CREATIVE WEST

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A260

Classification

1200

Street

1536 WYNKOOP ST STE 522

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 · 2024

• WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, CREATIVE WEST MAINTAINS A TOUR WEST AND REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH FUNDS ARTS TOURING. "TOURWEST," SUPPORTS THE TOURING OF PERFORMING ARTISTS ACROSS THE WEST. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SERVE SMALL COMMUNITIES, AND IS HEAVILY ORIENTED TOWARDS SUPPORTING PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTED IN SMALL RURAL COMMUNITIES. WITH GRANTS UP TO $5,000, THESE GRANTS ARE MODEST IN NATURE BUT HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES WHERE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS HAVE DIMINISHED GREATLY IN RECENT YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, PRIVATE FUNDERS HAVE SUPPORTED ADDITIONAL GRANTING PROGRAMS MANAGED BY CREATIVE WEST FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND ARTS LEADERS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. BOTH THE TOURWEST PROGRAM AND PRIVATE GRANT AWARDS FUND OVER 200 GRANTS ANNUALLY AND SERVICES ALL CORNERS OF CREATIVE WEST'S 13-STATE REGION AND THREE PACIFIC JURISDICTIONS.

  Expenses $3,557,083 · Grants $1,436,048 · Revenue $2,470,072

• CREATIVE WEST PROVIDES A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS IN THE REGION. MAJOR PROGRAMS INCLUDE: 1) CONVENINGS, NETWORKS, AND PLANNING PROCESSES THAT BRING TOGETHER LEADING PRACTITIONERS IN THE ARTS FIELD TO DISCUSS POLICY ISSUES THAT IMPACT ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES AND TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS, 2) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS FOR STATE ARTS AGENCY LEADERS AND INVESTMENTS IN STATE ARTS AGENCY INNOVATION THAT ARE DESIGNED TO HELP THEM BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE AND SERVICE ORIENTED PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCIES.

  Expenses $1,786,078

• ADDITIONALLY, CREATIVE WEST HAS ONLINE SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE TOOLS TO CONNECT ARTISTS TO OPPORTUNITIES VIA; 3) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC ART ARCHIVE, A SEARCHABLE ONLINE DATABASE OF COMPLETED PUBLIC ARTWORKS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND ABROAD, IN WHICH ARTISTS AND MANAGERS OF PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS CAN CONTRIBUTE THEIR WORK FOR FREE PUBLIC VIEWING, AND 4) ARTS SERVICE-BASED TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS SUCH AS ZAPPLICATION AND CALL FOR ENTRY (CAFE TM) WHICH SUPPORT THE NON-PROFIT ARTS COMMUNITY AND ARTISTS IN THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE AND ADVANCE THEIR WORK.

  Expenses $2,829,269

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $23,215,745

  Expenses

  $9,396,729

  Contributions

  $19,794,328

  Grants paid

  $1,436,047

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,606,944

  Expenses

  $11,611,814

  Contributions

  $5,985,502

  Grants paid

  $2,396,968

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,041,612

  Expenses

  $8,341,682

  Contributions

  $3,300,381

  Grants paid

  $1,807,902

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

  $6,773,845

  Expenses

  $7,590,188

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,116,686

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,542,440

  Expenses

  $6,379,396

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,144,989

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,986,465

  Expenses

  $5,102,314

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,763,425

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,551,280

  Expenses

  $4,227,860

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,392,549

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,572,677

  Expenses

  $4,163,321

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,338,796

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,586,535

  Expenses

  $4,673,570

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,152,666

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,347,851

  Expenses

  $4,614,158

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,036,645

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,386,014

  Expenses

  $4,433,543

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,080,037

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,843,848

  Expenses

  $3,912,073

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,186,571

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,960,167

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,056,608

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• WESTERN ARTS ALLIANCE

  $288,858

  2023 · SUBAWARDS

• WESTERN ARTS ALLIANCE

  $273,998

  2022 · SUBAWARDS

• WESTERN ARTS ALLIANCE

  $219,956

  2024 · SUBAWARDS

• ARTS NORTHWEST

  $47,000

  2023 · SUBAWARDS

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN NEVADA

  $38,461

  2024 · SUBAWARDS

• ARTS NORTHWEST

  $32,000

  2022 · SUBAWARDS

• WYOMING ARTS COUNCIL - WIMI PROGRAM

  $30,010

  2024 · SUBAWARDS

• NATIONAL PACIFIC AMERICAN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

  $30,000

  2023 · SUBAWARDS

• GUAM COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AGENCY

  $25,000

  2022 · SUBAWARDS

• NEW MEXICO ARTS FOUNDATION

  $24,348

  2024 · SUBAWARDS

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $25,000

  2023 · RELIGION

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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