Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE.

Totals

Total revenue: $5,611,037
Total expenses: $5,049,882
Contributions and grants received: $4,228,224
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $894,296
Investment income: $304,852
Other revenue: $183,665
Total assets, end of year: $3,246,169
Total liabilities, end of year: -$799,967
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $4,046,136
Program services expenses (Part IX): $3,678,362
Management and general expenses: $979,587
Fundraising expenses: $391,933
Program service expenses (Part III): $3,678,362

Program services were 72.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1b · Membership dues

$330,103
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$523,435
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$3,374,686
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$671,246
2a · Program service revenue: TOURING

total $288,868 · related or exempt $288,868
2b · Program service revenue: ACADEMY

total $275,989 · related or exempt $275,989
2c · Program service revenue: SEASON PERFORMANCES TICKET SALES

total $329,439 · related or exempt $329,439
3 · Investment income

total $304,852 · excluded $304,852
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0
5 · Royalties

total $0
6a · Gross rents

real property $126,038
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $126,038 · personal property $0
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $126,038 · excluded $126,038
7d · Net gain or loss

total $0
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$0
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$0
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $0
9a · Gaming: gross income

$0
9b · Gaming: direct expenses

$0
9c · Net income from gaming

total $0
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$0
10b · Cost of goods sold

$0
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $0
11a · Other revenue: PARKING

total $9,073 · related or exempt $9,073
11b · Other revenue: OTHER- MISCELLANEOUS

total $48,554 · related or exempt $48,554
11e · Other revenue, total

$57,627

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $0
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $0
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $0
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $309,796 · program services $115,858 · management and general $193,938
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $1,759,523 · program services $1,138,330 · management and general $435,243 · fundraising $185,950
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $0
9 · Other employee benefits

total $188,047 · program services $122,796 · management and general $49,968 · fundraising $15,283
10 · Payroll taxes

total $155,549 · program services $97,485 · management and general $44,534 · fundraising $13,530
11a · Fees: management

total $21,000 · fundraising $21,000
11b · Fees: legal

total $39,558 · program services $39,558
11c · Fees: accounting

total $27,324 · management and general $27,324
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $0
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $0
11f · Fees: investment management

total $0
11g · Fees: other

total $403,436 · program services $402,683 · management and general $753
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $601,291 · program services $601,291
13 · Office expenses

total $118,326 · program services $73,014 · management and general $45,312
14 · Information technology

total $142,673 · program services $92,092 · management and general $48,346 · fundraising $2,235
15 · Royalties

total $46,221 · program services $46,221
16 · Occupancy

total $306,980 · program services $269,976 · management and general $29,603 · fundraising $7,401
17 · Travel

total $270,749 · program services $270,338 · management and general $411
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $133,316 · fundraising $133,316
20 · Interest

total $2,288 · management and general $2,288
21 · Payments to affiliates

total $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $440,599 · program services $374,509 · management and general $52,872 · fundraising $13,218
23 · Insurance

total $56,328 · program services $26,896 · management and general $29,432
24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

total $26,878 · program services $7,315 · management and general $19,563

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $205,860 · end of year $106,030
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $2,512,336 · end of year $2,166,080
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $530,854 · end of year $652,252
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $196,988 · end of year $480,952
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $105,218 · end of year $154,537
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$3,296,865
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$1,474,717
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $2,013,450 · end of year $1,822,148
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year -$3,063,561 · end of year -$2,306,335
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $170,505 · end of year $170,505
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $119,280 · end of year $120,548
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $50,450 · end of year $99,215
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year -$983,061 · end of year -$1,019,730
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,312,252 · end of year $2,057,187
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,172,729 · end of year $1,988,949

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CREATE AND PRODUCE CONTEMPORARY AND MODERN DANCE AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL OF ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH PERFORMANCES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT BRIDGE CULTURES AND REACH DIVERSE COMMUNITIES

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE&PRODUCE CONTEMPORARY&MODERN DANCE AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL OF ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH PERFORMANCES & EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT BRIDGE CULTURES&REACH DIVERSE COMMUNITIES

SEASON PERFORMANCES- FUNDING INCLUDE FOUNDATION AND CORPORATE GRANTS. -DANCE AFRICA (OCTOBER), DIRECTOR'S CHOICE (NOVEMBER), BEHIND THE SCENES (NOVEMBER), BLACK ON BLACK (DECEMBER), CULTURAL AWARENESS (FEBRUARY), DANCING BEYOND BORDERS WEST & NORTH (MARCH), RISING EXCELLENCE(APRIL), AND SPRING CELEBRATION(MAY). -INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE FESTIVAL(IABD - JANUARY)-LOCAL AND NATIONAL DANCE PERFORMANCES BY MASTER CHOREOGRAPHERS AND NEW WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHERS. -OUTDOOR FESTIVAL HELD FOR COMMUNITY WITH MARKET PLACE, LIVE PERFORMANCES AND ENTERTAINMENT IN CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN CULTURE THROUGH DANCE PERFORMANCES, MUSIC AND ARTS (DANCE AFRICA). -NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHERS CONTRIBUTE CULTURAL DIVERSITY (CULTURAL AWARENESS) -PROGRAM AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS (STUDENT MATINEES AND BEHIND THE SCENES) -DBDT PRODUCES A SEASON COMPRISED OF ELEVEN UNIQUE PRODUCTIONS HELD IN ARTS DISTRICT VENUES; (WYLY THEATRE, MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL, THE MAJESTIC AND THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER). IN-PERSON PERFORMANCES HAVE RETURNED TO 100% FULL CAPACITY WITH VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM AT AFFORDABLE RATES AND ON DEMAND RECORDING AVAILABLE FOR 48 HOURS.

