Creative Waco
Waco, TX
- UEI
- C8HLPBKBDES1
- CAGE
- 7YLR7
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 400 Austin Ave #9, Waco, TX 76701, USA
- Website
- creativewaco.org
- Founded
- 2015
- Employees
- 1-10
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Specialized Consumer Services
- SIC code
- 86 Membership Organizations
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Creative Waco, a nonprofit organization based in Waco, Texas, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering arts apprenticeship and workforce development programs for youth under the National Endowment for the Arts. The organization has received eight project grants from NEA since 2022, all as prime recipient (100% of awards), with no federal contracting footprint and no subcontracting relationships.
Creative Waco's federal activity is singular in customer concentration — all eight awards come from the National Endowment for the Arts, which represents the entirety of the organization's federal funding base. The grant work centers on arts apprenticeship programming. Four consecutive annual grants (2022–2025) supported arts apprenticeship programs for high school students, with the subsequent annual grants in 2024, 2025, and 2026 broadening the scope to youth workforce development more broadly. A separate project grant awarded in January 2022 and running through June 2024 directed funds toward subgranting to the nonprofit arts sector in pandemic response and recovery. The combined dollars obligated across all eight awards total $595 thousand, reflecting the modest scale of individual NEA project grants and the organization's early-stage federal engagement.
Activity has been sparse and consistent rather than growth-oriented — one award per year from 2023 through 2026, following two awards in 2022. One award reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months (the 2026 grant, due December 31, 2026). Creative Waco operates exclusively within the nonprofit grant space; it does not compete for federal contracts, hold seats on government-wide acquisition vehicles, or function as a subcontractor on prime awards. The organization's federal posture is that of a direct NEA grantee executing arts workforce development at the local level rather than a vendor in the traditional federal procurement market.
Quick answers
Is Creative Waco registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Creative Waco's SAM.gov registration is active through January 8, 2027.
What is Creative Waco's most recent federal award?
Creative Waco's most recent federal grant award is To support an arts apprenticeship and workforce development program for youth (19461556226), from National Endowment for the Arts, on May 1, 2026.
On GovTribe
See Creative Waco's full federal record
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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