Expenses $380,316

  • Educational Arts Programs - Creative Cauldron offered 7 sessions of Arts Adventure Camps over spring and summer breaks, reaching 267 students. 37 workshops were offered including: 9 learning theater studios, 2 learning theater ensembles, 2 musical theater training ensembles, 9 off-site workshops that were part of the "Artes Para Todos" program, and 6 online adult classes. A total of 613 young people and adults were enrolled in these programs. Final camp performances and "Artes Para Todos" performances at Westlawn Elementary School were attended by 1,739 people. 1,565 unique individuals were served by these programs.

    Expenses $251,543

  • Presenting - Creative Cauldron offered 18 "Passport to the World of Music" concerts, 16 summer cabarets, and 7 holiday cabarets, all of which were livestreamed. 1,548 people attended in person and 878 people attended via livestream, for a total attendence of 2,426, with 2,183 unique individuals served.

    Expenses $130,838

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gina Caceci

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Martha Meserve

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Richard Meade

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Conners Hull

    Ex-officio/producing director

    Total calculated
    $67,915
    From this org
    $67,915
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeff Thiebert

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rob Donovan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andres Jordan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Benton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Werblood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Meade

    Ex-officio/Development director

    Total calculated
    $40,384
    From this org
    $40,384
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Becky Manicone

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Robles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Solon Simmons

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janice Crawford

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ellen Selby

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon Van Duizend

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441369349300634

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