CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED
EIN 23-3019274 · Education N.E.C. (B99)
What they do
Provide A Competition for Students In Grade K-12 to Show Their Creativity and Team Cooperation In Solving A Problem Given to Them During The School Year. The Program Helps The Students Gain A Working Knowledge of Helping Each Other Gain A Solution to The Problem Through Working Together. They Gain Self-gratification When They Present Their Solution to The Problem At A Regional Level and Gain The Right to Advance to The State Competition. At States The Teams and Their Solutions Are Again Judged, With The Highest-scoring Teams Advancing to A Worlds Competition. Our Program Also Gives Out A Scholarship to An Individual or Individuals Who Is/are Pursuing Higher Education. The Number of Individuals Who Participate Annually In Our Program Ranges From 5,000 to 6,000.
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DAVID PALERMODIRECTOR
EMMA SEASETREASURER
REGINA SCHRAMEYERSECRETARY
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2002
- Location
- 502 W 7TH ST STE 100, ERIE, PA 16502-1333
- County
- Erie
- In care of
- % BILL NIMICK
- Primary officer
- Emma Sease, Treasurer
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2023
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2023
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Education N.E.C. (B99)
- IRS tax category
- Education N.E.C.