Dance Express

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841180839
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Fort Collins, CO, USA
Phone
9704932113
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,842
Expenses
$60,661
Assets
$4,608
Liabilities
$10,774

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Beth Little (President)
  • Mary Elizabeth Lenahan MS OT (Artistic & Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Beth Little (President)
  • Courtney Castleberry (Secretary)
  • Mark Rosoff (Treasurer Pro Tem & Community Advocate)

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

Dance Express, an inclusive dance company for people with developmental disabilities, improves lives of people with and without disabilities though dance.

What it reported doing in 2024

Dance productions: December re-released The Christmas Rose (December 17 & 18, 2024) for three performances and SC '25: RENEW (May 25, 2025). December production modeled artistic achievement and access to the arts for persons with disabilities. premiered original piece composed by flutist Juan Contreras for Tamara, an original dancer who began with the company in 1989 and died in July, 2024. SC '25 highlighted choreography of individual dancers with disabilities; volunteers from the community and the university located in Fort Collins supplied backstage and front of house support. December concerts served 350 persons and featured 7 troupe members and 10 community guests performing; the May concert served 53 people w. 8 company members and 4 volunteers; Dance Express collaborated with local community college design agency, a professional designer and an emerging graphic artist, and two local filmmakers plus an emerging film-maker.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.34; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.