Liss Fain Dance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043003908
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Mill Valley, CA, USA
Phone
4153809433
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,036
Expenses
$110,382
Assets
$726

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Elizabeth Fain (President)

People named in this filing

  • Elizabeth Fain (President)
  • Rob Semper (Treasurer)
  • Lynn Rankin Former (Director)

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

Research the impact of dance on the life of people of the san francisco area and educate the public about the results through classes, workshops, performances, public assistance and publications.

What it reported doing in 2024

Liss Fain Dance and Z Space co-presented sold out performances at Z Space. In the spring, LFD taught a series of free outreach workshops to middle schoolers at 826 Valencia, a non-profit organization supporting andteaching creativity and writing to young students. The outreach program with 826 Valencia, which Ms. Fain designed and developed, has been ongoing since 2011. These workshops are not paid; the cost to Liss Fain Dance is covered through contributions and a grant from the Kellogg Foundation. In FY24, in addition to the workshops at 826 Valencia, the company is developing a new outreach program pre-professionals, using their personal stories as the foundation for movement pieces. In FY24 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts invited Liss Fain Dance to premiere an installation work as part of Art Week SF in 2026. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will present Liss Fain Dance, give the company an artist fee, and mount a retrospective of their work as part of the Yerba Buena Galleries. The board members remain the same, with the exception of Lynn Rankin who passed away in August of 2024.

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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.3%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89

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: -0.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.3% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.