Identity
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472561526
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Morton Grove, IL, USA
- Rating
- 35
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $92,581
- Expenses
- $67,226
- Assets
- $30,447
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ginny Ching-Yin Lo (President and Director)
People named in this filing
- Ginny Ching-Yin Lo (President and Director)
- Sharon Meyers (Secretary)
- Jill Diez (Treasurer)
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
Identity a Chicago-based contemporary dance company focuses on choreographic works exploring universal societal issues reflecting community values and diversity. It aims to amplify voices from various cultural spiritual and economic backgrounds in a nurturing and inclusive environment. Identitys creations foster connections across the diverse demographics of our city. Director Ginny Ching Yin Lo a Chinese-American artist and woman of faith choreographs dances inspired by her life experiences. The companys performances engage over 500 audience members annually offering free family-friendly dance festivals and participating in Chicago dance events. Identity supports over 10 artists with fair compensation through seasonal contracts.
What it reported doing in 2025
Our production Instinctual featured 11 artists and 3 production team members. Each artist portrayed unique animalistic personas and motivations intertwining their stories into emotional vignettes. The performance culminated in a dynamic group piece that harmoniously resolved each narrative thread. This program is partially supported by the IAC general operating funds.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.4%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 30; 30th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.