Thin Man Dance Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133922974
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6466429572
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $166,539
- Expenses
- $156,574
- Assets
- $1,089,849
- Liabilities
- $223
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JENNY PALMER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN JASPERSE (BOARD MEMBER/EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR): $66,250 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To support the development of new live performance works and their presentation to the public. Tmd aims to challenge and engage in rich and innovative aesthetic and intellectual performance experiences.
What it reported doing in 2024
Creation, presentation and teaching of original works of dance through the united states and elsewhere to the public, as well as allied activities that support the vibrant public discourse and engagement with contemporary dance and performance. In fy25, our activities included the final creation period and world premiere performances of tides at lamama etc as part of the la mama moves! Dance festival in april 2025 in New York city. Research towards the creation of a new project began in spring 2025 towards the end of the fiscal year. Thin man dance, inc. Continues to be co-owner of a commercial condominium community facility in brooklyn, ny that servers as the home for center for performance research, inc. A fully independent 501(c)(3) with a symbiotic mission. To that of thin man dance, inc. In supporting research in and public engagement with contemporary dance and allied forms. While center for performance research, inc. Has its own fully independent board, governance structure and staff, the continued collaboration between the two organizations is a central component of thin man dance, inc.s ongoing mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.2%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.96; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 42.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.2% of revenue deployed · 75.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $118K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $66K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.