Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc

Overview

Mission

To support dance creation, presentation, education, and preservation, and to engage and deepen public appreciation and support for dance.

What it reported doing in 2024

Preservation: as jacob's pillow has been shaping the history of dance in america over the past nine decades, it has also been actively documenting and preserving this most ephemeral of art forms, and in the process has created a repository of dance history that is extensive and unique. The collections housed in the archives include audiotapes, board minutes, books, correspondence, costumes, films, photographes, posters, programs, scrapbooks, videos, and more. The archives is one component of the pillow's preservation program, which also documents the ongoing activities of the festival and organizes exhibits exploring various aspects of dance history. The center for most of jacob's pillow's preservation activities in blake's barn, an 18th century building that was relocated to the pillow grounds and reconfigured specifically for this purpose. During the summer, this research facilities is open to the general public daily, and throughout the remainder of the year, the archives may be visited during regular business hours. In 2024 the archives welcomed over 14,000 visitors to blake's barn.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
046002993
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Becket, MA, USA
Phone
4132439919
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.2%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.8%; rating input score 97; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.4%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.59; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.2% of revenue deployed · 76.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 30 of 31 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $11.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $287K · 37 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.9M reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

37 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • PAMELA TATGE (CEO & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR): $287,055 total reported compensation
  • ANTHONY J PIETRANTONE (DEPUTY DIRECTOR): $189,504 total reported compensation
  • LILA R KANNER (CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER): $163,894 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.