Unity Dance Troupe FY2021 filing

Cleveland, TNUnknown exempt organization EIN 47-5621296Revenue $650K in FY2021Latest return filed Feb 20, 2024

On file with the IRSunitydancetroupe.comCleveland, TN

Claim this org

(tell your story, add context, and more) Claim it free, then get the verified mark for $500 a year.

How does your 990 look to donors? Take the 10-Question Audit

Unity uses art and dance to create high-impact productions that ignite passion and provide a clear perspective by which to view life. Unity also mentors students to help them grow in the arts as well as confidence and character.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-5621296) · Dispute this line
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$115K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

Before you give

FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Latest return
FY2023
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2023, 3 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $25K a year · 5% of revenue · last 4 filings
A surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
82% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$115K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
4.3 mo
of spending, in cash
4.3 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $148
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$32K
14% of total assets
Liabilities are 14% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
10 of 10 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$650K
+29% vs prior year
Spent
$567K
To programs
82%
Net assets
$199K
By yearFY2020–FY2023
Revenue
$650K
FY2021▲ +29%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$503K
FY2021$650K
FY2022$690K
FY2023$223K
Expenses
$567K
FY2021▲ +16%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$489K
FY2021$567K
FY2022$705K
FY2023$407K
Net assets
$199K
FY2021▲ +72%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$116K
FY2021$199K
FY2022$184K
FY2023$0

From the FY2021 Form 990 · see the original

You’re viewing the FY2021 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2023) →

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $462K Management & general 18% · $100K Fundraising 1% · $4K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $115K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$52,747Pt VII · Sec A
$31,380Pt VII · Sec A
$30,814Pt VII · Sec A
Board President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Committee Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alexis Burleson$94,092$44,998$52,747$45,966
Austin Burleson$81,219$41,077$31,380$30,186
Deanna Davenport$16,646$32,060——
Katherine Raffa——$30,814—
Katherine Griesemer———$29,366

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 Unity Dance Troupe executive salaries →

Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Creates impactful art and dance productions, mentoring students to foster growth and confidence.

Questions for Unity Dance Troupe

Tap to ask. Unity Dance Troupe sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Unity Dance Troupe answers here, for everyone.

2 programs · $462K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Studio activities include student and member services and support including classes, camps, and studio and community productions and events. The studio served over 475 students and their families during 2021 with high quality arts education.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-5621296) · Dispute this line
$356Kprogram expense
02

Production, Troupe and Touring activities include community support and outreach programs that employ artistic creations to share beauty and joy. It also includes discipleship and mentoring for company dancers and volunteers.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-5621296) · Dispute this line
$106Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$148

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$650K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$570K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$76K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Money outPt IX
$567K
Ln 25
Programscol B$462K
Managementcol C$100K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$199K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$202K
Total assetsLn 16$231K
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$76K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$570K
Investment incomeLn 3$264
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$650K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$140K
SavingsLn 2$62K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$202K
Accounts receivableLn 4$171
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$29K
Total assetsLn 16$231K
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
Net assetsLn 32$199K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 663
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$117K$202K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$38K$29K
Total assetsLn 16$156K$231K
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K$32K
Net assetsLn 32$116K$199K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$101K$59K$39K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$144K$144K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7K$5K$2K$371
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$11K$4K$393
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$533$0$533$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$13K$0$13K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$0$9K$0
Office expensesLn 13$14K$9K$5K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$117K$117K$0$0
TravelLn 17$7K$0$7K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$0$3K$0
InterestLn 20$2K$0$2K$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$9K$7K$3K$0
InsuranceLn 23$13K$6K$6K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$112K$105K$7K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$197$0$197$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$567K$462K$100K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2023 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 20, 2024 $223K$407K−$184K$0 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 17, 2023 $690K$705K−$15K$184K 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 8, 2022 $650K$567K$83K$199K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 $503K$489K$14K$116K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990
Part I · Summary $650,263 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $75,292$75,514
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $423,305$570,406
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $339$264
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,281$4,079
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $503,217$650,263
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $227,635$267,973
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $261,766$299,176
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $489,401$567,149
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $13,816$83,114
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $650,263 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$30,781
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$44,733
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$75,514
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $570,406 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$570,406
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $264 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$264
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $385 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$385
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,082$1,082
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,612 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,612
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $573,667 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,082$650,263
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $567,149 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $58,707 · Management $38,966 · Fundraising $3,650$101,323
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $143,690 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$143,690
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,579 · Management $2,475 · Fundraising $371$7,425
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,950 · Management $4,192 · Fundraising $393$15,535
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $533 · Fundraising $0$533
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $13,048 · Fundraising $0$13,048
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $9,033 · Fundraising $0$9,033
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,772 · Management $4,752 · Fundraising $0$13,524
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $117,023 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$117,023
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $6,938 · Fundraising $0$6,938
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $2,808 · Fundraising $0$2,808
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $1,786 · Fundraising $0$1,786
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,697 · Management $2,598 · Fundraising $0$9,295
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,450 · Management $6,471 · Fundraising $0$12,921
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $105,481 · Management $6,589 · Fundraising $0$112,070
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $197 · Fundraising $0$197
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $462,349 · Management $100,386 · Fundraising $4,414$567,149
Part X · Balance sheet $230,938 assets, 29 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $56,193$140,413
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $61,292$61,556
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $241$171
X-5 Loans to officers and key peopleStart of year $0$0
X-6 Loans to other insidersStart of year $0$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $38,093$28,798
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $155,819$230,938
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,991$5,961
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$1,337
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-21 Escrow or custodial accountsStart of year $0$0
X-22 Loans from officers and insidersStart of year $0$0
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $29,059$24,757
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $40,050$32,055
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $113,669$196,783
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,100$2,100
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $115,769$198,883
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $155,819$230,938
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $198,883 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$650,263
XI-2 Total expenses$567,149
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$83,114
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$115,769
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$198,883

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

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

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. A filing can only be corrected by the organization filing an amended return with the IRS; the corrected information appears here at our next update.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing, and less than the filing contains. Our pages do not display home 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, contact the filing organization or the IRS directly.

All figures come from public IRS Form 990 filings. Comparisons are computed from the filing against similar orgs. They are not a rating.