501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 47 volunteers and 27 employees.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $326K a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$120K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.7 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
18
named funders · $361K
Looks good: 18 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.9M
37% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 37% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.7M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$3.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.7M
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2025▼ -17%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.4M
FY2025$2.0M
Net assets
$3.1M
FY2025▼ -7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.3M
FY2022$4.2M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$3.3M
FY2025$3.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1979.

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Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $1.5M Management & general 21% · $417K Fundraising 4% · $88K

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $120K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$120,000Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andre Mazelin’s $120K as Executive Director is at the 48th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Andre Mazelin$120,000$115,385$55,385——
Christopher Morgan———$92,954$85,000

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

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

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers dance classes and training programs for adults, aspiring dancers, and arts administrators.

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3 programs · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Performances and Presentations

Dance place offers a year-round weekend dance performance series that presents modern dance, african dance, tap dance, performance art, hip hop, and spoken word by dc-based, national and international companies.

$714Kprogram expense
02

Youth Educational Programs

Dance place offers workshops, school assembly programs, school performances and classes at dance place and off-site in schools for kids, students, families, and community organizations. The energizers afterschool club, energizers junior staff program and energizers creative arts camp are model programs utilizing creative education…

$585Kprogram expense
03

Adult Programs

Dance place's school offers dance classes for adults in modern dance, african dance, hip-hop dance, and other dance forms. Dance place offers work study and internship programs that offer aspiring dancers an opportunity to take dance classes for free.

$86Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 5 grants · $447K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$49,160
Unitemized GrantFY2023$115,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$97,380
Unitemized GrantFY2021$91,768
Unitemized GrantFY2019$93,798

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$512K
Investment incomeLn 3$28K
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$417K
Fundraisingcol D$88K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$121K
Total assetsLn 16$4.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$691K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$512K
Investment incomeLn 3$28K
Total revenueLn 12$1.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$109K
SavingsLn 2$13K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$121K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.1M
Other assetsLn 15$375K
Total assetsLn 16$4.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 527
VolunteersI 647
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$84K$121K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.2M$4.1M
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M$4.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M$1.9M
Net assetsLn 32$3.3M$3.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$49K$49K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$127K$32K$83K$13K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$571K$445K$83K$43K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$43K$32K$8K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$62K$43K$15K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$160$160
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$586K$479K$97K$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$24K$17K$6K$617
Office expensesLn 13$116K$73K$36K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$108K$80K$25K$3K
TravelLn 17$11K$8K$3K$279
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$454
InterestLn 20$111K$111K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$110K$80K$28K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$12K$10K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$21K$3K$18K
All other expensesLn 24e$10K$7K$3K$268
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M$1.5M$417K$88K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.7M$2.0M−$260K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.6M$2.4M−$789K$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.1M$2.3M−$221K$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.3M$2.5M−$217K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 Not on file
FY2020 $1.9M$2.1M−$144K$4.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,722,449 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,100,863$1,237,110
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $605,316$512,440
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$111,959$27,748
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,748−$54,849
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,597,968$1,722,449
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $115,000$49,160
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $993,462$803,517
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,278,171$1,130,050
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,386,633$1,982,727
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$788,665−$260,278
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,722,449 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $20,854 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$691,204
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$545,906
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,237,110
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $512,440$512,440
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $27,748$27,748
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$75,703−$75,703
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $512,440 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$27,101$1,722,449
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,982,727 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $49,160$49,160
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $31,776 · Management $82,618 · Fundraising $12,710$127,104
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $444,826 · Management $83,200 · Fundraising $42,844$570,870
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $31,801 · Management $8,121 · Fundraising $3,336$43,258
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $42,720 · Management $14,617 · Fundraising $4,948$62,285
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $160$160
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,254$10,254
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $479,412 · Management $96,837 · Fundraising $10,154$586,403
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $17,076 · Management $5,905 · Fundraising $617$23,598
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $73,130 · Management $36,258 · Fundraising $7,050$116,438
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $6,080$6,080
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $80,408 · Management $25,363 · Fundraising $2,659$108,430
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,707 · Management $2,664 · Fundraising $279$10,650
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,968 · Management $454$2,422
IX-20 InterestPrograms $111,447$111,447
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $79,863 · Management $27,613 · Fundraising $2,895$110,371
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,480 · Management $1,791$12,271
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,985 · Management $18,304$21,289
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,408 · Management $2,561 · Fundraising $268$10,237
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,478,247 · Management $416,720 · Fundraising $87,760$1,982,727
Part X · Balance sheet $4,935,022 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $65,167$108,691
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $18,590$12,578
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $492,808$337,435
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,516$29,397
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,683$2,799
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,194,987$4,069,127
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $386,522$374,995
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,164,273$4,935,022
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $109,561$122,291
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $56,710$63,165
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $117,330$118,310
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,859,582$1,850,033
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,814,200$2,517,743
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $490,491$567,246
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,304,691$3,084,989
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,164,273$4,935,022
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,084,989 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,722,449
XI-2 Total expenses$1,982,727
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$260,278
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,304,691
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$40,576
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,084,989

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