Crearte Latino Cultural Center Corp
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- Only 44% of its spending went to programs.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
CREARTE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER'S MISSION, AS ADOPTED BY ITS GOVERNING BODY, IS TO FOSTER ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION BY UNITING THE LATINO/HISPANIC COMMUNITY WITH THE BROADER PUBLIC THROUGH INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMMING. CREARTE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO BE A CHANNEL FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN LATINX/HISPANICS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THROUGH THE ARTS, EDUCATION, AND SERVICE. CREARTE SERVES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND CULTURES. CREARTE OFFERS PLAYS, IMPROV SHOWS, MUSIC AND DANCE EVENTS, AND MORE. WE ALSO OFFER WORKSHOPS AT LOW COST, AND SCHOLARSHIPS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE (OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE THEATER, MUSIC MAKING, ENGLISH, SPANISH, AMIGOS BOOK CLUB AND PAINTING) AND SUPPORT TO ADULTS, CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES THROUGH NUESTRA COMUNIDAD (COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS FROM OTHER NON-PROFIT GROUPS PRESENTING THEIR OFFERINGS IN SPANISH, THIS IS COMPLETELY FREE).
- Income
- $188,130
- Spending
- $217,758
- Spent on programs
- 44%
- Reserves
- -0.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 92%
- Employees
- 0
- Highest pay
- $60,000, director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 15 out of 100. Higher than 4% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 41% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 16% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 17% on the year before.
Spending floor
0 of 1544% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 19 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 94 out of 100. Higher than 90% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 255 of 5 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $15,530 spent. PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM WE PRESENTED BILINGUAL PLAYS, STORYTELLING, STAND UP AND IMPROVISATION SHOWS TO SERVE MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. WITH THESE PRODUCTIONS WE HAD OVER 1,200 AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS. WE COLLABORATED WITH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS. WE PARTICIPATED IN COMMUNITY EVENTS ADDING THE ARTISTIC AND MULTICULTURAL INGREDIENT SERVING OFFER 7,000 PEOPLE. WE NOW PLAN TO PRESENT SIX WORKS OVER THE COURSE OF OUR TWELVE-MONTH SEASONS. TWO OF THE PIECES WILL BE DEVISED THEATER PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHARING IDEAS AND THE CREATION OF A BILINGUAL THEATRICAL PRODUCTION FROM SCRATCH. WE WILL ALSO PRESENT TWO DOCUMENTARY THEATER PROJECTS. IN ORDER TO CREATE THE MAIN CONTENT FOR THESE PRODUCTIONS, OUR ARTISTIC TEAM WILL INTERVIEW LOCAL LATINX PEOPLE AND SHARE THEIR STORIES IN A SCRIPTED STAGED READING, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED IN SPANISH, WITH ENGLISH SUPERTITLES, FOLLOWED BY A POST-SHOW AUDIENCE CONVERSATION. THE FINAL TWO PLAYS OF THE SEASON WILL BE TRADITIONAL COMEDIES BY LATINX/HISPANIC PLAYWRIGHTS, APPROPRIATE FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES, WHICH WILL BE PERFORMED IN SPANISH, WITH ENGLISH SUPERTITLES AS POSSIBLE. PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM WE PRESENTED BILINGUAL PLAYS, STORYTELLING, STAND UP AND IMPROVISATION SHOWS TO SERVE MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. WITH THESE PRODUCTIONS WE HAD OVER 1,200 AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS. WE COLLABORATED WITH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER ARTISTIC ORGANIZATIONS. WE PARTICIPATED IN COMMUNITY EVENTS ADDING THE ARTISTIC AND MULTICULTURAL INGREDIENT SERVING OFFER 7,000 PEOPLE. WE NOW PLAN TO PRESENT SIX WORKS OVER THE COURSE OF OUR TWELVE-MONTH SEASONS. TWO OF THE PIECES WILL BE DEVISED THEATER PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHARING IDEAS AND THE CREATION OF A BILINGUAL THEATRICAL PRODUCTION FROM SCRATCH. WE WILL ALSO PRESENT TWO DOCUMENTARY THEATER PROJECTS. IN ORDER TO CREATE THE MAIN CONTENT FOR THESE PRODUCTIONS, OUR ARTISTIC TEAM WILL INTERVIEW LOCAL LATINX PEOPLE AND SHARE THEIR STORIES IN A SCRIPTED STAGED READING, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED IN SPANISH, WITH ENGLISH SUPERTITLES, FOLLOWED BY A POST-SHOW AUDIENCE CONVERSATION. THE FINAL TWO PLAYS OF THE SEASON WILL BE TRADITIONAL COMEDIES BY LATINX/HISPANIC PLAYWRIGHTS, APPROPRIATE FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES, WHICH WILL BE PERFORMED IN SPANISH, WITH ENGLISH SUPERTITLES AS POSSIBLE.
