Dancer's Legacy Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461953355
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Great Falls, VA, USA
Phone
7193512575
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Dance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$150,000
Expenses
$74,790
Assets
$272,070
Liabilities
$25,289

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Hilary Wood (President and Director)
  • Marion Nagle (Executive Director and Director)

People named in this filing

  • Hilary Wood (President and Director)
  • Marion Nagle (Executive Director and Director)
  • Laurie Dewey (Treasurer and Director)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dancer's legacy foundation is a non-profit organization working to prevent equine cruelty through advocacy, education and rescue support. The organization works to stop all aspects of abuse and neglect to horses (and other equines) with emphasis on responsibly ending horse slaughter and assisting with protections for wild horses.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide equine advocacy on behalf of abused/neglected horses by promoting direct and indirect assistance to horses suffering from abuse. Educational efforts work to prevent horses from being abused or neglected and support programs which give alternatives to horses other than slaughter as well as efforts to promote responsible horse ownership. The organization works with equine veterinary clinics to offer discounted services for horse owners in financial difficulty and/or to help with responsible ownership practices. Support is offered for training programs to re home horses safely as well as hay/feed needs to select rescue groups.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.3%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97

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: 50.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.64; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.3% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K 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: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.