Artists in Motion

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874797652
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Herndon, VA, USA
Phone
5712172169
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$543,239
Expenses
$537,931
Assets
$46,673
Liabilities
$225,443

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Keren Dolan (Director Co-Chairman)
  • Joan Boada Garcia (Director)
  • Peggy Sue Graham (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See schedule O.

What it reported doing in 2024

PERFORMANCE: In its third fiscal year Artists in Motion AIM celebrated a year of ambitious artistic exploration and community engagement through its 2024-2025 performance season. The season opened with Primavera a bold spring showcase honoring the musical legacies of Roberta Flack and Charles Mingus featuring Mingus Moves-an original contemporary work co-choreographed by Luis Serrano and Carlos Garay Gonzlez merging jazz motifs with urban dance. This performance also featured original choreography by Luis Serrano including a contemporary work performed by Mauricio Stengel. This piece received high acclaim and was awarded Platinum in Contemporary at the Universal Ballet Competition UBC. And featured a moving tribute to Roberta Flack choreographed by George Mason University graduate Jessica Brown showcasing the expressive capabilities of Alchemys dancers in contemporary and lyrical forms. Next came Folklore & Fairytales a culturally rich performance that featured storytelling through traditional dance forms. A highlight was the electrifying Ukrainian folk dance Hopak Gopak choreographed by faculty member Pavlo Yevtushenko bringing explosive athleticism and cultural pride to the stage. In fall 2024 AIM presented Gala Americana a tribute to the late Phil Wiggins spotlighting live blues musicianship and a guest performance by acclaimed tap artist Bakari Wilder. The production highlighted AIMs continued embrace of American musical heritage and intergenerational artistry. The winter season showcased a Celtic Bluegrass Nutcracker Reimagined transforming the classic with live bagpipes Appalachian fiddling and clogging reaffirming AIMs boundary-pushing creativity. The season concluded with preparations for a full-scale production of Don Quixote presented at Capital One Hall solidifying AIMs growing reputation for world-class classical ballet alongside innovative programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 85% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 47
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.7%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: $51.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.83; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 46.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.7% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $536K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.