- $3,810 spent. EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS PROGRAM WE OFFERED 7 DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS WITH 2-5 COHORTS EACH. WORKSHOPS INCLUDED MUSIC MAKING FOR CHILDREN, PERFORMING ARTS FOR CHILDREN, SPANISH CLASSES, ENGLISH CLASSES, A BOOK CLUB AND PAINTING CLASSES. WE HAD 270+ STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN ORDER TO REACH AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE, ALL OF OUR EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS ARE LOW COST, AND 55% OF PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE HALF OR FULL SCHOLARSHIPS. WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING: IN-PERSON BILINGUAL THEATER AND MUSIC CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS: BOTH THEATER AND MUSIC CLASSES ARE OFFERED THREE TIMES A YEAR, IN WEEKLY WORKSHOPS OF EIGHT TO TEN SESSIONS. WE SERVE APPROXIMATELY 15 CHILDREN OR TEENS IN EACH WORKSHOP. EACH WORKSHOP CULMINATES IN A FINAL SHARING FOR PARENTS AND A COMMUNITY AUDIENCE. ALL CLASSES AND FINAL PERFORMANCES ARE SCHEDULED AT FLEXIBLE TIMES, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE PARTICIPANTS FAMILIES SCHEDULES SO THAT MORE PARENTS AND FAMILIES CAN ATTEND IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CHILDRENS WORK. FINAL PERFORMANCES ARE ALWAYS SOLD OUT, AS OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE THESE YOUNG STARS SHINE. VIRTUAL LANGUAGE EDUCATION CLASSES FOR ADULTS: WE OFFER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS WITH BOTH BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH LEVELS IN ORDER FOR PARTICIPANTS TO PRACTICE, INCREASE THEIR CONFIDENCE, AND FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE COMMUNITY-AT-LARGE WHILE SPEAKING ENGLISH. OUR SPANISH CLASSES FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS ARE INTERACTIVE AND RESPONSIVE; OUR FACILITATORS TAILOR THE CLASSES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS. WE OFTEN HEAR FROM THE ADULT STUDENTS IN OUR SPANISH CLASSES THAT THEY WANT TO LEARN SPANISH TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE LOCAL LATINX AND HISPANIC PEOPLE THEY MEET IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. WE OFFER EACH SIX-SESSION PROGRAM FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, WITH EACH PROGRAM SERVING APPROXIMATELY 10-12 PARTICIPANTS. IN ADDITION TO LEARNING AND PRACTICING A NEW LANGUAGE, STUDENTS ARE INTRODUCED TO INTERESTING ASSOCIATED FACTS ABOUT THE STUDIED CULTURE IN ORDER TO CREATE A RICH CULTURAL EXCHANGE. AMIGOS BOOK CLUB AND READING CIRCLE: PARTICIPANTS READ BOOKS WRITTEN BY SPANISH-AMERICAN AUTHORS AND DISCUSS IN SPANISH. THIS CIRCLE HAS ALSO SERVED AS AN ADVANCED SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE. EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS PROGRAM WE OFFERED 7 DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS WITH 2-5 COHORTS EACH. WORKSHOPS INCLUDED MUSIC MAKING FOR CHILDREN, PERFORMING ARTS FOR CHILDREN, SPANISH CLASSES, ENGLISH CLASSES, A BOOK CLUB AND PAINTING CLASSES. WE HAD 270+ STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN ORDER TO REACH AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE, ALL OF OUR EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS ARE LOW COST, AND 55% OF PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE HALF OR FULL SCHOLARSHIPS. WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING: