CREA FOUNDATION INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $484K · expenses $595K · assets $865K

EIN
85-3787409
Address
30 S MERIDIAN ST STE 400, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204-3565
Website
HTTPS://CREALLC.COM/FOUNDATION
NTEE code
B82
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 2021 (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
Arvetta L Jideonwo (its 2020 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2020 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, CREA FOUNDATION SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS FACING FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO SUCCESS IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER THEIR LEARNING, DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

1 person 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
Arvetta Jideonwo (former) EXECUTIVE DI2021-2024 $110,633$532,366 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

13 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
Charles Anderson MEMBER2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Tony Bertoldi MEMBER2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Stefanie Brown MEMBER2023-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Katy Mcshane MEMBER2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Laurie Levitt Schoenburg MEMBER2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Roger Shank EXECUTIVE DI2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Brian Villa MEMBER2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Jeff Whiting CHAIR2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Jill Edwards MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Paul Salib MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Kyle Malone (former) MEMBER2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Pam Mcintyre (former) MEMBER2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Laura Levitt Schoenburg (former) MEMBER2022-2023 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 10 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROGER SHANK EXECUTIVE DI1 $0$0$0 $01
JEFF WHITING CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $01
KATY MCSHANE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
TONY BERTOLDI MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
CHARLES ANDERSON MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
BRIAN VILLA MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
LAURIE LEVITT SCHOENBURG MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
STEFANIE BROWN MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
JILL EDWARDS MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
PAUL SALIB MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 11 people listed · 1 paid, $111K · 0 employees · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ARVETTA JIDEONWO EXECUTIVE DI- $0$110,633$0 $110,6331
CHARLES ANDERSON MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
TONY BERTOLDI MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
STEFANIE BROWN MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
KYLE MALONE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
PAM MCINTYRE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
KATY MCSHANE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
LAURIE LEVITT SCHOENBURG MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
ROGER SHANK MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
BRIAN VILLA MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
JEFF WHITING CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 11 people listed · 1 paid, $181K · 0 employees · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ARVETTA JIDEONWO EXECUTIVE DI30 $0$162,776$18,034 $180,8101
CHARLES ANDERSON MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
TONY BERTOLDI MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
STEFANIE BROWN MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
KYLE MALONE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
PAM MCINTYRE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
KATY MCSHANE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
LAURA LEVITT SCHOENBURG MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
ROGER SHANK MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
BRIAN VILLA MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
JEFF WHITING CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 10 people listed · 1 paid, $179K · 0 employees · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ARVETTA JIDEONWO EXECUTIVE DI30 $0$175,000$4,400 $179,4001
CHARLES ANDERSON MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
TONY BERTOLDI MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
KYLE MALONE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
PAM MCINTYRE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
KATY MCSHANE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
LAURA LEVITT SCHOENBURG MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
ROGER SHANK MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
BRIAN VILLA MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
JEFF WHITING CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $62K · 0 employees · 6 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ARVETTA JIDEONWO EXECUTIVE DI30 $0$61,523$0 $61,5231
CHARLES ANDERSON MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
TONY BERTOLDI MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
KATY MCSHANE MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
ROGER SHANK MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
BRIAN VILLA MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
JEFF WHITING CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2025 · 2 grants to organizations · $469K

Listed grants add up to $469,250; the return's “grants paid” expense line says $478,500. Returns can differ here (grants paid vs. accrued, items listed elsewhere); check the filing.

