Public Charity

Creative Action

Creative Action is a Public Charity headquartered in Austin, TX. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $5.2M revenue, $4.7M expenses, $6.7M total assets. 49 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 742856925 Austin, TX Theater NTEE: A65 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.2M
Total Expenses$4.7M
Total Assets$6.7M
Grant Records49
Funding Total$3.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Creative Action is a team of professionally trained artists and educators that works in partnership with schools and communities to lead unique and engaging which allow young people to learn critical life skills, gain tools for creative expression, and have successful experiences that build self-esteem and confidence.

Where $100 goes at Creative Action

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

$82 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $82 for programs

$82
After School provides daily programming that uses theater
All 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

Board Member Abby Mcgrew
Board Member Brittany Valdez Leveille
Board Member Cari Lawton
Board Chair Chris Davis
Board Member Christopher Best
Treasurer Derek Puerta

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,353,225 26 grants
Health & Medicine
$994,410 3 grants
Arts & Culture
$465,885 9 grants
Youth Development
$100,000 3 grants
Education
$71,570 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.2M $4.7M $6.7M
2024 $4.9M $4.9M $6.2M
2023 $6.4M $5.7M $6.4M
2022 $7.1M $5.0M $5.6M
2021 $3.0M $3.3M $3.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.0M to $5.2M (+75%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.7M.

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