Tu Dance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202534129
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
St Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6517249708
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,010,319
Expenses
$858,201
Assets
$782,423
Liabilities
$161,445

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ABDO SAYEGH RODRIGUEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TONI PIERCE-SANDS (FOUNDER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR): $130,616 total reported compensation
  • ABDO SAYEGH RODRIGUEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $87,087 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Tu dance draws from diverse dance expressions to connect communities with transformational possibilities that bring to life our shared humanity.

What it reported doing in 2024

Performing company and cultivate: tu dance's trainee program cultivate, alongside with the school upper level had three performances at the southern theater in december 2023 to a total of 198 attendees. In april 2024, the company had 2 public performances at the o'shaughnessy theater of st. Catherine's university featuring the world premiere of threat with a total of 666 attendees. 551 students attended the educational performance. Prior to each performances, informal studio showings were held at our location attracting a total of 84 attendees. The school at tu dance center: the school pre-professional and children & teen programs had a total of 59 students ranging from 2-19 y.o. During the school year and offered a total of 921 dance classes. The summer programming attracted a total of 28 students. We offered two workshops through our adult program that included a movement/yoga and a gyrokinesis workshop serving a total of 22 people. Open classes were also offered thorughout the year. Community engagement: we hosted several community classes and events during the year, some provided by visiting choreographers christopher ralph, yusha-marie sorzano, and others by the artists of visiting dance companies lines ballet and hubbart st. Dance chicago. Other community classes took place at partners school such as avalon, st.anthony park library, humbolt highschool, st. Paul conservatory for the performing artists, st. Catherine's university, and dakota meadows middle school (mankato, mn). The total people served through our community engagement classes and events were 474.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $741K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $131K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.