Dance Theatre Seattle

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920257974
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
9143196996
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,698
Expenses
$26,388
Assets
$159,871

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS MONTOYA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NATALIE RAMSEY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOSHUA GRANT (TREASURER)
  • CHRIS MONTOYA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NATALIE RAMSEY (PRESIDENT)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To inform and shape both dancers and audiences by removing barriers of exclusivity in ballet and fostering an open-minded platform for dance. Creating a space of honest inclusivity, dts believes that ballet can grow in tandem with all other forms of dance while preserving its technical foundation.

What it reported doing in 2023

Dts hosted 2 performances in 2023, our spring show was held in june and in december our nutcracker ballet. There were 4 shows of each perforance in front of 480 guests per show. The cast consisted of 5 to 8 paid artists while the remaining dancers and castmembers were students ranging from ages 4 to 70.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 95.4%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 66.5%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.06; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -31.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 39.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32% of revenue deployed · 95.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.