Mojuba Dance Collective

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812046762
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Maple Heights, OH, USA
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$175,517
Expenses
$174,551
Assets
$73,010

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Errin Weaver (Executive Artistic Director)
  • Donna Berry (Administrative Director)
  • Samara Steele (Operations and Program Manager)

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

Mojuba! Dance Collective offers culturally responsive dance education performances and community experiences that promote joy healing identity and collective liberation. By sharing the Black experience and movement traditions of the African Diaspora through intentional storytelling we serve as a bridge connecting past present and future generations. Our use of dance as a living archive and a tool for healing ensures cultural continuity and celebrates the rich heritage of the African Diaspora through meaningful movement expressions.

What it reported doing in 2025

In the reporting period our nonprofit introduced two new full-length productions to our repertoire enriching our program offerings. We significantly broadened our community engagement efforts reaching out to a more diverse audience base. Additionally we extended our performances beyond our local area showcasing our work at regional and national levels. Notably we were honored to present on the prestigious main stage at the International Association of Blacks in Dance Annual Conference and Festival providing a platform to share our art alongside esteemed professional dance companies from across the globe.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 29
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.9%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 29%; rating input score 29

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 33; 33rd 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: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 48.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.9% of revenue deployed · 29% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.