Creativets

“A copy of the form 990 will be provided to the full board prior to filing. The board will be asked for acknowledgement of their review.”

“The organization's governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“The mission of creativets is to empower wounded veterans to heal through the arts and music. The goal of creativets' programs is to empower veterans with tools they can use the rest of their lives to combat stress, depression, and other side effects of war. These programs also enable veterans to see their own capacity for success in an arena outside the battlefield.”

“Veteran songwriting programs - 38 veterans and 38 veteran mentors participated in our introduction to songwriting program during the 2020- 2021 fiscal year. This program pairs veterans with accomplished songwriters and music artists to allow them the veteran the opportunity to creatively express their story through a song. The veteran travels to nashville, tn, where he or she is met aby a veteran that has gone through the program and can help make the veteran comfortable with the experience. The veteran then participates in a songwriting session to write a song that is recorded and made available for the veteran to share with family and friends. Through the songwriting sessions, veterans are provided with an opportunity to tell their stories in a different way, and they take something from the program they can keep forever. 49 veterans completed our veteran songwriting program in partnership with the country music hall of fame (cmhof). This program is based on the cmhof worlds & music program - their cornerstone k-12 program providing education resources for language, arts, music, and other curriculum. 32 veterans completed our songwriting program hosted in partnership with joni & friends. This is unlike our main songwriting program because it is a group setting that multiple veterans collaborate to create a single song.”

“Introduction to art for veterans - due to covid restrictions, we were only able to host one introduction to art for veterans program where 8 veterans completed and/or taught the 3-week course. Creativets has partnered with belmont university for a three week, fully-accredited art program for disabled veterans at no cost to the veteran. Veterans have full access to studios and equipment at the school, and the program gives them an opportunity to create and discuss art with some of the best art instructors in the country. Creativets also continued offering programs both virtually and in person from our very own art facility in chicago. An additional 11 veterans completed our art program at the dallas museum of art (dma). This was a 4- week program, consisting of one, 8-hour class per week and covered a number of topics such as sculpture, book making, drawing and collage. Furthermore, veterans had access to both the virtual and in person resources of the dma to expand their appreciation of a number of art forms. Creativets also partnered with the va hospitals of columbus, cleveland and cincinnati to host 6-week virtual songwriting and art programs. Approximately 35 veterans were served through these programs. 20 veterans returned to serve as mentors for our programs in order to assist new veterans through their healing process. We also continued virtual programs through youtube, twitch and facebook where countless veterans participated in both songwriting, art and exercise programs.”

“Special event expenses 1,280 special event expenses -1,280”