2024 · 1 grant to organizations · $6K
2022 · 2 grants to organizations · $520K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

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
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$483,502$595,190 $865,371$422,371 $461,236$0 -010
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$554,217$257,461 $640,862$534,059 $570,489$0 -030
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$538,038$258,038 $569,091$237,303 $576,092$0 -030
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$546,041$714,237 $362,303-$42,697 $583,349$0 -030
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$196,704$71,205 $213,854$125,499 $196,659$0 -06

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $43,164 in all, tax years 2021 to 2024. 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
FORGOOD INC DAF sponsor Exact 2022-2023 2$23,164 2023$10,534
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MHT HOUSING INC Public charity Exact 2024 1$10,000 2024$10,000
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EUGENE AND MARILYN GLICK FOUNDATION CORPORATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CREA FOUNDATION INC” 2021, 2023 2$10,000 2023$5,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $595,190 spent · pay $0 · grants $478,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $478,500$478,500-- 80.4%
Other (as described)CONTRACTED ASSETS & SERV $100,000-$50,000$50,000 16.8%
Fees: accounting $13,256-$13,256- 2.2%
Other (as described)FUNDRAISING PLATFORM FEES $1,380--$1,380 0.2%
Insurance $1,250-$1,250- 0.2%
Other (as described)ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES $804$304$500- 0.1%
Total$595,190100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $257,461 spent · pay $0 · grants $5,500 · events $41,737
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)OVERHEAD AGREEMENT $110,633-$55,317$55,316 43.0%
Other (as described)CONTRACTED ASSETS & SERV $100,000-$50,000$50,000 38.8%
Fees: accounting $19,373-$19,373- 7.5%
Travel $5,987$5,987-- 2.3%
Grants to US organizations and governments $5,500$5,500-- 2.1%
Other (as described)MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT $5,252$2,544$2,708- 2.0%
All other expenses $5,070$2,353$517$2,200 2.0%
Other (as described)CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING $3,093--$3,093 1.2%
Insurance $1,250-$1,250- 0.5%
Advertising and promotion $937-$937- 0.4%
Office expenses $214$214-- 0.1%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $152-$152- 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$41,585reported apart
Total$257,461100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $258,038 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $59,642
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)OVERHEAD AGREEMENT $121,065-$60,532$60,533 46.9%
Other (as described)CONTRACTED ASSETS & SERV $91,203-$47,996$43,207 35.3%
Fees: accounting $10,671-$10,671- 4.1%
All other expenses $6,684$2,122-$4,562 2.6%
Office expenses $6,484$6,484-- 2.5%
Other (as described)MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT $5,913$2,879$3,034- 2.3%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $5,051-$5,051- 2.0%
Other (as described)STATE REGISTRATION FEES $4,774-$4,774- 1.9%
Travel $3,826$3,826-- 1.5%
Insurance $1,250-$1,250- 0.5%
Advertising and promotion $848-$848- 0.3%
Information technology $269-$269- 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$54,591reported apart
Total$258,038100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $714,237 spent · pay $0 · grants $520,000 · events $43,642
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $520,000$520,000-- 72.8%
Other (as described)OVERHEAD AGREEMENT $121,065-$60,532$60,533 17.0%
Information technology $12,200$6,600$3,900$1,700 1.7%
Fees: accounting $11,200-$11,200- 1.6%
Travel $10,094$7,410-$2,684 1.4%
Advertising and promotion $8,689-$8,689- 1.2%
Other (as described)STATE REGISTRATION FEES $8,247-$8,247- 1.2%
Other (as described)MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT $7,055$6,967$38$50 1.0%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $5,048-$5,048- 0.7%
Fees: legal $3,582-$3,582- 0.5%
Other (as described)MEMBERSHIPS & DUES $2,424$2,424-- 0.3%
Office expenses $2,184$1,944$240- 0.3%
Insurance $1,250-$1,250- 0.2%
All other expenses $1,199$1,199-- 0.2%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$38,594reported apart
Total$714,237100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $71,205 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)OVERHEAD AGREEMENT $52,781-$52,781- 74.1%
Fees: legal $7,385-$7,385- 10.4%
Other (as described)STATE REGISTRATION FEES $4,950-$4,950- 7.0%
Information technology $3,000-$3,000- 4.2%
Fees: accounting $2,093-$2,093- 2.9%
Other (as described)MEMBERSHIPS & DUES $821-$821- 1.2%
Other (as described)CONFERENCE & EDUCATION $175-$175- 0.2%
Total$71,205100%

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