Dance Palace

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942460193
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Point Reyes Station, CA, USA
Phone
4156631075
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$669,291
Expenses
$640,857
Assets
$1,002,571
Liabilities
$7,450

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARBARA JAY (President)
  • KEN OTTER (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVEN SIEGEL (ED - 2/28/25): $72,305 total reported compensation
  • CLAIRE BURNS (ED 3/1-): $41,016 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Dance Palace provides programs and facilities that cultivate a thriving and inclusive community, in which arts and culture are accessible, celebrated, and integral to everyday life in West Marin.

What it reported doing in 2024

Childrens Programs: Continued: Developmental Baby Gym; Afterschool programs: kids theater, aikido, art, dance, and sewing; Themed four-week summer camp, and Little ones theaterDiscontinued: Choir and computer codingNew: Herbal Crafting; Wednesday Early Release: Art, Lets Move (dance), herbal apothecary, movement and poetry, Ceramics, Soul Soup (music, dance, story, and play)Attendance: Approx: 1,000Adult and Senior Programs and Classes (held in person or hybrid): Continued: Zumba, Pilates, Yoga, Aikido. Tai Chi, Gentle Yoga for Seniors, Conversational Spanish, Ceramics, Sewing, Improvisational Contact Jam, Contemplative Dance Practice, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), Creative Fashion Upcycling, and Action TheaterDiscontinued: New: Herbal Crafting , Beginning Salsa DancingAttendance: Approx: 3,000

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.7%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 62.3%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.7% of revenue deployed · 62.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $399K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.