Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$167,045

Total expenses

$105,994

Contributions and grants received

$167,045

Grants paid

$4,301

Program service revenue

— not reported

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

— not reported

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

— not reported

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$124,712

Total liabilities, end of year

— not reported

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$124,712

Program service expenses (Part III)

$105,993

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

• OPEN DOOR STUDIOS WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 AS A FOR PROFIT DANCE STUDIO WITH AN OPEN DOOR TO ALL DANCERS AND ALL AGES. WE SOON REALIZED IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR DANCERS AND DANCERS ACROSS THE REGION WE NEEDED TO HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY AND THE FOUNDATION WAS BORN. THE MISSION OF THE OPEN DOOR DANCE FOUNDATION IS TO ASSIST ALL DANCERS IN ATTAINING THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER GOALS THROUGH QUALITY EDUCATION, FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES. THE FOUNDATION SERVES AS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION HOUSING SEVERAL PROJECTS:- INSPIRE INCLUSION DANCE IS OUR PROGRAM FOR DANCERS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES AND INCLUDES IN-STUDIO CLASSES, OUTREACH CLASSES IN THE COMMUNITY AND ON ZOOM, AS WELL AS INCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES. THIS PROGRAM WILL SERVE OVER 750 DANCERS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS THIS YEAR. - ODDF YOUTH ENSEMBLE IS OUR YOUTH PERFORMANCE GROUP. - OUR BURGEONING TRANSITIONAL BLACK BOX THEATER/ STUDIO SPACE- CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCY: 5 CHOREOGRAPHERS: OFFERING REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE SPACE- FISCAL SPONSOR: 5 LOCAL DANCE GROUPS- SCHOLARSHIPS: SUPPORTED 3 DANCERS IN 2021 - WE HOST 3 RESIDENT COMPANIES: MOVEMENT MIGRATION, THE GARRISON EXPERIENCE, AND BARAN DANCE OFFERING REDUCED RATES ON REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCES AT OPEN DOOR STUDIOS. AFTER 17 YEARS IN CHARLOTTE, WE REALIZED THERE WAS A TRUE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE PERFORMANCE SPACE SO WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY IN OUR NEW LOCATION AND BEGAN CULTIVATING A BLACK BOX THEATRE. WE HAVE OPENED IT TO VARIOUS COMPANIES, STUDIOS, AND INDEPENDENT ARTISTS. WE HAVE GATHERED STATE LIGHTING FROM ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE REMODELING AND UPDATING THEIR SPACES (THANK YOU BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY!). WE HAVE TRADED CLASSES FOR ELECTRICAL RIGGING. WE HAVE PURCHASED CHAIRS, RISERS, AND PIPE AND DRAPE TO CREATE THE BEST EXPERIENCE WE CAN FOR THE ARTISTS AND FOR THE AUDIENCE.SO FAR WE HAVE HOSTED THE MARK, MARTHA CONNECTION/KINETIC WORKS AND EMBODY DANCE COMPANY AS WELL AS OUR THREE RESIDENT COMPANIES: BARAN DANCE, THE GARRISON EXPERIENCE, AND MOVEMENT MIGRATION.FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 - FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT INSPIRE INCLUSION DANCE:INSPIRE INCLUSION DANCE (IID) IS AN INCLUSIVE DANCE PROGRAM FOR DANCERS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES. IID OFFERS CLASSES AT OPEN DOOR STUDIOS, ZOOM CLASSES AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS OUTREACH CLASSES WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS: UMAR ARTS, AN DAY PROGRAM FOR DISABLED ADULTS, GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE, A SAFE SPACE FOR FOLKS OF ALL AGES WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND THEIR FAMILIES, IGNITE ACADEMY, A SCHOOL FOR TEENS WITH DISABILITIES AND SEVEN OAKS IN CORNELIUS NC. LAST SPRING IID SERVED 750 DANCERS AND AUDIENCES WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES. CREATING UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED AND TYPICALLY ABLED PEOPLE TO CREATE ART TOGETHER AND BE IN COMMUNITY. ODDF YOUTH ENSEMBLE: THE ODDF YOUTH ENSEMBLE IS OPEN TO STUDENTS ENROLLED AT OPEN DOOR WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES AND IN BUILDING A STRONGER SENSE OF COMMUNITY. DANCERS PERFORM CLASSICAL BALLET WORKS AND ORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY BY AREA CHOREOGRAPHERS. CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCY PROJECT: THE CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCY PROJECT WAS BORN OUT OF THE HUGE IMPACT COVID19 HAS HAD ON THE DANCE, MUSIC AND THEATRE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BY PROVIDING RESIDENCY SPACE, THIS PROGRAM SEEKS TO PROVIDE AN ARTISTIC OUTLET FOR CHOREOGRAPHERS, DANCERS AND DANCE LOVERS WITHIN THE CHARLOTTEMECKLENBURG COMMUNITY TO CREATE NEW WORK AND SHARE IT WITH AUDIENCES. ALL RESIDENCIES WILL CULMINATE WITH A FINAL SHOW- WHICH WILL BE ENTIRELY NEW WORK OR WORK IN-PROGRESS. THIS PERFORMANCE HAS THE OPTION TO BE BROADCAST BY VIDEO, LIVE STREAMED AND/OR PERFORMED IN HOUSE.VERSATILE THEATER/STUDIO:THIS SPACE ACTS AS BOTH A DANCE STUDIO FOR REHEARSALS AND A THEATER SPACE FOR RESIDENT COMPANIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. BARAN DANCE: BARAN DANCE IS A PROFESSIONAL CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY BASED IN CHARLOTTE, NC. THEY CREATE DANCES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL, THINK, POSSIBLY CRY, AND MAYBE EVEN LAUGH. FOUNDED AND DIRECTED BY AUDREY IPAPO BARAN SINCE 2012, BARAN DANCE IS KNOWN FOR COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS THROUGH MULTIMEDIA MOVEMENT EXPERIENCES. BARAN DANCE SEAMLESSLY BLENDS BOLD PHYSICALITY WITH THOUGHTFUL ARTISTRY AND PERFORMS ON STAGES, IN GALLERIES, AT BARS, AND ON SIDEWALKS, CREATING WORK THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND EXCITING FOR WIDE AUDIENCES. THE GARRISON EXPERIENCE:THE GARRISON EXPERIENCE WAS FOUNDED BY CHARLOTTE-BASED DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, AND TEACHER, KYLE GARRISON SHAWELL, OUT OF THE NEED FOR A CONCERT DANCE COMPANY THAT FOCUSES ON THE AESTHETIC OF JAZZ DANCE - THE ROOTS, THE MOVEMENTS, AND THE PERFORMANCE.MOVEMENT MIGRATION:MOVEMENT MIGRATION IS A COLLECTIVE OF SEASONED DANCE ARTISTS COLLABORATING TO CREATE AND PERFORM DYNAMIC AND POIGNANT DANCE WORKS THAT PORTRAY THE DEPTHS OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE; THE DANCES ARE SHARED WITH AUDIENCES LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY IN PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATIONAL VENUES. DIRECTED BY KIM JONES, THE ENSEMBLE'S MEMBERS ACHIEVED PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE IN DISTINCT TECHNICAL TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE DISCIPLINES.

  Expenses $105,993 · Grants $4,301

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2024

Filed

28 July 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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