CREATIVE SPIRIT USA INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $314K · expenses $308K · assets $90K

EIN
82-0859192
Address
183 MCLAIN ST, MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549-4929
Website
creativespirit-us.org
NTEE code
J20
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
August 2017 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Laurel Rossi (its 2025 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

Creative Spirit is devoted to normalizing neurodiversity in the workplace and in the world. Creative Spirit provides competitive integrated fair-wage employment training and coaching for individuals with disabilities at the best companies in the world helping keep them and their families out of poverty. We also train organizations in hiring retaining and managing neurodivergent talent building neurodiverse workplaces that excel in the new economy.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

12 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Joanna McElnea Manager Comms2022-2024 $76,729$221,174 1
Menachem Rephun Manager Thought Leadership2023-2024 $64,073$119,448 1
Menachem McElnea (former) Writer2022 $52,241$52,241 1
At The Table (former) Consulting2022-2023 $5,000$34,000 1
Career Advisory (former) Head of Coaching2023 $32,260$32,260 1
Career Advisory Services Institution (former) Terry Ebert Principal2022 $31,048$31,048 1
Outer Limits (former) Consulting Corporate Management2023 $16,206$16,206 1
Linda Lapchin (former) Coach2022 $10,200$10,200 1
Chris Jarrin (former) Consultant2022 $7,310$7,310 1
Jarrin Design (former) Designer2023 $4,587$4,587 1
Ron Hamara (former) coach2022-2023 $550$2,077 1
Tkp (former) Website work2023 $1,750$1,750 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

17 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Gina Grillo Trustee Co Founder2022-2024 4 $0 reported 4
Laurel Rossi Board Chair Trustee CoFounder2022-2024 8 $0 reported 4
Mari Kim Novak Trustee VP2022-2024 6 $0 reported 4
David Rosner Trustee2023-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Mack McKelvey Trustee2022-2024 4 $0 reported 1
Sara Hart Weir Trustee2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Andrea Sullivan Trustee2022-2024 6 $0 reported 4
Robert Stroud Trustee2023-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Jatinder Singh Trustee2023-2024 4 $0 reported 1
David Nobay Trustee Co Fouonder2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Anastasia Williams Trustee2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Todd Stone Trustee2022-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Lori Falcone Trustee2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Erica Irvin Trustee2024 2 $0 reported 1
Karen Eisenbach (former) Trustee Vice Chair2022 10 $0 reported 1
Sanjeev Rao (former) Trustee2022 1 $0 reported 1
Magda Izrarry (former) Trustee2022 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 16 people listed · 2 paid, $141K · 3 employees · 50 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joanna McElnea Manager Comms40 $76,729$0$0 $76,7291
Menachem Rephun Manager Thought Leadership40 $64,073$0$0 $64,0731
Mack McKelvey Trustee4 $0$0$0 $01
Mari Kim Novak Trustee VP6 $0$0$0 $04
Gina Grillo Trustee Co Founder4 $0$0$0 $04
Jatinder Singh Trustee4 $0$0$0 $01
David Nobay Trustee Co Fouonder0 $0$0$0 $01
David Rosner Trustee2 $0$0$0 $01
Todd Stone Trustee2 $0$0$0 $01
Sara Hart Weir Trustee1 $0$0$0 $01
Lori Falcone Trustee1 $0$0$0 $01
Laurel Rossi Board Chair Trustee CoFounder8 $0$0$0 $04
Robert Stroud Trustee2 $0$0$0 $01
Erica Irvin Trustee2 $0$0$0 $01
Andrea Sullivan Trustee6 $0$0$0 $04
Anastasia Williams Trustee1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 21 people listed · 8 paid, $187K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joanna McElnea Mgr Community Services40 $70,606-$1,000 $71,6061
Menachem Rephun Head Writer40 $54,375-$1,000 $55,3751
Career Advisory Head of Coaching30 $32,260-$0 $32,2601
Outer Limits Consulting Corporate Management5 $16,206-$0 $16,2061
At The Table Consulting2 $5,000-$0 $5,0001
Jarrin Design Designer30 $4,587-$0 $4,5871
TKP Website work1 $1,750-$0 $1,7501
Ron Hamara coach3 $550-$0 $5501
David Rosner CMO Audigent5 $0-$0 $01
Mack McKelvey CEO SalientMG10 $0-$0 $01
Sara Hart Weir consultant10 $0-$0 $01
Andrea Sullivan President Vive5 $0-$0 $04
Mari Kim Novak consultant10 $0-$0 $04
Laurel Rossi CRO Infillion20 $0-$0 $04
Robert Stroud VP Accenture5 $0-$0 $01
Jatinder Singh SVP Accenture5 $0-$0 $01
Gina Grillo President and CEO The Advertising Club of NY5 $0-$0 $04
David Nobay President The C-Suite1 $0-$0 $01
Anastasia Williams CEO The A-List1 $0-$0 $01
Todd Stone Writer MRM3 $0-$0 $01
Lori Falcone VP Voya Financial5 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 18 people listed · 7 paid, $204K · 2 employees · 1 volunteer
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joanna McElnea Community Manager40 $72,839$0$0 $72,8391
Menachem McElnea Writer40 $52,241$0$0 $52,2411
Career Advisory Services Institution Terry Ebert Principal20 $31,048$0$0 $31,0481
At the Table Sara Hart Weir Principal10 $29,000$0$0 $29,0001
Linda Lapchin Coach3 $10,200$0$0 $10,2001
Chris Jarrin Consultant10 $7,310$0$0 $7,3101
Ron Hamara Career Coach3 $1,527$0$0 $1,5271
Laurel Rossi Board chair15 $0$0$0 $04
Karen Eisenbach Trustee Vice Chair10 $0$0$0 $01
Anastasia Williams Truestee2 $0$0$0 $01
Mari Kim Novak Trustee Secretary5 $0$0$0 $04
Andrea Sullivan Trustee5 $0$0$0 $04
Gina Grillo Trustee2 $0$0$0 $04
David Nobay Trustee2 $0$0$0 $01
Sanjeev Rao Trustee1 $0$0$0 $01
Magda Izrarry Trustee1 $0$0$0 $01
Mack McKelvey Trustee2 $0$0$0 $01
Todd Stone Trustee0 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$313,542$308,439 $89,936$25,968 $377,827$0 $164,106350
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$179,290$234,700 $20,864$20,864 $179,290- ---
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$325,007$261,332 $76,274$76,274 $325,007$0 $174,94521

