Noorani Dance FY2024 filing

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Menlo Park, CA501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 83-3468481

Noorani Dance, founded and directed by Kathak artist, Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, exemplifies Farahs unique artistic expression and vision coupled with the classical and innovative style of Farah's Guru, the late kathak maestro, Pandit Chitresh Das. (Continued at the top of the next page)

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$100K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $56K a year · 22% of revenue · last 3 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 3 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$100K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
5
named funders · $60K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$43K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$189K
+8% vs prior year
Net assets
−$4K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$189K
FY2024▲ +8%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$286K
FY2022$260K
FY2023$174K
FY2024$189K
FY2025$213K
Expenses
—
FY2024
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$176K
FY2022$221K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$192K
Net assets
−$4K
FY2024▼ -107%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$137K
FY2022$176K
FY2023$54K
FY2024−$4K
FY2025$19K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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 2019.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990-EZ; $100K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Founder/Directo
$100,000Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Secty
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Farah Yasmeen Shaikh’s $100K as Founder/Directo is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Farah Yasmeen Shaikh$100,000$100,000$99,615$86,146$76,250

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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Programs and updates

Showcases Kathak dance through classical and innovative artistic expression.

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3 program services account for $49K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2022.
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"Noorani" means bright or luminous, with a dual meaning of enlightenment. With kathak dance as the medium, Noorani Dance is committed to enlightening minds and hearts through the arts, offering traditional and innovative training and performances, and collaborative partnerships across other forms of performing arts.

$49Kprogram expense
02

receiving more vigorous, in-depth training and opportunities to perform in professional productions of Noorani Dance. In 2018, a performing group for the intermediate and advanced children was formed - Yasmeen ki Kaliyan, the flowering buds of jasmine - offering similar opportunities to gain experience through performance.

Pt IX · col B
03

milestone, the dancer is also awakened to this journey being one that continues for a lifetime.

Pt IX · col B

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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
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$189K
Other income$189K
Owns and owes
−$4K
net assets
Liabilities$43K
People
7
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$189K
Total revenue$189K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$43K
Net assets−$4K
Operations
Employees15
Volunteers5
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $213K$192K$21K$19K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $189K−$4K 990 PDF
FY2023 $174K$54K 990 PDF
FY2022 $260K$221K$38K$176K 990 PDF
FY2021 $286K$176K$110K$137K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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