Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$579,985

Total expenses

$564,088

Contributions and grants received

$571,400

Grants paid

$367,225

Program service revenue

$6,101

Investment income

$40

Other revenue

$2,444

Total assets, end of year

$289,759

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,573

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$285,186

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$457,779

Management and general expenses

$62,877

Fundraising expenses

$43,432

Program service expenses (Part III)

$457,779

Program services were 81.2% 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 · 2024

• BDA MISSION AND PROGRAMS:BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE CREATES "ON RAMPS" TO DANCE AND "SPRINGBOARDS" FOR DANCERS THROUGH PROGRAMS & SERVICES SPANNING FIVE STRATEGIC AREAS: 1) DANCE ACCESS & EQUITY - DANCEWEAR DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM PROVIDING SPECIALIZED GARMENTS AND SHOES FOR DANCERS IN NEED; 2) DANCE INFORMATION & INFRASTRUCTURE - NEWSLETTERS SUMMARIZING LOCAL DANCE OPPORTUNITIES AND A PORTABLE SPRUNG DANCE FLOOR FOR COMMUNITY-BASED DANCE EVENTS; 3) PHYSICAL & FINANCIAL WELLNESS FOR DANCERS - DANCER HEALTH DAYS WITH IN-DEPTH WELLNESS SCREENINGS AND A FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO DANCERS; 4) DANCER DEVELOPMENT - OPEN CALL AUDITIONS MATCHING DANCERS WITH GROWING COMPANIES AND A CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAM STRENGTHENING DANCERS' PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIOS; 5) DANCE FORUMS & SERIES - CONVENINGS THAT CONNECT & INFORM LOCAL DANCERS ALONG WITH COMMUNITY DANCE SERIES LIKE THAT INCLUDE FREE PERFORMANCES AND CLASSES.IN 2025, BDA PROVIDED DIRECT PROGRAMS & SERVICES TO LOCAL DANCERS 40 TIMES ACROSS FIVE STRATEGIC AREAS: 1) DANCE ACCESS & EQUITY - PROVIDED 15 BOXES OF NEW DANCEWEAR & SHOES TO 100 DANCERS IN NEED ACROSS FOUR STUDIOS / COMPANIES.2) DANCE INFORMATION & INFRASTRUCTURE - REACHED 2,200 SUBSCRIBERS THROUGH 27 EDITIONS OF THE PRO/MOTION NEWSLETTER. HIGHLIGHTED 400+ DANCE OPPORTUNITIES ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH HAD 56,600 VIEWS. SUPPORTED 1,012 DANCERS THROUGH 15 PORTABLE DANCE FLOOR RENTALS. 3) PHYSICAL & FINANCIAL WELLNESS FOR DANCERS - AT DANCER HEALTH DAY, 14 VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE SPECIALISTS OFFERED 20 WELLNESS EXAMS. OUT OF 192 BDA MEMBERS, 60 FISCALLY SPONSORED ARTISTS RECEIVED OVER $300,000 IN DONATIONS/GRANTS TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK. GENERATED OVER $22,500 IN PAYMENTS TO OVER 50 DANCE ARTISTS AND NEARLY 10 ALLIED PROFESSIONALS. 4) DANCER DEVELOPMENT - OPEN CALL AUDITION ENGAGED 17 DANCERS, SEVEN COMPANY OBSERVERS, AND FOUR DANCE INSTRUCTORS. FIVE DANCE ARTISTS CREATED NEW MARKETING ASSETS THROUGH BDA'S CAPACITY BUILDING PILOT PROGRAM. 5) DANCE FORUMS & SERIES - BDA ORGANIZED 14 FREE CLASSES & PERFORMANCES SHOWCASING 51 DANCE PROFESSIONALS AND ENGAGING 347 PEOPLE. FALL FOR DANCE CONVENED 113 DANCE PRESENTERS & PROFESSIONALS.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 $90,554 · Revenue $6,101

• FISCAL SPONSORSHIP:BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE'S FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM ENABLES DANCERS AND DANCE-MAKERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PURPOSES RELATED TO THEIR CHARITABLE MISSIONS 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 $367,225 · Grants $367,225

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• VLA DANCE LLC

  $70,562

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• DANCE IN THE SCHOOLS

  $62,778

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• TRIKE CALLED FUNK LLC

  $46,250

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• RAICESLINDIANA FLORES

  $20,529

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• METAMOVEMENTS LLC TOTAL

  $18,529

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• SARA JULI

  $10,323

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• J MICHAEL WINWARD

  $5,968

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

• MOVEMENT ARTS GLOUCESTER MA

  $5,011

  GENERAL ACTIVITIES

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

12 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202611329349303171

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