Vendor · #4137 by total payments to the State of Delaware

Creative Competitions INC

Creative Competitions INC has been paid $453,227 by the State of Delaware since FY2018, primarily through Dept of Education's Other Items division.

ARP federal fundsRecent payments
$453K
total payments · FY18–FY26
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Sep 15, 2017First payment
Apr 27, 2026Last payment
124Payments
0Documents
6Programs
2Agencies

Relationships

Programs

ProgramAgencyAmountYears
Other Items Dept of Education $243,513 FY18–FY26
Lake Forest School District Dept of Education $78,389 FY18–FY26
The Charter School of Wilmngtn Dept of Education $38,570 FY18–FY26
Smyrna School District Dept of Education $19,220 FY18–FY26
Red Clay Consolidated Sch Dist Dept of Education $17,722 FY18–FY26
Brandywine School District Dept of Education $14,546 FY18–FY26
Ap Dsclp 14-21 Whm Esser3 Federal — American Rescue Plan $290 FY24

Money

Where it goes
Other Items
$244K
By category
Student Travel
$176K
Instr Support Services
$97K
Student Body Activity
$58K
Lodg-Hotl Motl/Out-State
$45K
Assoc Dues and Conf Fees
$28K
Which pot of money
General Fund
$261K
Local Funds
$81K
Federal Funds
$1K
Charter School Wilm General
$1K
Newark Local
$1K
By fiscal year
FY18$55K
FY19$44K
FY20$3K
FY21$3K
FY22$50K
FY23$87K
FY24$84K
FY25$52K
FY26$74K
State credit-card purchases $189K · 7 years
Fiscal yearAmountTransactions
FY19$75,20527
FY20$4,49526
FY21$1,7905
FY22$45,67829
FY23$23,21633
FY24$38,11734
FY26$8057
Who swipes, and for what
DepartmentCategoryAmountTransactions
Cape Henlopen School DistrictSchools Educational... $75,23834
Red Clay Consolidated Sch DistSchools Educational... $37,86122
Appoquinimink School DistrictSchools Educational... $30,93360
Lake Forest School DistrictSchools Educational... $12,17910
The Charter School of WilmngtnSchools Educational... $8,8458
Polytech School DistrictSchools Educational... $6,2253
Mot Charter SchoolSchools Educational... $5,9705
Caesar Rodney School DistrictSchools Educational... $5,0802
Brandywine School DistrictSchools Educational... $3,5314
Smyrna School DistrictSchools Educational... $1,5254

Source: state employee credit-card dataset, matched by merchant name. FY2025 is missing from the state portal.

How the spending is booked 6 account lines
AccountAmountLine items
Student Travel$176,01713
Instr Support Services$96,8002
Lodg-Hotl Motl/Out-State$45,02210
Assoc Dues and Conf Fees$18,89023
Student Body Activity$10,43815
Instructional Supplies$5902

Fund and account lines come from the expenditure-detail dataset (source ↗), which itemizes payments at a finer grain than the checkbook.

Yearly totals — full table 9 fiscal years
Fiscal yearTotalChecks
FY18$55,30520
FY19$44,29121
FY20$3,32012
FY21$2,5556
FY22$49,8706
FY23$87,39319
FY24$83,80615
FY25$52,2206
FY26$74,46819
Browse every payment 124 checks →
Recent payments latest 15 checks
DateDepartmentCategoryAmount
Apr 27, 2026 Dept of EducationStudent Travel $6,263
Apr 27, 2026 Dept of EducationStudent Travel $4,751
Apr 27, 2026 Dept of EducationStudent Travel $919
Apr 24, 2026 Dept of EducationStudent Body Activity $4,751
Apr 20, 2026 Dept of EducationStudent Travel $1,747
Apr 20, 2026 Dept of EducationStudent Body Activity $637
Apr 20, 2026 Dept of EducationStudent Body Activity $1,500
Apr 20, 2026 Dept of EducationStudent Travel $1,500
Apr 9, 2026 Dept of EducationInstr Support Services $48,400
Mar 23, 2026 Dept of EducationStudent Body Activity $290
Mar 23, 2026 Dept of EducationStudent Body Activity $290
Dec 22, 2025 Dept of EducationAssoc Dues and Conf Fees $290
Dec 22, 2025 Dept of EducationAssoc Dues and Conf Fees $290
Dec 17, 2025 Dept of EducationInstructional Supplies $290
Nov 13, 2025 Dept of EducationAssoc Dues and Conf Fees $145

Source: State of Delaware checkbook · synced 2026-07-25. Open source dataset ↗

Source datasets

State checkbook (payments) · synced 2026-07-25 data.delaware.gov/d/5s6n-7hpx ↗
ARP transparency (federal funds) data.delaware.gov/d/e2rw-zi3s ↗