Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
751756215
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2148712376
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,107,679
Expenses
$5,633,490
Assets
$678,395
Liabilities
$-865,073

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

Leadership & pay

43 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ZENETTA S DREW (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARK COOKS (VICE PRESIDENT & VP-ARTISTIC)
  • GEORGIA SCAIFE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ZENETTA S DREW (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $187,149 total reported compensation
  • MA FE MASSENGALE (CONTROLLER): $127,958 total reported compensation
  • ANN WILLIAMS (FOUNDER): $30,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To create and produce contemporary and modern dance at its highest level of artistic excellence through performances and educational programs that bridge cultures and reach diverse communities

What it reported doing in 2024

Dallas black dance academy- funding is coming from corporate and foundation grants. The official school of dbdt, celebrates fifty years of delivering educational classes/programs for youth and adult students, delivering dance instructors to a community of diverse backgrounds. -professional dance instructors offer a variety of classes for students of all ages and levels. More than 550+ students per week in 50 dance classes with 4 levels of training which include ballet, jazz, tap and african. -emphasis on life skills and development of self-esteem through self discipline and directed dance studies in a learning environment. -dbda has 3 performing ensembles: allegro performing ensemble - dbdt's premier academy ensemble, the senior performing ensemble and the junior performning ensemble. The groups perform locally at festivals and various events in dallas-fort worth metropolitan area. -dbda has two lead outreach teacher and has provided classes for the dance integration program and the bodies in motion program that meet teks standards to 35 schools in dallas independent school district and throughout the dallas/fort worth metroplex, during the sy2023-2024. -scholarships are provided to a select number of students annually -performance awards ceremony and presentation held at end of year recital in may -in person classes is back in full capacity.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -81.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 77.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 41 of 41 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $187K · 43 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.