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CREATE NOW INC

EIN 95-4590574 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2023
$533,527
Expenses 2023
$514,267

Program services were 70.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
2000
Street
1611 S HOPE ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Create Now's mission is to empower youth and young adults through arts in multiple creative disciplines. Our programs introduce students to the power of the arts as well as learn valuable skills that lead to jobs and careers across multiple industries. We obtain all the resources necessary to provide quality programming to our participants.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Create Now provides youth with high-quality arts programs, enriching opportunities, and caring artists who often operate as mentors. We mainly focus on youth who are experiencing homelessness, in foster care, or experiencing other forms of challenges.

  • Volunteer Programming: A robust volunteer program that connects artists and professionals with youth to lead workshops, mentor participants, and provide creative experiences. These programs foster personal growth, self-expression, and community involvement, with over 200 volunteers supporting youth development.

    Expenses $47,360 · Revenue $47,360

  • Funded Programming - We provide comprehensive arts classes to students in Title 1 schools throughout the region. We work with LAUSD and charter systems to bring programming to students from Pre-K through 12th grade. Our school-based programs include music programs, graphic design, writing, visual arts, and so much more. These programs are offered to youth of all grade levels. Our programs are also seen in group homes, shelters, or other partnering facilities around the city.

    Expenses $230,108 · Revenue $230,108

  • Community Projects & Events - Several times per year we bring together families for festivals and holiday celebrations. Our events feature opportunities to enjoy art and performances, games, food, and lasting gifts for all children. Recently we have launched annual creative career fairs that bring in talented individuals and companies such as Home Depot, Best Buy, and Dreamworks. We also arrange mural projects and talent shows in low income neighborhoods.

    Expenses $14,600 · Revenue $14,600

  • Other program activities

    Expenses $69,795 · Revenue $69,795

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Brandon Johnson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $64,000
    From this org
    $64,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Natalie Brill

    Board Member, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Hansbrough

    Board member, Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tricia Snyder

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amina Hansford

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wendy Wang

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Catie Saralegui

    Board Member, Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Delgado

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonny Dawson

    Board member

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $533,527
    Expenses
    $514,267
    Contributions
    $326,649
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $390,160
    Expenses
    $318,487
    Contributions
    $369,044
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $346,042
    Expenses
    $360,485
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,623

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $314,837
    Expenses
    $235,314
    Assets (EOY)
    $117,493

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $247,002
    Expenses
    $251,810
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,403

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $287,851
    Expenses
    $348,247
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,091

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.