PROPUBLICA Fearless Reporting for an Informed Society — Join Us.
DONATE
Skip to content
ProPublica Donate
ProPublica Donate

Creative Adventure Lab Inc

  • Dubuque, IA
  • Tax-exempt since May 2009
  • EIN: 26-3523626

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Arts, Culture and Humanities / Arts Education (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$862k (2023)

Expenses
$836k (2023)

Total Assets
$643k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$518k (2023)

Years with multiple filings
Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$862,147
Expenses
$835,840
Net Income
$26,307
Net Assets
$124,990
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $519,984
60.3%
Program Services $342,143
39.7%
Investment Income $20
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $101,154
12.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $254,295
30.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $643,137
Total Liabilities $518,147
Net Assets $124,990
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Jordan Degree (Executive Director) $96,091 $0 $5,063
Flynn Mc Lain Iv (President As Of Feb 2023) $0 $0 $0
Michael Fullan (Vice President As Of Feb 2023) $0 $0 $0
Emily Shields (Treasurer As Of Feb 2023) $0 $0 $0
Doug Herman (Secretary As Of Feb 2023) $0 $0 $0
Kari Boutell President Until (Feb 2023, Then Director) $0 $0 $0
Julie Bauer Vice President (Until Feb 2023, Then Director) $0 $0 $0
Michelle Becwar (Director As Of Feb 2023) $0 $0 $0
Cori Burbach (Director Until Feb 2023) $0 $0 $0
Beth Rowe (Director Until Feb 2023) $0 $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990
Filed on Nov. 13, 2024

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$612,376
Expenses
$792,021
Net Income
-$179,645
Net Assets
$98,683
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $201,543
32.9%
Program Services $410,815
67.1%
Investment Income $18
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $107,821
13.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $194,742
24.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $714,445
Total Liabilities $615,762
Net Assets $98,683
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Jordan Degree (Executive Director) $104,882 $0 $2,939
Kari Boutell (President) $0 $0 $0
Julie Bauer (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Michael Fullan (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Flynn Mc Lain Iv (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Emily Shields (Director) $0 $0 $0
Cori Burbach (Director) $0 $0 $0
Beth Rowe (Director) $0 $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990
Filed on Nov. 15, 2023

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$976,399
Expenses
$731,414
Net Income
$244,985
Net Assets
$278,328
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $613,087
62.8%
Program Services $362,642
37.1%
Investment Income $670
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $93,171
12.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $141,428
19.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $790,548
Total Liabilities $512,220
Net Assets $278,328
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Jordan Degree (Executive Director) $90,652 $0 $2,519
Cori Burbach (President) $0 $0 $0
Beth Rowe (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Eric Lucy Vice President (Until Feb. Then Director) $0 $0 $0
Julie Bauer (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Christina Rader Secretary (Until Feb. Then Director) $0 $0 $0
Kari Boutell (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Tim Johnstad (Director) $0 $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$663,448
Expenses
$637,611
Net Income
$25,837
Net Assets
$33,343
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $425,983
64.2%
Program Services $237,122
35.7%
Investment Income $343
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $101,528
15.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $154,792
24.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $194,970
Total Liabilities $161,627
Net Assets $33,343
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Jordan Degree (Executive Director) $98,762 $0 $2,766
Cori Burbach (President) $0 $0 $0
Eric Lucy (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Beth Rowe (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Christina Reader (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Tim Johnstad (Director) $0 $0 $0
Julie Bauer (Director) $0 $0 $0
Kari Mc Cann Boutell (Director) $0 $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990
Filed on Sept. 29, 2021

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$604,889
Expenses
$621,865
Net Income
-$16,976
Net Assets
$7,506
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $226,425
37.4%
Program Services $378,100
62.5%
Investment Income $364
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $86,482
13.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $162,595
26.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $61,189
Total Liabilities $53,683
Net Assets $7,506
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Jordan Degree (Executive Director) $84,145 $0 $2,337
Kristin Dietzel (President) $0 $0 $0
Cori Burbach (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Andrew Mozena (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Susan Chapman (Director) $0 $0 $0
Eric Lucy (Director) $0 $0 $0
Christina Rader (Director) $0 $0 $0
Beth Rowe (Director) $0 $0 $0
Stella Runde (Director) $0 $0 $0
Wendy Knight (Director Until July 2019) $0 $0 $0
Bob Woodward Iii (Director Until July 2019) $0 $0 $0
Julie Florez (Director Until Sept. 2019) $0 $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990
Filed on Oct. 22, 2020

