Borderlands Ballet Company

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811242096
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Las Cruces, NM, USA
Phone
5755255670
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Dance

Reported finances

Revenue
$132,882
Expenses
$116,227
Assets
$29,413
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rosalie Lucas (President)
  • Sarah Oliver (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Rosalie Lucas (President)
  • Rene Snyder (Treasurer)
  • Janelle Hernandez (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ballet Company creates dance performances with live orchestra and engages in community and educational outreach.

What it reported doing in 2024

Created and Performed Nutcracker Ballet with live orchestra. Created and performed Sleeping Beauty Ballet with live orchestra and world renown guest dancers for soloists to perform alongside local dancers. Toured local dancers to surrounding Borderland region for performances.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.7%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 40.8%; rating input score 41

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.5%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 49.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 79% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.7% of revenue deployed · 40.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.