Expenses $887,978 · Revenue $329,439
DALLAS BLACK DANCE ACADEMY- FUNDING IS COMING FROM CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION GRANTS. THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL OF DBDT, CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS OF DELIVERING EDUCATIONAL CLASSES/PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND ADULT STUDENTS, DELIVERING DANCE INSTRUCTORS TO A COMMUNITY OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. -PROFESSIONAL DANCE INSTRUCTORS OFFER A VARIETY OF CLASSES FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND LEVELS. MORE THAN 550+ STUDENTS PER WEEK IN 50 DANCE CLASSES WITH 4 LEVELS OF TRAINING WHICH INCLUDE BALLET, JAZZ, TAP AND AFRICAN. -EMPHASIS ON LIFE SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH SELF DISCIPLINE AND DIRECTED DANCE STUDIES IN A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. -DBDA HAS 3 PERFORMING ENSEMBLES: ALLEGRO PERFORMING ENSEMBLE - DBDT'S PREMIER ACADEMY ENSEMBLE, THE SENIOR PERFORMING ENSEMBLE AND THE JUNIOR PERFORMNING ENSEMBLE. THE GROUPS PERFORM LOCALLY AT FESTIVALS AND VARIOUS EVENTS IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPOLITAN AREA. -DBDA HAS TWO LEAD OUTREACH TEACHER AND HAS PROVIDED CLASSES FOR THE DANCE INTEGRATION PROGRAM AND THE BODIES IN MOTION PROGRAM THAT MEET TEKS STANDARDS TO 35 SCHOOLS IN DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX, DURING THE SY2023-2024. -SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PROVIDED TO A SELECT NUMBER OF STUDENTS ANNUALLY -PERFORMANCE AWARDS CEREMONY AND PRESENTATION HELD AT END OF YEAR RECITAL IN MAY -IN PERSON CLASSES IS BACK IN FULL CAPACITY.

Expenses $510,462 · Revenue $275,989
Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

Expenses $157,891 · Revenue $288,868
OTHER PROGRAM

Expenses $2,122,031

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

ZENETTA S DREW

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$201,030

From this org

$178,444

From related orgs

$0

Other

$22,586

Hours/week

50

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$178,444

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$5,387

Nontaxable benefits

$17,199

Filer's total

$201,030
MA FE MASSENGALE

CONTROLLER

Total calculated

$132,058

From this org

$114,996

From related orgs

$0

Other

$17,062

Hours/week

50
ANN WILLIAMS

FOUNDER

Total calculated

$30,000

From this org

$30,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

0.5
BRANDY ALFRED

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.01
JOLEEN CHAMBERS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
ANGELA CHAPMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
GREER L CHRISTIAN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.01
MARK COOKS

VICE PRESIDENT & VP-ARTISTIC

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
KYLE DAVIS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.01
LAWANDA PENLAND DUNWELL

BOARD MEMEBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
FARAH FITZPATRICK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
GILBERT GERST

CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
MARK HOWARD

VP-INVESTMENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
STEPHANIE L JOHNSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
MARIANNE LAMONT

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
EBONIE JACKSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KEVIN K LEWIS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
CLEM MADDOX

VP - GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
TERRENCE G MAIDEN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
HOLLY MAYER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
SHELIA MCAFEE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
AMENEMOPE MCKINNEY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
LEE MCKINNEY

EXE. BOARD OFFICER-TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
HEIDI K MURRAY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
KIM NOLTEMY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
JEANNA L PARKER

VP AUDIT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
SHEENA PAYNE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
GERALYN RICHARD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
FRANK SAMUELS

VP STRATEGIC PLANNING

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.01
MELANIE GUTHRIE SANDERS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
GEORGIA SCAIFE

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

6
BOSKI SHARMA

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
JACK SKINNER

VP IT&SECURITY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
DIANE STEPHENSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.01
LINDA M TODD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
PAULETTE TURNER

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
JESSICA WASHINGTON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.01
KEITH WEBB

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
KIM WHITAKER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PETRE WHITE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
KERON WRIGHT

VP - GOVERNANCE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
LISA YOUNG

VP FINANCE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

6
AHAVA SILKY-JONES

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.01

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
7 · Other non-fixed payments
8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3: SALARIES AND COMPENSATIONS INCLUDING THAT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARE ESTABLISHED BY A FINANCE COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD
PART II, LINE C: NON-TAXABLE RETIREMENT BENEFITS - SIMPLE IRA
PART II, LINE D: NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS CONSISTS OF EMPLOYER SHARE/PAID FICA, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, AD&D LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE AND EMPLOYER'S SHARE ON MEDICAL COVERAGE PREMIUM.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

DBDTLLC

HOLDING COMPA · TX · income $119,040 · assets -$3,299,525

Directly controlled by DBDT INC
DBDT TENANT LLC

HOLDING ENTIT · TX · income $119,040 · assets $1,071,360

Directly controlled by DBDT INC

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

DBDT LANDLORD LP

HOLDING ENTIT · TX · 100% owned · share of income $185,854 · share of assets -$947,757

Directly controlled by DBDT INC

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 10 April 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202511009349301506

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