American Friends of the National Ballet of Canada Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463400443
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7168541930
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $39,800
- Expenses
- $79,035
- Assets
- $113,685
- Liabilities
- $4,348
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CURTIS DECKER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CURTIS DECKER (PRESIDENT)
- ELIZABETH HERRIDGE (TREASURER)
- JESSICA MOES (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To encourage, promote, support and foster awareness and understanding of ballet and related performance art, both domestically and internationally.
What it reported doing in 2025
To provide resources and support to organizations, groups and programs that foster the appreciation of ballet and performance art and promote and inspire dance, imagination and creativity; provide education, youth and community programs that promote participation in ballet and performance art; nurture and support the development, education and growth of choreographers, dancers and musicians integral to ballet and performance art; and expose the greater public to performance art, including classic works and new works of ballet, which works may not be otherwise available.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.9%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -98.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.44; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -18.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $75K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.