Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$538,457

Total expenses

$486,440

Contributions and grants received

$521,007

Grants paid

$324,195

Program service revenue

$21,638

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

-$4,188

Total assets, end of year

$312,759

Total liabilities, end of year

$19,752

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$293,007

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$423,532

Management and general expenses

$44,672

Fundraising expenses

$18,236

Program service expenses (Part III)

$423,532

Program services were 87.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• BDA MISSION AND PROGRAMS:BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE BUILDS CAPACITY FOR DANCE BY IDENTIFYING AND CREATING SHARED RESOURCES, INFORMATION, AND PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP DANCE FLOURISH ACROSS THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA AND NEW ENGLAND REGION. BDA IS AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, TEACHERS, PRESENTERS, ALLIED ARTS AND CULTURAL PROFESSIONALS, ARTS JOURNALISTS AND SCHOLARS, WELLNESS AND HEALTH PROVIDERS, AND DANCE ENTHUSIASTS BROUGHT TOGETHER ACROSS DANCE GENRES AND GEOGRAPHIES. BDA ALSO STRIVES TO INCREASE CULTURAL EQUITY AND ACCESS TO DANCE FOR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, BUILD DANCE AUDIENCES, AND PROMOTE QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE'S SERVICES TO OUR MEMBERS AND THE BROADER DANCE COMMUNITY INCLUDE A RENTABLE, PORTABLE SPRUNG WOOD FLOOR ENABLING DANCERS TO PRESENT THEIR WORK SAFELY IN ANY SETTING; AN ANNUAL DANCEWEAR DISTRIBUTION INITIATIVE THAT PROVIDES SHOES AND CLOTHING TO FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED DANCERS OF ALL AGES; AN ANNUAL OPEN CALL AUDITION THAT ATTRACTS DANCERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS ACROSS A VARIETY OF GENRES; DANCER HEALTH DAY, PROVIDING DANCERS WITH WELLNESS SCREENINGS; INFORMATION ABOUT STUDIOS AVAILABLE TO RENT FROM KITTERY TO THE CAPE; FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO AID UNINCORPORATED COMPANIES AND DANCE PROJECTS IN FUNDRAISING; THE BOSTON DANCEMAKERS RESIDENCY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING AND WORKSHOPS; CONVENING OF REGIONAL DANCERS WITH DISABILITIES TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR ALL; AND THE REGION'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE DANCE CALENDAR OF PERFORMANCES, CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, AND AUDITIONS, AMPLIFIED IN BDA'S WEEKLY PRO/MOTION NEWSLETTER.ACTING AS ADVOCATES FOR DANCE AT THE LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL LEVEL, BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE ENCOURAGES THE DANCE COMMUNITY IN TURN TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPORTANT CULTURAL INITIATIVES. BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE IS A PROUD MEMBER OF MASSCREATIVE, ADVOCATING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.

  Expenses $127,329 · Grants $27,992 · Revenue $21,638

• FISCAL SPONSORSHIP:BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE'S FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM ENABLES DANCERS AND DANCE-MAKERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PURPOSES RELATED TO BDA'S CHARITABLE MISSION WITHOUT THE COMPLEXITIES AND OVERHEAD OF INCORPORATING AS A SEPARATE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.BDA FISCALLY-SPONSORED ARTISTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR GOVERNMENT, FOUNDATION, AND CORPORATE GRANTS THAT REQUIRE 501(C)(3) STATUS. DONORS WHO DESIGNATE CASH OR IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF A FISCALLY-SPONSORED ARTIST RECEIVE WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM BDA OF THEIR CHARITABLE GIFTS, WHICH ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. BDA FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS CAN COVER ONE-TIME CREATIVE PROJECTS OR AN ESTABLISHED COMPANY'S LONG-RANGE, NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF BDA'S CHARITABLE MISSION.

  Expenses $296,203 · Grants $296,203

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• CONSTANCE CHIN

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ANDREA BLESSO ALBUQUERQUE

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DAVID F PARKER

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TERESA MAZUR

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DR LAUREN ELSON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• HENRY TYSSEN NEADING

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• JOHN MICHAEL KENNEDY

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• PORTIA ABERNATHY BROWN

  CLERK

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SMITHA RADHAKRISHNAN

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DEBRA CASH

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $76,078

  From this org

  $68,663

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $7,415

  Hours/week

  40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• DANCING ARTS ENTERPRISES

  $35,212

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• MCKERSIN PREVILUS

  $27,750

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• DANCE IN THE SCHOOLS

  $13,589

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• VLA DANCE LLC

  $12,448

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• INTEGRARTE

  $10,287

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

23 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202302969349300325

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