Program areas at Lulu and Leo Fund
Choose creativity, powered by the Lulu and Leo Fund, empowers children to build resilience, creative confidence, and social-emotional skills through our learn with creative confidence programs. We provide training, curricula and on-going support for educators and other professionals based on the 10 principles of creativity. Learn with creative confidence (lwcc) is a k-6 asset-based curriculum that develops a student's values, perspectives and identity, or belief ecology. The 10 principles of creativity and their mantras are the pillars of our program. Embedded across all academic content, the principles provide a consistent, constructive vocabulary for educators to develop and build their students creative confidence as learners. Students, and in their own lives.
Who funds Lulu and Leo Fund
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Lulu and Leo Fund
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Lori S Sherman | Executive Director | $136,812 | 2022-06-30 |
| Stephanie Krieger | Senior Director of Programs | $111,700 | 2023-06-30 |
| Marina Krim | Founder and Creative Director | $15,600 | 2024-10-02 |
| Brian C. Fox | Treasurer | $0 | 2024-10-02 |
| Kevin Krim | Founder and Chair | $0 | 2024-10-02 |
| ...and 1 more key personnel |
Financials for Lulu and Leo Fund
| Revenues | FYE 06/2023 | FYE 06/2022 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $770,103 | $314,267 | 145% |
| Program services | $18,017 | $20,302 | -11.3% |
| Investment income and dividends | $126 | $190 | -33.7% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $-58,914 | $0 | -999% |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $36 | $333 | -89.2% |
| Total revenues | $729,368 | $335,092 | 117.7% |
Organizations like Lulu and Leo Fund
| Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
|---|
| Youth Ambassadors | 501(c)(3) | Kansas City, MO | $806,388 |
| Arts For Life | 501(c)(3) | Asheville, NC | $519,667 |
| Expressive Path | 501(c)(3) | Norristown, PA | $250,402 |
| Orange County Childrens Therapeutic Arts Center | 501(c)(3) | Santa Ana, CA | $2,216,744 |
| Arts Ignite | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $833,759 |
| Culture for One | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $497,329 |
| Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts (MECA) | 501(c)(3) | Houston, TX | $2,495,305 |
| The Detroit Creativity Project | 501(c)(3) | Farmington Hills, MI | $198,125 |
| Eleanor B Rainey Memorial Institute | 501(c)(3) | Cleveland, OH | $2,301,286 |
| Arts Empowerment Project | 501(c)(3) | Charlotte, NC | $288,366 |
Data update history
August 26, 2024
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $20,000 from The Lincoln Fund May 22, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Youth service charitiesArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsCharities
Issues
EducationArts, cultural, and humanitiesChildren
Characteristics
Partially liquidatedFundraising eventsReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 1216 Broadway 2nd Floor
- New York, NY 10001
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- County
- New York County, NY
- Website URL
- choosecreativity.org/Â
- Phone
- (415) 761-1236
IRS details
- EIN
- 46-1316048
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2012
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A25: Arts Education, Schools of Art
- NAICS code, primary
- 624110: Child and Youth Services
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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