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

7 grantors reported grants to this organization, $482,031 in all, tax years 2019 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2019-2025 7$331,155 2025$11,914
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ADVERTISING CLUB OF NEW YORK FOUNDATION INC Public charity Exact 2022-2024 3$60,218 2024$20,218
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VERIZON FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CREATIVE SPIRIT USA INC” 2020-2021 3$50,950 2021$25,950
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PLEDGELING FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$19,322 2024$19,322
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$10,000 2021$10,000
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NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$5,386 2022$5,386
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RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$5,000 2024$5,000
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2024 · Form 990 · $308,439 spent · pay $246,979 · grants $0 · events $64,285
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $164,106$164,106$0$0 53.2%
Payroll taxes $43,189$43,189$0$0 14.0%
Other salaries and wages $39,684$39,684$0$0 12.9%
All other expenses $38,000$38,000$0$0 12.3%
Information technology $12,876$12,876$0$0 4.2%
Travel $7,900$7,900$0$0 2.6%
Office expenses $2,361$2,361$0$0 0.8%
Other (as described)Bank Fees $323$323$0$0 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $0$64,285reported apart
Total$308,439100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $234,700 spent · pay $157,074 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
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Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $77,626 33.1%
Total$234,700100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $261,332 spent · pay $215,044 · grants $0 · events $539
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $174,945$0$0$0 66.9%
Payroll taxes $40,099$0$0$0 15.3%
Other (as described)Fundraising Expenses $18,011$0$0$0 6.9%
Information technology $8,499$0$0$0 3.3%
Advertising and promotion $6,920$0$0$0 2.6%
Other (as described)Payroll Fees (ADP) $3,410$0$0$0 1.3%
Travel $2,572$0$0$0 1.0%
Office expenses $1,921$0$0$0 0.7%
Other (as described)Bankfees (fintech fees for donations, other) $1,564$0$0$0 0.6%
Fees: professional fundraisers $1,500--$0 0.6%
Benefits paid to members $1,352$0-- 0.5%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $539$0$0$0 0.2%
Total$261,332100%

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