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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ANANYA DANCE THEATRE.

Totals

Total revenue
$688,840
Total expenses
$582,578
Contributions and grants received
$596,071
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$35,116
Investment income
$55,332
Other revenue
$2,321
Total assets, end of year
$1,652,942
Total liabilities, end of year
$137,152
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,515,790
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$448,172
Management and general expenses
$101,997
Fundraising expenses
$32,409
Program service expenses (Part III)
$448,172

Program services were 76.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $157,686

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $438,385

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCES

    total $25,075 · related or exempt $25,075

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES

    total $10,041 · related or exempt $10,041

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $55,332 · excluded $55,332

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $500,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $500,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,321 · excluded $2,321

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,321

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $68,880 · program services $40,262 · management and general $12,776 · fundraising $15,842

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $186,791 · program services $161,556 · management and general $25,235

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,812 · program services $3,801 · management and general $722 · fundraising $289

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,508 · program services $14,621 · management and general $2,776 · fundraising $1,111

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,612 · program services $10,000 · management and general $32,612 · fundraising $5,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,982 · program services $75,786 · management and general $196

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $44,769 · program services $38,147 · management and general $2,690 · fundraising $3,932

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,072 · program services $10,640 · management and general $3,740 · fundraising $1,692

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,377 · program services $2,060 · management and general $4,317

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $60,890 · program services $45,547 · management and general $12,551 · fundraising $2,792

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,865 · program services $20,745 · management and general $120

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,758 · program services $3,281 · management and general $173 · fundraising $304

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,262 · program services $21,726 · management and general $4,089 · fundraising $1,447

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,285,072 · end of year $1,321,736

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $121,574 · end of year $200,457

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $250,827

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $248,332

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,253 · end of year $2,495

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $162,155 · end of year $128,254

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,545

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $8,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $163,982 · end of year $128,652

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,409,527 · end of year $1,515,790

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ANANYA DANCE THEATER IS AN ENSEMBLE COMPANY OF BIPOC WOMEN AND FEMME PROFESSIONAL DANCE ARTISTS. WE CREATE ORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. WE WORK TO DISMANTLE HIERARCHIES AND BUILD LIBERATION, INSPIRED BY THE LIVES AND DREAMS OF BIPOC WOMEN AND FEMMES AROUND THE GLOBE. WE WILL CELEBRATE OUR 20TH SEASON IN 2025. OUR ARTISTRY UNFOLDS THROUGH YORCHHA, OUR DEVISED CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST DANCE FORM, WHICH EMBODIES OUR RESPONSE TO THE WESTERN/EURO-AMERICAN MOVEMENT PRACTICES THAT DOMINATE THE CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORLD. YORCHHA PROUDLY CLAIMS THE DESCRIPTORS "CONTEMPORARY- AND "INNOVATIVE" EVEN AS IT CELEBRATES ITS CREATION FROM AN INTENTIONAL DECONSTRUCTION AND REASSEMBLY OF TRADITIONAL ODISSI, VINYASA YOGA, AND THE MARTIAL ART CHHAU. WHILE YORCHHA IS ROOTED IN PRINCIPLES OF SOUTH ASIAN MOVEMENT FORMS, WE SHAPE ITS EXPRESSION TO MOVE BEYOND AN AFFILIATION WITH "INDIAN CULTURE" THAT OFFERS CONSTRICTIVE UNDERSTANDINGS OF "HINDU"

  • THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY OF ANANYA DANCE THEATRE FOR 2024 WAS THE CREATION AND STAGED PRESENTATION OF "ANTARANGA: BETWEEN YOU AND ME," AN 85-MINUTE WORK OF ORIGINAL DANCE THEATER WITH COMMISSIONED MUSIC, UTILIZING THE SERVICES OF 21 PERFORMERS,DESIGNERS/DIRECTOR, MUSICIANS, AND COMPOSERS. THE WORK WAS PRESENTED AT THE O'SHAUGHNESSY AT ST.CATHERINE UNIVERSITY, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ON SEPT 27-28, ATTENDED BY 733 PEOPLE (MAINTAINING THE LEVEL OF PRE-PANDEMIC AUDIENCES.)

    Expenses $210,592 · Revenue $149,403

  • ANANYA DANCE THEATRE OFFERED FOUR FREE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS (3/31, 4/14, 7/27, 8/12) WITH A COMBINED TOTAL OF 65 ATTENDEES. WEEKLY CLASSES (DONATION BASED) TOTALLING 150 CLASSROOM HOURS AND OUR ANNUAL TWO-WEEK-LONG SUMMER INTENSIVE (TUITION BASED) DREW A COMBINED TOTAL OF 123 PARTICIPANTS. THESE CONVENINGS OCCURRED IN PERSON, AT THE SHAWNGRAM INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMANCE & SOCIAL JUSTICE, 1197 UNIVERSITY AVENUE.

    Expenses $30,618 · Revenue $71,266

  • ANANYA DANCE THEATRE PRESENTED ONE WORKSHOP AND AN EXCERPT OF "ANTARANGA: BETWEEN YOU AND ME" AT DANCE PLACE IN WASHINGTON DC ON NOV 17-19, 2024 (44 ATTENDEES.) "ANTARANGA: BETWEEN YOU AND ME" WAS PERFORMED IN FULL AT LINKS HALL IN CHICAGO IL ON DEC 6-7, 2024 (109 ATTENDEES) AND OFFERED CLASSES FOR STUDENTS AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO AND AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (32 ATTENDEES.)

    Expenses $27,858 · Revenue $25,075

  • ANANYA DANCE THEATRE MAINTAINED A MARKETING PRESENCE AT THE 2024 APAP CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY, AND ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE INAUGURAL FROGTOWN ARTS FEST (A NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA). ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANANYA CHATTERJEA TAUGHT, SPOKE AT, AND ATTENDED SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES: THE 34TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL OF BLACKS IN DANCE (FEB 2024); ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE KEALOHA FERREIRA ATTENDED THE 13TH FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS AND CULTURE - HAWAII IN JUNE 2024, AND SERVED ON THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE 2025 DANCE/USA CONFERENCE. ADT CONDUCTED A CHOREOGRAPHY LABORATORY FOR EMERGING CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHERS, LAUNCHED A NEW LOGO AND NEW WEBSITE (INCLUDING A PUBLIC LAUNCH EVENT ATTENDED BY 50 PEOPLE), LAUNCHED A FIRST-EVER CRM DATABASE OF CONSTITUENTS, STORED COSTUMES AND SET PIECES FROM PAST PRODUCTIONS AT AN OFF-SITE FACILITY, AND MAINTAINED A PHYSICAL FACILITY BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS OF SPECIFIC PROGRAM PROJECTS, MANAGEMENT, AND FUNDRAISING.

    Expenses $179,104

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sherie Apungu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Divya Karan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Christine King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Gina Kundan

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Irna Landrum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Robert Lynn

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gary Peterson

    DIIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • E Gaynell Sherrod

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Clarence White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Cameron Alosa

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513179349306581

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