Cabd Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 814331402
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Jamaica, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6462483923
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Dance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,306,465
- Expenses
- $1,717,775
- Assets
- $2,159,391
- Liabilities
- $214,626
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHELLE RAMOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CAMILLE A BROWN (BOARD MEMBER): $109,533 total reported compensation
- MICHELLE RAMOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $59,265 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Camille a. Brown & dancers unleashes the power of black dance traditions and cultural narratives through innovation and multidisciplinary storytelling that celebrates resilience, cultivates spaces of joy and liberation, and inspires societal transformation.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, cabd's professional company of dancers toured brown's repertory work in 14 performances for audiences totaling 4,311 across 7 different venues: the wallis annenberg center for performing arts, los angeles, ca; musco center, los angeles, ca; orpheum performing arts center, tannersville, ny; harlem stage, New York, ny; jacob's pillow, becket, ma; college of the holy cross, worcester, ma; and Arizona state university, tempe, az.in preparation for the 2024 jacob's pillow premiere of her latest repertory work title i am, brown further developed and completed the work through residencies at baryshnikov arts center (january 2-8, july 22-26), the ailey studios (april 29-may 3), catskill mountain foundation (may 5-12), college of the holy cross (september 8-13), and Arizona state university (october 21-27). Cabd's rehearsal director set cabd work, city of rain, on students at Indiana university, bloomington (september 2-6).cabd partnered with 26 community organizations including arts and social service organizations, and public schools in nyc and 2 national partners to provide 452 free in-person every body move (ebm) workshops for 4,087 bipoc youth. Cabd provided 14 mentorships for emerging bipoc artists.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.1%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $17.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.5%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.1% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.