Mahalo
New York, NY

LULU & LEO FUND

EIN 46-1316048
Education & Youth Development Teaching & Educational Innovation Children & youth
Mission

The Lulu & Leo Fund (doing business as Choose Creativity) empowers teachers, children, and families to build resilience, creative confidence, and social‑emotional skills through its Learn with Creative Confidence PreK–6 curriculum and instructor training.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

About LULU & LEO FUND

The Lulu & Leo Fund is a New York–based 501(c)(3) public charity that powers the Choose Creativity initiative and develops the Learn with Creative Confidence (LwCC) bilingual PreK–6 curriculum. The organization provides curriculum materials, professional development, and ongoing implementation support to schools and after‑school programs. In recent years the Fund has expanded classroom and school partnerships in New York City (including work in DOE Districts 4 and 5) and scaled instructor training to support broader adoption of its 10 Principles of Creativity framework. According to its most recent publicly available IRS filing (fiscal year ending June 2024), the organization reported revenue of $885,048, expenses of $598,151, and net assets of $1,407,829. Choose Creativity emphasizes measurable SEL and resilience outcomes by offering free curriculum resources, bilingual program delivery, and a train‑the‑trainer model that embeds creative confidence language across school communities to improve engagement and social‑emotional learning outcomes.

Notable achievements

Curriculum Development

Created and published the Learn with Creative Confidence PreK–6 bilingual SEL curriculum and the 10 Principles of Creativity, made available to partner schools and educators.

Program Reach Milestone

Reached tens of thousands of students and trained hundreds of instructors since inception (site reports over 30,000 students reached and roughly 1,800 instructors trained).

Sustained Fundraising & Events

Established the Choose Creativity Awards (CCA) as a recurring fundraising event that supports program delivery and expansion.

At a glance

Total assets
$1.5M
Annual revenue
$885K
Tax status
501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN
46-1316048
Location
New York, NY
On Mahalo since
May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Maintains profiles and public filings on major nonprofit data platforms (GuideStar/Candid, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer) and files annual IRS Form 990s.
Active school partnerships in New York City (notably programs implemented in DOE Districts 4 and 5) demonstrating local education-sector recognition and adoption.
Leadership and board include experienced education and media professionals, supporting organizational credibility and public visibility.

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