Dancing Through the Curriculum
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461078466
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Murfreesboro, TN, USA
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $178,812
- Expenses
- $200,676
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $8,568
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ashley Mushamba (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Lakeisha Thomas (Board Chair)
- Gloria Bonner (Board Member)
- Ashley Mushamba (Executive 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The dance school offers a range of dance classes for students of all ages and skill levels including ballet hip-hop and contemporary dance. Qualified instructors provide training in a supportive and inclusive environment fostering creativity and self-expression through movement. The school holds recitals and performances to showcase the students progress and talents enriching the community with the art of dance.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our organization provides educational enrichment programs focused on tutoring and homework support for students. Through one-on-one tutoring group study sessions and specialized academic assistance we help students improve their academic performance and develop essential skills. Our programs are designed to supplement traditional classroom learning and provide personalized support to help students achieve their full potential in school.
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.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 30
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 31.9%; rating input score 32
- Program expense ratio: 28.4%; rating input score 28
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -12.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 10%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 31.9% of revenue deployed · 28.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $57K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.