Public Charity

CREATIVE WEST

CREATIVE WEST is a Public Charity headquartered in DENVER, CO. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $23.2M revenue, $9.4M expenses, $24.0M total assets. 4 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $8.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 237255426 DENVER, CO Arts & Humanities Councils & Agencies NTEE: A26 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$23.2M
Total Expenses$9.4M
Total Assets$24.0M
Grant Records4
Funding Total$8.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CREATIVE WEST IS A NONPROFIT ARTS SERVICE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE CREATIVE ADVANCEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF THE ARTS. BASED IN DENVER, COLORADO, CREATIVE WEST FULFILLS ITS MISSION TO STRENGTHEN THE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONAL AND POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE ARTS BY PROVIDING INNOVATIVE AND SERVICES TO ARTIST AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WEST AND NATIONWIDE.

Where $100 goes at Creative West

How Creative West divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$86 Programs the work itself
$14 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $86 for programs

$37
With support from the national endowment for the arts, Creative West maintains a tour west and regional engagement program, which funds arts touring
43% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 200 grants
$30
Additionally, Creative West has online software as a service tools to connect artists to opportunities via; 3) the development of the public art archive, a searchable online database…
35% of program spending
$19
Creative West provides a wide variety of services that are designed to support the development of the arts in the region
22% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER & FINANCE & INVESTMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR Adrian San Miguel
TRUSTEE AT-LARGE Amber-Dawn Bear Robe
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Amy Hollrah
SAA-ED TRUSTEE Andrea Noble
DIRECTOR OF GRANTS, AWARDS & PROGRAMS Anika Tene
TRUSTEE AT-LARGE Ann Hudner

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$8,000,000 1 grant
Religion & Spirituality
$25,000 1 grant
Education
$7,500 1 grant
Unspecified
$5,600 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $23.2M $9.4M $24.0M
2024 $9.6M $11.6M $9.7M
2023 $7.0M $8.3M $11.8M
2022 $6.8M $7.6M $9.1M
2021 $15.5M $6.4M $11.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $15.5M to $23.2M (+49%), with total assets most recently reported at $24.0M.

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