The Dance Thing

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
834334802
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
9173328125
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,444
Expenses
$60,659
Assets
$10,609
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Justin Johnson (Executive Director, President)

People named in this filing

  • Justin Johnson (Executive Director, President)
  • Leah Vendl (Director)
  • Whitney Leisenring (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 Dance Thing is a social dance organization that provides the public with accessible dance resources, hosts participation-focused dance events, and facilitates opportunities for our dance community's artistic- and self- growth.

What it reported doing in 2024

In fiscal year 2024, The Dance Thing (TDT) continued its mission of enriching the fusion dance community through two major programs: 1) Annual Weekend Event: The Dance Thing's annual camping-based weekend event served 150+ dancers at The Lodge at Cedar Springs. The event featured: -Two dance spaces, -a main hall and smaller side room for different music styles, -A community-driven volunteer program with over 40% of the weekend's attendees working in various capacities over the weekend to keep the event running smoothly, -Paid staff including DJs, photographers, and kitchen leads, -5 communal meals provided throughout the weekend. 2) Weekly Thursday Fusion (WTF): Our ongoing weekly dance program focused on: -Regular social dances serving dancers of all skill levels, -Artistic development for DJs through mentorship and performance opportunities, -Community building through consistent gathering space, -A membership program that we launched in 2024 to provide sustainable funding... Both programs demonstrate our commitment to creating sustainable, inclusive spaces for fusion dance while fairly compensating artists and staff. Our organization is actively working to grow the fusion dance community through both intensive weekend experiences and regular social dancing opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -268.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -142.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -124.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.