Country Dance and Song Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133408843
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
6466280277
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,421
Expenses
$63,564
Assets
$286,803
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Daniel Wolkowitz (President)

People named in this filing

  • Shoshana Silverman (Bursar)
  • Martin Fager (Director at large)
  • Paul Ross (English Music and Sound)

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

Teaching English and American dancing, traditional and historical, for the great enjoyment it brings, and preservation of this form of social dancing. CDNY is part of the Country Dance and Song Society, an organization that, through its resources, programs and enthusiasm, celebrates and preserves traditional English and Anglo-American dance, music and song, promotes their new expression, connects people who enjoy them, and supports communities where they can continue to thrive.

What it reported doing in 2024

Leisure & Recreational Activities Programs: Normal programming consists of English Country dances drawing 30 to 60 participants at each weekly event to learn and join dances. Dances are both traditional and modern. CDNY normal programming also includes American contradances, drawing 50 to 80 participants to each event. Special programs provided a chance to learn and enjoy dancing and the related music. Live music is a highlight of every event, with small musical groups of local and nationally known musicians. Dance instruction is by both local and nationally known callers. The organization has approximately 140 members and numerous additional attendees at individual events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and total assets are large relative to annual expenses, but may not be spendable cash. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.51; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.