Ghs Jazz Dance Booster Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 800098398
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location: Wheat Ridge, CO, USA
Rating: 86
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue: $54,039
Expenses: $77,381
Assets: $13,195

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Melina Pacheco (President)
Jennifer Hitchcock (Vice President)

People named in this filing

Melina Pacheco (President)
Ladonna Johnson (Treasurer)
Faithe Gorman-Smith (VP - Communications)

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

The Golden High School Dance Team exists to encourage school spirit compete at the highest level and serve as role models in the community. We are a group of talented individuals who share a common love for dance teamwork and community. Together we create unforgettable experiences for fans parents and fellow students that fuel our teams to victory!

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide support for team fair share including choreography and competition fees

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 100
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 18
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -43.2%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 17; 17th 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: 41.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -51.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -93.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $76K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.