Historical Tea and Dance Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 813470376
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6267106299
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,874
- Expenses
- $62,212
- Assets
- $46,611
- Liabilities
- $1,193
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Darlene Hamilton (President)
People named in this filing
- Darlene Hamilton (President)
- Reed Wilson (Treasurer)
- Kathryn Pickett (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary objectives and purposes of this corporation are: (a) to provide instruction in historic dance forms from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries including, but not limited to: regency era line dances, Victorian era line dances, quadrilles, waltzes, schottisches, mazurkas, and Edwardian era couples dances; (b) to give public performances of dance forms, and public demonstrations of historic dances; (c) to participate in historic recreation events by giving public performances of historic dances, including instruction to the public; (d) to sponsor special events involving the public performance of any or all of the dance forms listed here; (e) to directly engage the public in learning and enjoying historic dancing.
What it reported doing in 2025
Through a series of weekly dance classes participants are introduced to a wide variety of English Country Dance forms dating from the 17th through the current century. The classes emphasize style and form and often include more complicated dances than can be included at our monthly events. These classes are intended for individuals who have mastered the basics movements of ECD and are interested in furthering their knowledge. Some classes require a more advanced skill level, and some are intended for individuals interested in leading or choreographing dances. Participation in these classes varies but averages 25-35 individuals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.1%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 76.5%; rating input score 76
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: 9.7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 69.1% of revenue deployed · 76.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $48K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.