Dancing Grounds EIN 45-5084235

Dancing Grounds

EIN  45-5084235 Public charity (501(c)(3)) New Orleans, LA
Form 990 (PDF) Compare with another nonprofit →
Is this your organization?
Claim this profile to manage it and share your story.
Claim
Provided by the organization

This section is blank until Dancing Grounds claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Offers inclusive dance programs for all ages, fostering leadership, wellness, and social justice in New Orleans.
Leadership
Candi Dugas · Executive Director
Money in and out
$835K revenue, $879K expenses
Bottom line
47% program efficiency

Offers inclusive dance programs for all ages, fostering leadership, wellness, and social justice in New Orleans. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $835K in revenue, $879K in expenses, and $536K in net assets.Pt I

Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$835K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$879K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$536K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$44K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.47 Management & general $0.51 Fundraising $0.03
Program efficiency
47%
of spending reaches programs▼ -37% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
5.8mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +57% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
-5%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -129% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$835K
FY2024▼ -24%
Expenses
$879K
FY2024▼ -1%
Total assets
$582K
FY2024▼ -3%
Total liabilities
$45K
FY2024▲ +229%
Total revenue
$835K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$879K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$536K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$44K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$582K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B47%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 311
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 411
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

2 program services account for $410K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
01

Adult Education Dancing Grounds creates warm and welcoming space for adults of all ages, backgrounds and ability levels to move and express themselves. We serve over 1,000 adults per year with 20 weekly classes at our studio and satellite locations across the city.

$304Kprogram expense
02

Youth Development Dancing Grounds provides Saturday and summer programming to over 500 New Orleans youth annually. Programs include Dancing Grounds Youth companies, summer camp, Dance for Social Change festival and teen leadership program.

$105Kprogram expense

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CDancing Grounds
EINHdr · item D45-5084235
Principal addressHdr · item CNew Orleans, LA
WebsiteHdr · item Jnone reported
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MLA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFArts & Culture (A62)
Ruling yearIRS BMFFeb 2013

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a11
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b11
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Candi Dugas’s $40K as Executive Director is at the 34th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2213 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022
Laura Stein$67,158
Candi Dugas$39,553

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Dancing Grounds executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$783K · 94%
Program service revenue$45K · 5%
Other revenue$7K · 1%
Contributions & grants94%$783K
Program service revenue5%$45K
Other revenue1%$7K
Total revenueLn 12$835K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.47 Management & general $0.51 Fundraising $0.03
Program services47%$410K
Management & general51%$447K
Fundraising3%$22K
Total functional expensesLn 25$879K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$423K
Total assetsLn 16$582K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$45K
Total net assetsLn 32$536K
Months of cash on handcomputed5.8

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2024 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $423K · Operating expenses/yr $879K
5.8 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $410K · Total expenses $879K
47%
Management & General
Management & general $447K · Total expenses $879K
51%
Fundraising
Fundraising $22K · Total expenses $879K
3%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $45K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $730K
$0.06 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $783K · Total revenue $835K
94%
Government reliance
Government grants $0 · Total revenue $835K
0%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $45K · Total revenue $835K
5%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $835K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $45K · Total expenses $879K
5%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $835K · Prior year $1.1M
-24%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $536K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $835K · Expenses $879K
-5%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $582K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $536K · Total assets $582K
92%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $582K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Candi Dugas · Reported title Executive Director · Highest reported compensation $0 · Total expenses $879K
0%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $443K · Total expenses $879K
50%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 47%
Overhead ratio 51%
Fundraising cost ratio 3%
Revenue growth -24%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
See all 10 funders →

Similar Organizations

Closest in mission — by what they do
See all organizations like Dancing Grounds →

Compare

Search another nonprofit to view revenue, expenses, assets, key metrics, and leaders side by side

Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024 (Latest)$835K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$1.1M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$833K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$455K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the peer-cohort and compensation comparisons above.

Pay it forward
Keep 990 Scout free for the next person.

Better charities, better world. There is no paywall here and nothing to unlock: what you pay covers the next person's lookup.

Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through Stripe. One time.