What Create Today does

Create Today LLC is a privately held boutique management consulting firm founded in 2017 by Kate Scorza Ingram and headquartered in White Plains, New York. The firm is certified as a Minority- and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise by the NYC Department of Small Business Services and is structured as a sole proprietorship operating as an LLC. It provides strategic planning, operations analysis, project and facility planning, financial modeling, economic and community impact studies, case statement development, and implementation planning exclusively to nonprofit arts and culture organizations, including museums, performing and visual arts centers, producers, presenters, service agencies, government cultural affairs departments, foundations, and universities.

The firm operates a senior-led delivery model, accepting only a small number of concurrent engagements and performing work directly with a seasoned team rather than delegating to junior staff. The collaborator network includes individuals with backgrounds at the Kennedy Center, Koret Foundation, WolfBrown, AMS Planning & Research Corp., the Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, and other major arts institutions. Create Today maintains a strategic partnership with Diaz Inclusion Consulting and serves clients across North America and internationally, including the Sydney Opera House Trust.

Revenue is generated through professional services engagements priced on a quote basis, with no publicly disclosed pricing, retainer structure, or revenue figures. Marketing is relationship-driven, relying on professional reputation, referrals, and thought-leadership roles held by the founder and collaborators at institutions such as Purchase College and the New York State Council on the Arts. There is no external investment, parent company, or institutional ownership, and the firm carries no disclosed technology platform, software product, or AI/ML capability.

Name

Create Today

Legal name

Create Today LLC

Website

https://createtoday.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Create Today is a White Plains-based boutique management consulting firm serving nonprofit arts and culture organizations with strategic planning, facility planning, financial modeling, and impact study services, led by senior consultants on a limited concurrent-engagement basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arts Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD)

Keywords

• Arts management consulting
• Nonprofit strategic planning
• Cultural planning services
• Arts facility planning
• Fundraising consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

White Plains

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for arts and culture organizations, including strategic planning, operations analysis, financial modeling, and implementation support. The company accepts a limited number of projects to maintain quality and personalized attention.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Create Today is a management consulting firm that delivers strategic planning, operations analysis, financial modeling, project and operational planning for arts facilities, economic and community impact studies, case statement development, and implementation support to nonprofit arts and culture organizations. The firm also performs industry and consumer research, supports community cultural planning and public policy development, and leads workshops on nonprofit management for artists, producing companies, and students.

Product overview

Create Today offers a unified portfolio of management consulting services for arts and culture organizations. The core offerings include Strategic Planning and Operations Analysis, Project and Operational Planning for Arts Facilities, Financial Modeling, Economic and Community Impact Studies, Case Statement Development, and Implementation Planning. These services work together as an integrated consulting engagement model where consultants serve as trusted advisors to top management and boards while also providing hands-on coaching for staff. The firm accepts a limited number of projects to ensure personalized attention and deliver high-quality planning expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Metrics that allow communities to benchmark against best practices
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Diaz Inclusion ConsultingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner providing inclusion and diversity consulting services, co-led by Diaz Inclusion Consulting founded by Carli Woernz. Works collaboratively with Create Today on client engagements.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Capacity Interactive: Digital marketing and audience strategy firm for arts and culture nonprofits. Adjacent rather than head-to-head — overlaps on strategy consulting for arts orgs but specialized in digital marketing rather than management consulting.

Direct peers

• AEA Consulting: Management consulting firm serving arts, culture, and nonprofit sectors with strategy, planning, and organizational development services. Direct competitor for the same institutional client base, particularly large performing arts centers and foundations.
• WolfBrown: Audience research and strategic planning consultancy for performing arts and cultural organizations. Direct peer — collaborator Kyle Marinshaw previously worked at WolfBrown, and both firms serve the same nonprofit arts client base with overlapping methodologies.
• Lord Cultural Resources: Global cultural planning and management consulting firm with extensive work in museums, performing arts centers, and cultural facilities planning. A larger but directly comparable peer, especially for Create Today's arts facility planning and feasibility study work.
• EmcArts: Nonprofit innovation and adaptive change consulting serving arts and cultural organizations. Directly comparable in client base and methodology orientation, with particular overlap on organizational change and capacity-building engagements.
• Metris Arts Consulting: Boutique arts management consulting firm serving performing arts organizations on strategic planning, financial modeling, and leadership transitions. Closely comparable in scale, niche focus, and service mix to Create Today.
• AMS Planning & Research Corp: Arts and culture management consulting firm where founder Kate Scorza Ingram spent 11+ years before founding Create Today. Many Create Today client relationships originated at AMS, making it the closest historical and operational peer in the niche.

Broad incumbents

• ASM Global: Largest global venue management company; broader incumbent in the live entertainment space. Not a direct strategy consulting peer, but a comparable counterparty for many of Create Today's venue clients and a potential integrator of consulting services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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