Creature Arts

Analysis

Creature Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Carrollton, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2023, Creature Arts reported income of $718k and spending of $416k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2023, income fell from $731k to $718k (-1.8%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 3715%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Creature Arts sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Boerner Botanical Grdns-Milw Cnties Whitnall PRK Inc ($718k), District Center for the Arts ($718k) and School of the Garden State Ballet ($718k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.4% and program service revenue 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $961k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $961k.