Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341512811
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Shaker Heights, OH, USA
- Phone
- 2169210734
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $142,986
- Expenses
- $143,133
- Assets
- $39,087
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REVEREND JAMES ROBERSON (BOARD PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- EDNA DUFFY (DIRECTOR)
- REVEREND JAMES ROBERSON (BOARD PRESIDENT)
- BARBARA MCDOWELL (BOARD SECRETARY)
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
Education
What it reported doing in 2024
Ensemble performances: duffy liturgical dance ensemble presents concerts workshops and lecture demonstrations engaging audiences in educational activities based in the music and history of the american negro spiritual. Studio recital: each year the first saturday in june duffy lit studio presents its annual recital. All students adults youth and children showcase their talents performing music and dances based in the philosophy and psychology of the american negro spiritual. 2014-2015 recital featured 10 youth 25 adults and 6 children. Classes: studio and community outreach classes in music and dance are offered september 1-june 15; summer dance experience (summer camp) is held three weeks (june -july ), the focus being music dance drama reading based in the spiritual art form. Classes to 2 charter schools involving 37 students were added in 2013-2014. Community outreach classes in 2015-2016 engaged 25 additional children. A community outreach performing ensemble was formed and participated in 2 performances with duffylit youth ensemble during the 2016-2017 fiscal year. 2016-2017 major activities included the annual november concert featuring guest artist tony-award winner, dr. George faison with duffylit youth and adult ensembles in a performance that focused on the music and dance of the harlem renaissance. 2017-2018 featured duffylit alumnus dwayne milburn conducting his composition (a requiem where the latin mass is juxtaposed against a compilation of spirituals.) 2018-2019 concert and recital get on board featured 10 youth, 12 adults, 8 children in spirituals that inspire audiences to speak out for social justice. 2019-2020: studied and performed the social justice music of composer/arranger william grant still and the spiritual arrangements of guest artist roland carter. 2021-2022: outdoor community outreach activities increased because of covid. Duffy lit provides an educational and performance opportunity that is unique in this community.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 90.1%; rating input score 90
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: -0.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 90.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $129K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.