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$548,940
Expenses
$598,385
Net Income
-$49,445
Net Assets
$24,482
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $261,505
47.6%
Program Services $287,412
52.4%
Investment Income $23
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $77,700
13.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $123,018
20.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $43,232
Total Liabilities $18,750
Net Assets $24,482

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$310,565
Expenses
$308,301
Net Income
$2,264
Net Assets
$220,109
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $221,502
71.3%
Program Services $89,049
28.7%
Investment Income $14
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $32,974
10.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $62,327
20.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $222,440
Total Liabilities $2,331
Net Assets $220,109

No Document Links

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending June
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$380,575
Expenses
$348,525
Net Income
$32,050
Net Assets
$143,877
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $259,942
68.3%
Program Services $120,318
31.6%
Investment Income $315
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $75,000
21.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $58,792
16.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $145,513
Total Liabilities $1,636
Net Assets $143,877

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$225,796
Expenses
$250,120
Net Income
-$24,324
Net Assets
$23,699
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $22,440
9.9%
Program Services $203,356
90.1%
Investment Income $2
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $75,000
30.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $62,973
25.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $25,347
Total Liabilities $1,648
Net Assets $23,699

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF
PDF (2 of 3) PDF (3 of 3)

Fiscal Year Ending June
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$263,283
Expenses
$249,975
Net Income
$13,308
Net Assets
$47,537
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $64,731
24.6%
Program Services $198,544
75.4%
Investment Income $8
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $75,000
30.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $53,175
21.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $49,671
Total Liabilities $2,134
Net Assets $47,537

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$244,266
Expenses
$234,042
Net Income
$10,224
Net Assets
$37,957
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $43,865
18.0%
Program Services $200,377
82.0%
Investment Income $24
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $55,000
23.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $63,337
27.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $37,957
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $37,957

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$206,008
Expenses
$208,779
Net Income
-$2,771
Net Assets
$27,734
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $76,610
37.2%
Program Services $129,381
62.8%
Investment Income $17
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $30,576
14.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $32,053
15.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $27,734
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $27,734

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$114,037
Expenses
$112,082
Net Income
$1,955
Net Assets
$30,505
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $42,058
36.9%
Program Services $71,976
63.1%
Investment Income $3
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $30,505
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $30,505

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF
PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$91,542
Expenses
$126,871
Net Income
-$35,329
Net Assets
$28,550
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $45,025
49.2%
Program Services $45,684
49.9%
Investment Income $254
0.3%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $579
0.6%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $29,996
Total Liabilities $1,446
Net Assets $28,550

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2010

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2009

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

Get the Data

For those interested in acquiring the original data from the source, here’s where our data comes from:

  • Raw filing data. Includes EINs and summary financials as structured data.
  • Exempt Organization profiles. Includes organization names, addresses, etc. You can merge this with the raw filing data using EIN numbers.
  • Form 990 documents. Prior to 2017, these documents were obtained and processed by Public.Resource.org and ProPublica. Bulk PDF downloads since 2017 are available from the IRS.
  • Form 990 documents as XML files. Includes complete filing data (financial details, names of officers, tax schedules, etc.) in machine-readable format. Only available for electronically filed documents. Electronic data released prior to October 2021 is also available through Amazon Web Services.
  • Audits. PDFs of single or program-specific audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year. Available for fiscal year 2015 and later.

API

The data powering this website is available programmatically, via an API. Read the API documentation »

Byline

By Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford and Ash Ngu, ProPublica, and Brandon Roberts, Special to ProPublica.
Design by Jeff Frankl. Additional development by Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, and Sisi Wei.

E-file viewer adapted from IRS e-File Viewer by Ben Getson. Code for scraping audit documents adapated from Govwiki.

Updated