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PROJECT BANDALOOP

EIN 95-4618614 OAKLAND, CA

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Revenue 2024
$1,728,727
Expenses 2024
$1,768,022

Program services were 84.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A620
Classification
1200
Street
1601 18TH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BANDALOOP celebrates the human spirit, nature, and communities through dance that uses climbing technology to expand and challenge what is possible. At the vanguard of vertical performance, BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality and intricate choreography to turn the dance floor on its side. Founded in 1991 by Amelia Rudolph and now under the artistic direction of Melecio Estrella, the work re-imagines dance, activates public spaces, and inspires wonder and imagination in audiences around the world. BANDALOOP trains dancers and youth at home and on tour, and has performed live for over a million people.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BANDALOOP celebrates the human spirit, nature, and communities through dance that uses climbing technology to expand and challenge what is possible.

  • Performance: PROJECT BANDALOOP IS AN INNOVATOR OF VERTICAL PERFORMANCE, THE ORGANIZATION SEAMLESSLY WEAVESDYNAMIC PHYSICALITY, INTRICATE CHOREOGRAPHY AND CLIMBING TECHNOLOGY TO TURN THE DANCE FLOOR ON ITS SIDE. THE ORGANIZATION RE-IMAGINES DANCE, ACTIVATES PUBLIC SPACES, AND INSPIRES WONDER AND IMAGINATION IN AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD, HAVING NOW PERFORMED FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN OVER 400 CITIES IN EUROPE, AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, THE AMERICAS, AND ASIA.

    Expenses $943,463 · Revenue $989,816

  • EDUCATION PROGRAM: PROJECT BANDALOOP TEACHES THE GENERAL PUBLIC, MULTI_DICIPLINED PERFORMERS, DANCERS AND YOUTH AT HOME IN THE BANDALOOP STUDIOS AND ON TOUR, AS A LEADER IN VERTICAL DANCE EDUCATION. THE ORGANIZATION TRAINS, AND HIRES TEACHERS TO SHARE THE JOY OF VERTICAL DANCE WITH STUDENTS AT HOME, ABROAD AND IN ARTIST IN RESIDENCY.THROUGHOUT ALL THESE ENGAGEMENTS, BANDALOOP INSPIRES WONDER AND IMAGINATION.IN OAKLAND AND ON TOUR. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MELCIO ESTRELLA AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AS WELL AS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THOMAS CAVANAGH AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THE WORK OF DANCE ON WALL CONTINUES TO OFFER HOPE AND INSPIRE JOY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CITIES AROUND THE US AND FOR THE WORLD.

    Expenses $550,865 · Revenue $248,488

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Thomas Cavanagh

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $104,365
    From this org
    $101,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,621
    Hours/week
    60
  • Amelia Rudolph

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $16,692
    From this org
    $16,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cristy Johnston Limon

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Ripley

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Dailey

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christie Keith

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Onna Lo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia West

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Clay

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Dorman

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Owen Modica

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,728,727
    Expenses
    $1,768,022
    Contributions
    $490,331
    Grants paid
    $1,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,837,169
    Expenses
    $2,237,839
    Contributions
    $168,383
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,206,600
    Expenses
    $2,113,412
    Contributions
    $757,759
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,438,352
    Expenses
    $1,092,081
    Assets (EOY)
    $698,917
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $803,666
    Expenses
    $772,628
    Assets (EOY)
    $326,023
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,213,280
    Expenses
    $1,182,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $425,023
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,250,917
    Expenses
    $1,369,996
    Assets (EOY)
    $346,021
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,420,414
    Expenses
    $2,318,581
    Assets (EOY)
    $403,479
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,402,024
    Expenses
    $1,486,020
    Assets (EOY)
    $292,174
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,405,666
    Expenses
    $1,285,329
    Assets (EOY)
    $389,655
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $822,198
    Expenses
    $782,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $206,186
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $910,782
    Expenses
    $860,730
    Assets (EOY)
    $185,333
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $594,222
    Assets (EOY)
    $93,146

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.