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CREATIVE WORKS

EIN 01-0280723 WESTBROOK, ME

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Revenue 2024
$33,053,922
Expenses 2024
$26,712,744

Program services were 89.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J300
Classification
1200
Street
10 SPEIRS 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 · 2024

Mission

At Creative Works, we build communities of inclusion one relationship, one experience, and one person at a time. We believe in creating opportunities for people to contribute to their communities, to pursue their potential and to be treated with dignity and respect.We envision a world without barriers, and we strive towards a standard of excellence throughout our programs to ensure all participants and members of Creative Works are supported and fulfilled.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Creative Works strives to develop innovative, impactful, entrepreneurial programming that is delivered by committed and compassionate staff to the extraordinary people we serve.

  • Residential Services provide support for individuals with disabilities in the individuals' home or in CW Residences, and range from 24-hour support to just a few hours each week. Residential services assist with social skills, community access, health and safety, household maintenance, self-advocacy, and many other needs in order to provide the most comprehensive and therapeutic support possible.

    Expenses $19,706,367 · Revenue $22,582,728

  • Community Day Services enable individuals with disabilities to participate fully in community life and to increase their self-reliance through activities that are enriching, meaningful and goal-oriented. Day services are designed to maximize an individual's ability to manage everyday life activities in communities rich with resources. A variety of skill-building options are offered, in addition to readiness skills, volunteer opportunities, and means of artistic expression, all based upon individual needs.

    Expenses $3,222,176 · Revenue $3,461,147

  • Maine Woodworks is a social enterprise of Creative Works that employs an integrated workforce consisting of people with and without disabilities. All employees earn a competitive wage and work in an environment that fosters both the development and mastery of various furniture-making skills and independence within their work environment. Our wood shop produces bench-crafted, cottage-style furniture built with renewable North American hardwoods and environmentally friendly finishes. Our colorful line of furniture is sold throughout the United States, and proceeds from sales are used to further the social mission of Creative Works.

    Expenses $479,831 · Revenue $354,475

  • Expenses $551,333 · Revenue $571,746

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.

  • Carolyn Faulkner

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denise Dix

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wayne Messer

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Driscoll

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Harrison

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel Marcisso

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Witten

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Hickey

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $350,910
    From this org
    $304,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,695
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,890
    Bonus
    $52,225
    Other
    $5,100
    Deferred
    $9,552
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,143
    Filer's total
    $350,910
  • James Flaker

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $155,546
    From this org
    $148,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,132
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,878
    Bonus
    $9,637
    Other
    $2,899
    Deferred
    $4,503
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,629
    Filer's total
    $155,546
  • Stephen Hawkes

    HR Director

    Total calculated
    $179,396
    From this org
    $134,614
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,782
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,817
    Bonus
    $9,019
    Other
    $3,778
    Deferred
    $4,577
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,205
    Filer's total
    $179,396
  • Charlie Rowe

    IT Director

    Total calculated
    $139,775
    From this org
    $118,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,138
    Hours/week
    45
  • Jeffrey McFarren

    Senior Director of Programs

    Total calculated
    $127,981
    From this org
    $109,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,982
    Hours/week
    45
  • Christina Monagle

    Senior Director of Programs

    Total calculated
    $111,366
    From this org
    $106,124
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,242
    Hours/week
    45
  • Stephen Fortier

    Maintenance Director

    Total calculated
    $115,131
    From this org
    $101,838
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,293
    Hours/week
    45

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
    $33,053,922
    Expenses
    $26,712,744
    Contributions
    $4,157,511
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $27,043,795
    Expenses
    $26,469,326
    Contributions
    $21,813
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $25,790,726
    Expenses
    $25,219,060
    Contributions
    $158,397
    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
    $27,513,938
    Expenses
    $25,147,198
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,080,172
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,040,215
    Expenses
    $22,897,492
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,192,346
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,399,634
    Expenses
    $22,440,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,619,707
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,437,944
    Expenses
    $20,027,896
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,371,992
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,551,223
    Expenses
    $17,085,695
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,044,478
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,478,492
    Expenses
    $15,430,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,042,171
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,607,949
    Expenses
    $12,890,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,117,744
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,094,968
    Expenses
    $11,045,435
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,381,247
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,544,712
    Expenses
    $10,455,471
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,265,375
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $9,593,349
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,575,003

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

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.