Montana Dance Arts Association Mdaa

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237285427
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Helena, MT, USA
Phone
4064426519
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$101,614
Expenses
$100,899
Assets
$42,868
Liabilities
$2,909

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JORDAN DEHLINE BURT (President)

People named in this filing

  • LEIGH SCHANFEIN (Secretary)
  • RICKI FEELEY (MEMBER-AT-LARGE)
  • SARAH DASSINGER (Treasurer)

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 advance the art of dance in Montana

What it reported doing in 2024

Two workshops with 10 non-resident & 17 resident artists teaching ballet, tap, jazz, modern, hip hop & other dance-related classes were held in great falls and helena. Two scholarship programs include one for families with financial need and one with scholarships being awarded based on talent. 40 students benefited. One teacher fellowship directly benefiting one person. 3 student choreographers had their works adjudicated by professional artists with two students receiving a total of award $400.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.4%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78

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: 0.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.4% of revenue deployed · 77.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $79K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.