Royal Scottish Country Dance Society New York Branch Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133133932
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2127992084
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,181
Expenses
$43,792
Assets
$50,658
Liabilities
$524

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Margaret Mackenxie (President)
  • Hila Lenz (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Margaret Mackenxie (President)
  • Hila Lenz (Vice President)
  • Jack E Cole Jr (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

The RSCDS New York Branch fulfills its cultural and educational purposes by providing instruction in Scottish Country Dancing that is a modern version of European social dancing. RSCDS New York provides opportunities for instruction and practice of the dance at a residential weekend event, at regular weekly classes, an annual formal gathering and scheduled social events as introduction to the dancing and with contributions to teacher training. The RSCDS New York Branch income and expenses, although recovering, continue to be reduced due to the effects of the covid19 pandemic.

What it reported doing in 2024

The RSCDS New York Branch serves its cultural and educational purposes by offering weekly classes devoted to the instruction and practice of Scottish Country Dancing. The weekly classes, given throughout the year, provide regular instruction of techniques and formations of Scottish Country Dancing benefiting 15 to 30 people.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.4%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.