Mixtape Dance Mn

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853922754
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-PF 2022
Location
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,700
Expenses
$51,361
Assets
$46,919

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Mary Ellen Childs (Chair and Treasurer)
  • Magnolia Yang Sao Yia (Secretary)
  • Roosevelt Mansfield (Board Member)

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

A dance organization focused on mentoring and professionalizing the next generation of Hip Hop choreographers and artists. We connect these artists with resources and teach them how to secure funding while building a thriving network in the Twin Cities. Education and preservation of Hip Hop dance practices and their local history is also part of our primary exemption.

What it reported doing in 2025

MIXTAPE 7 took place at the Luminary Arts Center in Minneapolis MN on June 21st and 22nd 2025. The event uniquely blended dance battles with choreographed dance pieces blurring the lines between where one form ended and the other began. To make the experience participatory and immersive the audience served as the judges for the battles. Before the event the organizers taught attendees how to judge through social media posts and in-person discussions. Once the event began the host explained the specific judging categories: musicality execution and creativity. Each night eight dancers competed in an elimination-style tournament advancing from the Top 8 to the Top 4 and then to the Finals. A DJ provided random music for the battlers. Between battles five choreographers presented original works accompanied by live music. This innovative format proved highly successful offering the public a clear window into dance battles while also showcasing Hip Hop dance theater pieces.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.7%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 45; 45th 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: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 86.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.