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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR CREATIVITY INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,331,559
Total expenses
$4,913,549
Contributions and grants received
$5,146,975
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$127,177
Investment income
$57,407
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$11,227,716
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,382,946
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,844,770
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,790,338
Management and general expenses
$123,211
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,790,338

Program services were 97.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,136,365

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,610

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDA

    total $127,177 · related or exempt $127,177

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $57,407 · excluded $57,407

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $131,550 · program services $131,550

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,556,167 · program services $2,556,167

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $134,792 · program services $134,792

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $312,678 · program services $312,678

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $196,497 · program services $196,497

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $74,040 · management and general $74,040

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,514 · management and general $8,514

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,823 · management and general $21,823

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $176,395 · program services $176,395

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,386 · program services $10,386

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,405 · program services $31,405

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $125,668 · program services $125,668

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $86,288 · program services $86,288

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,604 · program services $6,604

  • 20 · Interest

    total $291,729 · program services $291,729

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $359,602 · program services $359,602

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,008 · program services $8,290 · management and general $14,718

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & MATERIALS

    total $230,741 · program services $230,741

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $46,356 · program services $46,356

  • 24c · Other expenses: PURCHASED PROPERTY

    total $35,095 · program services $35,095

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION MATERIAL

    total $27,666 · program services $27,666

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,545 · program services $22,429 · management and general $4,116

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $936,691 · end of year $1,260,163

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $296,439 · end of year $452,025

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,524 · end of year $1,202

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,170 · end of year $7,588

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

    $9,788,267

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

    $1,369,474

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,702,340 · end of year $8,418,793

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,030,538 · end of year $1,087,945

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $324,611 · end of year $379,242

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $9,222,331 · end of year $9,003,704

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,181,082 · end of year $1,563,218

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $245,678 · end of year $281,552

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CENTER FOR CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY IS A STUDENT-CENTERED, K-8 CHARTER SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES A CHALLENGING, PLACE-BASE INTEGRATIVE STEM CENTERED CURRICULUM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A STUDENT-CENTERED, K-8 CHARTER SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES A CHALLENGING STEM CENTERED CURRICULUM.

  • MAIN PROGRAM IS TO EDUCATE STUIDENTS. OUR ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN AND ARE TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE EFFECTIVE LEARNING FOR STUDENTS AND HELP PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER SCHOOL.

    Expenses $4,790,338 · Revenue $127,177

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laura Kohler

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbara Lundberg

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Niki Despain

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Gerdes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kyle Glass

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Don Linford

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Samantha Pooler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melia Balls

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $129,826
    From this org
    $118,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,983
    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
2023
Filed
27 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510599349301136

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