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CREATIVETS

EIN 46-3617663 NASHVILLE, TN

Revenue 2024
$4,344,407
Expenses 2024
$2,278,622

Program services were 87.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A99
Classification
1000
Street
1123 12TH AVE S

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

TO EMPOWER WOUNDED VETERANS TO HEAL THROUGH THE ARTS AND MUSIC, USING TOOLS THEY CAN USE THE REST OF THEIR LIVES TO COMBAT STRESS, DEPRESSION, AND OTHER SIDE EFFECTS OF WAR. THESE PROGRAMS ALSO ENABLE VETERANS TO SEE THEIR OWN CAPACITY FOR SUCCESS IN AN AREA OUTSIDE THE BATTLEFIELD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER WOUNDED VETERANS TO HEAL THROUGH THE ARTS AND MUSIC, GIVING VETERANS TOOLS THEY CAN USE TO COMBAT STRESS, DEPRESSION, ADN OTHER SIDE EFFECTS OF WAR AND ENABLING THEM TO SEE THEIR OWN CAPACITY FOR SUCCESS.

  • VETERAN SONGWRITING PROGRAMS - PROGRAM OFFERINGS, BOTH FOR SONGWRITING AND VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS.DURING THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR WE HOSTED MORE VETERAN SONGWRITING PROGRAMS IN NASHVILLE, TN THAN ANY YEAR BEFORE. WE ALSO INCREASED OUR PARTICIPATION WITH EACH OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS/VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC TO MORE VETERANS THAN EVER BEFORE. ALONG WITH INCREASES IN OTHER PROGRAMS, WE CONTINUED AND INCREASED THE NUMBER OF IN-HOUSE SONGWRITING AND GUITAR LESSONS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, VETERANS CAN SIMPLY WALK IN TO OUR FACILITY, OR LOG ON VIRTUALLY, WHERE THEY ARE PROVIDED WITH LIFESAVING SONGWRITING AND MUSIC LESSONS WITHOUT THE NEED TO WAIT FOR OUR NEXT SCHEDULED PROGRAM.WE ALSO HOSTED COMMUNITY PROGRAMS HOSTED AT OUR VETERAN CENTER IN NASHVILLE WHERE LOCAL VETERANS COULD ATTEND GUITAR, SONGWRITING, OR EVEN VOCAL COACHING FOR SINGLE DAY EVENTS. THIS ALLOWS US TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THOSE VETERANS RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN LOCAL AREA. THESE HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL.

    Expenses $1,279,642

  • INTRODUCTION TO ART FOR VETERANS - THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDED OUR HIGH QUALITY, MULTI-DISCIPLINE VISUAL ART PROGRAMMING. CREATIVETS CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH THE GLASSELL SCHOOL OF ART AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - HOUSTON FOR OUR RECURRING WINTER ART PROGRAM. THIS 2-WEEK PROGRAM WAS MODELED AFTER OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS BUT OFFERED IN HOUSTON, TX WHERE THE WINTER WEATHER WAS NOT SO EXTREME. THIS CLASS FOCUSED ON SCULPTURE AND CERAMICS, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED ELEMENTS OF MIXED MEDIA, WOODWORKING, METAL WORKING, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND OTHER MEDIUMS. THE PROGRAM WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE OUR HEALING PROCESS WITH AN ENTIRE NEW COMMUNITY OF VETERANS AND CIVILIANS. AS WITH SONGWRITING, WE ALSO INTRODUCED COMMUNITY ART PROGRAMS IN NASHVILLE, TN THAT RANGED FROM COLLAGE AND PAINTING, TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND LEATHERWORKING. THESE SINGLE DAY PROGRAMS ALLOW THOSE LOCAL VETERANS WITH A BUSY SCHEDULE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT ART, MEET OTHER VETERANS AND CREATE SOMETHING HEALING.ALL OF THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR GENEROUS DONORS AND SUPPORTERS. DUE TO THIS SUPPORT, WE WERE ABLE TO AFFORD THESE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS TO BUILD ON TO OUR FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE.

    Expenses $716,998

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.

  • LUKE PELL

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARRY FELTS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • WILLIAM PARKER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA TARRSON

    CO-FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KELLY RICH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON RITTENBERRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHEILA YEPSEN

    LIFETIME BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JORDAN PETTIT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS COOK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD CASPER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $148,363
    From this org
    $148,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • KYLE L YEPSON

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $115,848
    From this org
    $115,848
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • BRETT F GILLAN

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $100,630
    From this org
    $100,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,344,407
    Expenses
    $2,278,622
    Contributions
    $4,170,863
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,221,915
    Expenses
    $1,937,718
    Contributions
    $2,005,307
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,437,638
    Expenses
    $1,254,305
    Contributions
    $1,418,096
    Grants paid
    $50,135

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
    $860,430
    Expenses
    $842,903
    Assets (EOY)
    $484,880

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $680,703
    Expenses
    $642,573
    Assets (EOY)
    $438,485

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $664,281
    Expenses
    $630,542
    Assets (EOY)
    $323,997

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.