Santa Barbara Dance Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264255635
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone
8052450794
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$135,764
Expenses
$140,077
Assets
$197,292
Liabilities
$1,900

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ROSALINA MACISCO (Executive Dir.)
  • PETER MATHIES (Treasurer)
  • MICHAEL LANDECKER (Secretary)

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 purpose and mission of the organization is to help children develop discipline, a personal standard of excellence and a belief in themselves that will carry over into all aspects of their lives. The organization teaches dance classes and provides classes in local schools, serving many students in in-school and after school programs. The chidren are equally divided between boys and girls and are inclusive of all persons including low income, those with disabilities and persons with accessibility challenges.

What it reported doing in 2024

The purpose and mission of the organization is to help children develop discipline, a personal standard of excellence and a belief in themselves that will carry over into all aspects of their lives. The organization teaches dance classes and provides classes in local schools, serving many students in in-school and after school programs. The children are equally divided between boys and girls and are inclusive of all persons including low income, those with disabilities and persons with accessibility challenges.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.3%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 65.2%; rating input score 65

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 53.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.3% of revenue deployed · 65.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.