Joint Forces Dance Company

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943030030
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Eugene, OR, USA
Phone
5413574982
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,668
Expenses
$169,687
Assets
$74,119
Liabilities
$11,880

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CELIA HUGHES (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALITO ALESSI (ARTISTIC/EXE)
  • JOHN WATSON (MANAGING DIR)
  • CELIA HUGHES (PRESIDENT)

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

To dissolve barriers and connect people with and without disabilities through dance and movement. This mission is accomplished through classes, workshops, and events for adults and children, performances, teacher trainings, and educational materials for teachers of inclusive dance. The work of joint forces dance company creates inclusive communities through dance.

What it reported doing in 2024

Danceability workshops, trainings, and performances-to encourage the evolution of mixed-abilities dance by cultivating a common ground for creative expression for all people. This mission is accomplished through performance, educational programs, teacher training and workshops in the united states and abroad.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.2%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 59.5%; rating input score 59

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: -24.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 61.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.2% of revenue deployed · 59.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $101K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.