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Charlotte Is Creative

  • Charlotte, NC
  • Tax-exempt since Dec. 2017
  • EIN: 47-5329696

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, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$834k (2023)

Expenses
$737k (2023)

Total Assets
$398k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$5.97k (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2016 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
$834,383
Expenses
$737,456
Net Income
$96,927
Net Assets
$391,581
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $834,383
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $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 $255,736
34.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $397,547
Total Liabilities $5,966
Net Assets $391,581
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Matt Olin (President) $86,000 $0 $0
Tim Miner (Vice President) $86,000 $0 $0

Document Links

990
Filed on March 15, 2024

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

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$545,747
Expenses
$510,488
Net Income
$35,259
Net Assets
$294,654
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $545,747
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $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 $182,000
35.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $14,875
2.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $300,918
Total Liabilities $6,264
Net Assets $294,654
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Matt Olin (President) $96,000 $0 $0
Tim Miner (Vice President) $86,000 $0 $0

Document Links

990
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023

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

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$545,865
Expenses
$471,332
Net Income
$74,533
Net Assets
$259,395
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $545,865
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $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 $192,000
40.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $265,786
Total Liabilities $6,391
Net Assets $259,395
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Matt Olin (President) $96,000 $0 $0
Tim Miner (Vice President) $96,000 $0 $0

Document Links

990
Filed on March 9, 2022

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

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$452,334
Expenses
$364,861
Net Income
$87,473
Net Assets
$184,862
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $452,334
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $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 $172,000
47.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $225,103
Total Liabilities $40,241
Net Assets $184,862
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Matt Olin (President) $86,000 $0 $0
Tim Miner (Vice President) $86,000 $0 $0

Document Links

990
Filed on March 31, 2021

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

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$415,994
Expenses
$377,901
Net Income
$38,093
Net Assets
$97,389
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $415,994
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $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 $172,000
45.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $99,584
Total Liabilities $2,195
Net Assets $97,389
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Matt Olin (President) $86,000 $0 $0
Tim Miner (Vice President) $86,000 $0 $0

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990
Filed on March 5, 2020

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

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$115,701
Expenses
$70,155
Net Income
$45,546
Net Assets
$59,296
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $115,701
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $59,832
Total Liabilities $536
Net Assets $59,296
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Matt Olin (President) $0 $0
Tim Miner (Vice President) $0 $0
Michael Sammut (Chair) $0 $0

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on June 17, 2019

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

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$43,628
Expenses
$35,457
Net Income
$8,171
Net Assets
$13,750
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $43,628
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $14,286
Total Liabilities $536
Net Assets $13,750
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Matt Olin (President) $0 $0

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on May 10, 2018

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

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$19,877
Expenses
$14,913
Net Income
$4,964
Net Assets
$5,579
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $19,877
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $6,115
Total Liabilities $536
Net Assets $5,579

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

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