Rivkah French Choreography

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883441661
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Tacoma, WA, USA
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$138,522
Expenses
$142,897
Assets
$36,117

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Rebecca French (Founding Artistic Director)
  • Hannah Jans (Board Member)
  • Dean Liscum (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

Rivkah French Choreography is a non-profit 501c3 organization whose mission is to engage audiences and participants in a journey of transformational discovery and expression through performance education and social practice events. Based in Tacoma Washington we provide the community with inclusive in-person performances workshops and large-scale events showcasing multiple disciplines - including dance music film spoken word and visual arts. RFC provides creatively empowering experiences for all arts-lovers with a focus on the underserved - including economically disadvantaged youth seniors and the LGBTQ community ensuring that everyone can fully participate and experience the joy of the arts.

What it reported doing in 2025

RFC presented BORDERLINES on October 10 2025 at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art free of charge to the public. The evening brought together bold voices and breathtaking performances that celebrate our shared humanity and imagine a more unified future including: A world premiere by award-winning choreographer Lindsey McGill featuring a group of electrifying dancers a gripping film screening excerpt of Peace Builders Project by acclaimed filmmaker Dan Gordon documenting the real-life journey of Palestinian and Israeli teens working for peace in the face of violence live spoken word from the nationally recognized team at Write About Now Poetry-winners of the 2023 National Spoken Word Award for Best Open Mic and a dance party with DJ GetitReddy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - 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: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 44.6%; rating input score 45

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: -3.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 23; 23rd 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: 48.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46% of revenue deployed · 44.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.