Luminario Ballet Of Los Angeles

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263625948
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3234286255
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$175,969
Expenses
$121,058
Assets
$79,904
Liabilities
$25,440

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Allen Walls (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Steve Yablok (Director)
  • Judith Helle (Chairman)
  • Allen Walls (President & CEO)

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 promote the local choreographic dance scene, mixing commercial and concert choreographers in the entertainment industry of Los Angeles.

What it reported doing in 2024

In the fall of 2024 our LedZAerial Symphony took place at the Avalon for our Fall Gala, the first time we performed with a live symphony ensemble and conductor in one of our own repertory shows.In the fall we performed several paid performances at private events, and in January we performed two shows in New York at the Ailey Citigroup Theater for a standing ovation. The audience consisted of 550 free admissions.In late winter/spring we choreographed and several dancers performed a custom choreographed nightclub show for 8 weekends at Club Tempo in Hollywood, an exercise in continuity. This was followed by a corporate event for an international sales distribution conference meeting in Los Angeles, where we were able to workshop the Firebird work for the Fall 2025 Gala.A special "Meet and Greet" donor even twas held in July at a donor's home, where we were able to workshop the "Siempre Amor" work for the Fall 2025 Gala.

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 - 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: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • 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: 31.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.3% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $108K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.