IN-PERSON BILINGUAL THEATER AND MUSIC CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS: BOTH THEATER AND MUSIC CLASSES ARE OFFERED THREE TIMES A YEAR, IN WEEKLY WORKSHOPS OF EIGHT TO TEN SESSIONS. WE SERVE APPROXIMATELY 15 CHILDREN OR TEENS IN EACH WORKSHOP. EACH WORKSHOP CULMINATES IN A FINAL SHARING FOR PARENTS AND A COMMUNITY AUDIENCE. ALL CLASSES AND FINAL PERFORMANCES ARE SCHEDULED AT FLEXIBLE TIMES, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE PARTICIPANTS FAMILIES SCHEDULES SO THAT MORE PARENTS AND FAMILIES CAN ATTEND IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CHILDRENS WORK. FINAL PERFORMANCES ARE ALWAYS SOLD OUT, AS OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE THESE YOUNG STARS SHINE. VIRTUAL LANGUAGE EDUCATION CLASSES FOR ADULTS: WE OFFER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS WITH BOTH BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH LEVELS IN ORDER FOR PARTICIPANTS TO PRACTICE, INCREASE THEIR CONFIDENCE, AND FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE COMMUNITY-AT-LARGE WHILE SPEAKING ENGLISH. OUR SPANISH CLASSES FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS ARE INTERACTIVE AND RESPONSIVE; OUR FACILITATORS TAILOR THE CLASSES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS. WE OFTEN HEAR FROM THE ADULT STUDENTS IN OUR SPANISH CLASSES THAT THEY WANT TO LEARN SPANISH TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE LOCAL LATINX AND HISPANIC PEOPLE THEY MEET IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. WE OFFER EACH SIX-SESSION PROGRAM FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, WITH EACH PROGRAM SERVING APPROXIMATELY 10-12 PARTICIPANTS. IN ADDITION TO LEARNING AND PRACTICING A NEW LANGUAGE, STUDENTS ARE INTRODUCED TO INTERESTING ASSOCIATED FACTS ABOUT THE STUDIED CULTURE IN ORDER TO CREATE A RICH CULTURAL EXCHANGE. AMIGOS BOOK CLUB AND READING CIRCLE: PARTICIPANTS READ BOOKS WRITTEN BY SPANISH-AMERICAN AUTHORS AND DISCUSS IN SPANISH. THIS CIRCLE HAS ALSO SERVED AS AN ADVANCED SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE.
- $77,137 spent. FORTIFYING CREARTE WE INVITED FIVE LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT OFFER FREE RESOURCES AND PROGRAMMING TO SHARE THEIR INFORMATION WITH OUR AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN SPANISH. ALL PRESENTATIONS WERE FREE TO ATTEND, AND WE SERVED ABOUT 100 WITH THESE LAUNCHING SESSIONS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER NUESTRA COMUNIDAD/OUR COMMUNITY, AND WILL HAVE 9 NONPROFITS PRESENTING. WE WILL ALSO START INVITING OTHER NON-PROFITS TO HAVE A TABLE AND CONNECT WITH ATTENDEES DURING THESE PRESENTATIONS.
- FORTIFYING CREARTE WE INVITED FIVE LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT OFFER FREE RESOURCES AND PROGRAMMING TO SHARE THEIR INFORMATION WITH OUR AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN SPANISH. ALL PRESENTATIONS WERE FREE TO ATTEND, AND WE SERVED ABOUT 100 WITH THESE LAUNCHING SESSIONS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER NUESTRA COMUNIDAD/OUR COMMUNITY, AND WILL HAVE 9 NONPROFITS PRESENTING. WE WILL ALSO START INVITING OTHER NON-PROFITS TO HAVE A TABLE AND CONNECT WITH ATTENDEES DURING THESE PRESENTATIONS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2017.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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