Rise Up School of Dance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822467498
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, US
- Phone
- 8017936798
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Ballet
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $272,464
- Expenses
- $320,798
- Assets
- $26,608
- Liabilities
- $25,596
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- ALYSSA BERTELSEN (OFFICER)
- HEIDI COWAN (EXECUTIVE DI)
- JEREMY COX (VICE PRESIDE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Harness the power of dance, mentorship and community. Empower students to realize their unique value and develop physical, mental, emotional and social skills. Equip students with skills and opportunities to grow into full realizations of themselves. Remove socioeconomic barriers to dance by establishing dance studios in underserved areas and by providing financial aid for students in a dignified, accessible and sustainable way. Eliminate the stereotype of the 'perfect dancer body' by promoting body positivity, offering health and wellness education, and maintaining diverse and inclusive environments both in the classroom and on stage.
What it reported doing in 2025
To see students lives impacted through being seen, known, loved, and valued as "humans first, dancers second." when students are seen, known, and loved they are empowered to overcome obstacles, invest in their community, and grow into the people they are meant to be.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.96; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $296K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.