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Balletnova Center for Dance FY2023 filing

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Falls Church, VA501(c)(3) EIN 54-1293256Revenue $1.5M in FY2023

On file with the IRSballetnova.org3443 Carlin Springs Rd, 22041-2805 · Falls Church, VATax-exempt since Apr 1985Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Nurture and train dancers of all ages, and offer superb community performances in northern virginia.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$150K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $19K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$150K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $37K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.7M
88% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 88% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.5M
-5% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$361K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.5M
FY2023▼ -5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.6M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2023▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.7M
Net assets
$361K
FY2023▼ -18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$46K
FY2021$356K
FY2022$442K
FY2023$361K
FY2024$352K
FY2025$324K

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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 Apr 1985.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $1.2M Management & general 16% · $242K Fundraising 5% · $72K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $150K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Matthew Powell
Artistic Director
$93,754Pt VII · Sec A
Kathryn Paczak
Operations Manager
$56,124Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Linda Winston
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Rebecca Grutz
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sandra Jenkins
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Matthew Powell$93,040$92,400$93,754$80,000$81,000$31,648
Carmen-Anita Signes$73,498—————
Jenna Ward Through May 2020—————$69,747
Kathryn Paczak—$48,335$56,124$23,269$31,085—

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

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

Programs and updates

Trains dancers of all ages and offers superb community performances.

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2 programs · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Balletnova offers a wide variety of dance instruction to people of all ages and performs outreach in the community through performances, open houses, classes, free tickets and workshops. The pre-professional program had a robust conservatory division, the highest paying program for the school in fiscal year 2023..

$1.1Mprogram expense
02

Patrons come to see our performances because of the high quality and relatively low-ticket prices, which allows them to bring their whole family. The company produces two major public performances each year: the nutcracker and the spring performance.

$134Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Arts Council of Fairfax County INCFY2024$37K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$37K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$100K
Other incomeLn 4–11$42K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$242K
Fundraisingcol D$72K
Owns and owesPt X
$361K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$636K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$100K
Government grantsLn 1e$65K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$437
Other incomeLn 4–11$42K
Total revenueLn 12$1.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$614K
SavingsLn 2$23K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$636K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$44K
Other assetsLn 15$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M
Net assetsLn 32$361K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 6185
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$697K$636K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$20K$44K
Total assetsLn 16$834K$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$392K$2.7M
Net assetsLn 32$442K$361K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$173K$91K$65K$17K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$221K$185K$25K$12K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$30K$21K$5K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$27K$19K$6K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$60K$60K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$318K$318K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$14K$14K$723
Office expensesLn 13$66K$57K$5K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$23K$19K$3K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$554K$471K$55K$28K
InterestLn 20$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$30K$23K$5K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$9K$2K$446
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$22K$13K$9K$136
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.2M$242K$72K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.6M$1.7M−$27K$324K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.6M$1.6M−$10K$352K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $1.5M$1.6M−$81K$361K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$1.5M$86K$442K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$1.1M$310K$356K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.3M$1.4M−$165K$46K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,473,344 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $234,811$99,986
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,300,179$1,330,598
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$437
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $19,608$42,323
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,554,598$1,473,344
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 $388,144$452,195
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,080,344$1,101,693
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,468,488$1,553,888
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $86,110−$80,544
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $1,473,344 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $12,562 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$64,638
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$35,348
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$99,986
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,330,598$1,330,598
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $437$437
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $27,876$27,876
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,885$1,885
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,330,598 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $42,760$1,473,344
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,553,888 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $91,398 · Management $64,712 · Fundraising $17,346$173,456
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $184,711 · Management $24,682 · Fundraising $12,087$221,480
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,075 · Management $4,663 · Fundraising $4,407$30,145
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,956 · Management $6,000 · Fundraising $2,158$27,114
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $59,927$59,927
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $317,766$317,766
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,739 · Fundraising $723$14,462
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $56,706 · Management $4,923 · Fundraising $4,254$65,883
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $18,826 · Management $3,021 · Fundraising $1,395$23,242
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $471,254 · Management $55,441 · Fundraising $27,721$554,416
IX-20 InterestManagement $2,778$2,778
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $23,347 · Management $4,729 · Fundraising $1,478$29,554
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,823 · Management $1,899 · Fundraising $446$11,168
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $13,005 · Management $9,356 · Fundraising $136$22,497
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,239,606 · Management $242,131 · Fundraising $72,151$1,553,888
Part X · Balance sheet $3,033,147 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $674,484$613,663
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $22,334$22,770
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $14,513$8,919
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $33,405$70,065
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $42,532$43,295
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $20,450$43,896
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $26,043$2,230,539
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $833,761$3,033,147
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $123,676$92,862
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $101,485$100,235
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $166,739$2,478,733
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $391,900$2,671,830
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $427,348$352,398
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $14,513$8,919
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $441,861$361,317
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $833,761$3,033,147
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $361,317 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,473,344
XI-2 Total expenses$1,553,888
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$80,544
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$441,861
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$361,317

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