The Montpelier Contra Dance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933527401
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Montpelier, VT, USA
Phone
8022796103
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Folk Arts

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,347
Expenses
$59,889
Assets
$12,711
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALICE SMOLINSKY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KURT GIAVARA (TREASURER)
  • ALICE SMOLINSKY (PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS WEISS (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Organize participatory traditional contra and square dances that are accessible to all socio-economic groups and where people of all ages, backgrounds, identities, and abilities feel welcome and safe.

What it reported doing in 2025

The montpelier contra dance held 29 dances in 2025 with an average of 167 people per dance or 4,843 total dancers. We hosted two dances on may 17. We are serving a wide range of ages including high school and college students, families, and seniors. The tiered admissions with a low of 5 dollars for kids and low income participants, 12 dollars recommended admission for adults, and 20 dollars for dance supporters continues to work well with the average admission per person between 12 and 13 dollars. We had a good mix of local and regional dance callers and musicians. The mcd board continued to sharpen our organizing skills and support our mission by making a 500 dollar grant to the regional dance organizers conference and three board members attending the conference.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.4%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 56.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 41.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.4% of revenue deployed · 99.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.