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BALLETHNIC DANCE COMPANY INC

EIN 58-1891235 EAST POINT, GA

Revenue 2024
$639,140
Expenses 2024
$672,188

Program services were 72.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A63Z
Classification
2000
Street
2587 CHENEY 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

Ballethnic Dance Company is a classically trained, culturally diverse company. Ballethnic's goal is to inform, educate, and entertain through the art of dance by lecturing, teaching and performing. The mission of Ballethnic is to inform, educate and entertain through dance, using dance as a vehicle to impact the community by offering programs that act as a catalyst for social change.

  • For the year ended June 30, 2025, Ballethnic Dance Company, Inc. operated the following programs:BALLETHNIC DANCE COMPANY: The professional company presented a dynamic season of performances and community engagement activities. Its hallmark production, Urban Nutcracker, was performed at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College. Preparation included auditions, workshops, and parent engagement.The company also produced All the Way Live II at Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center.Major engagements included IABD Conference (Pittsburgh), Savannah Black Heritage Festival (2,000+ attendees), East Athens Educational Dance Center, North Carolina lecture demonstrations, Inman Park Festival, and Rite of Sankofa at the University of Georgia. The company also participated in Glorious Days and Nights: A Jazz Memoir and a Wayne State residency.Cheney Street was officially renamed Ballethnic Way on June 29, 2024, marking a major milestone.BALLETHNIC ACADEMY OF DANCE The Academy provided instruction for ages 3 through adult, delivering approximately 1,549 classes. Programming included foundational training, pre-professional development, internships, and student teaching opportunities.Students performed in Urban Nutcracker and All the Way Live II. Seasonal programming included summer camps, pre-pointe intensives, and adult classes such as Ballethnicize.The program culminated in a Spring Open House and festival. Monthly outdoor performances (AprilOctober) expanded access. Parent engagement and wellness initiatives supported holistic development.BALLETHNIC YOUTH ENSEMBLE: (BYE): The BYE provides pre-professional training for dancers ages 7 through adult. Participants received advanced instruction and performance opportunities including Urban Nutcracker, All the Way Live II, parades, and community events.The program serves as a pipeline for future professional dancers and apprentices.DANCE DIVERSITY SUMMER ARTS CAMP: A four-week program serving ages 5-18 with over 40 participants. Instruction included dance, drumming, African history, and music, culminating in a performance. Additional intensives supported advance training.DANSEUR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: This program engages young men ages 6-21 through dance training, mentorship, and leadership development. Weekly classes and internships provide discipline, confidence, and technical skills.OUTREACH PROGRAMS/ LECTURES DEMONSTRATIONS AND WORKSHOPS: Ballethnic delivered outreach across multiple states through school programs, festivals, senior centers, and residences including Sandtown Middle School and Lifespan Montessori. Programs included dance, drumming, lecture demonstrations, and community education initiatives.

    Expenses $488,596

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.

  • Waverly Lucas

    CO-EXEC DIR.

    Total calculated
    $36,683
    From this org
    $36,683
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nena Gilreath

    CO- EXEC. DIR.

    Total calculated
    $36,166
    From this org
    $36,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sumayah Taliaferro

    CO CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Nicola Chin

    Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer Thomas

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Onetta Thomas

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Karen Lucas

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adam McKnight

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Edward White

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tayloir Thompson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martinique Mix

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mozel Spriggs

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Naim Shaheed

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $639,140
    Expenses
    $672,188
    Contributions
    $341,980
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $432,817
    Expenses
    $817,152
    Contributions
    $178,085
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $688,613
    Expenses
    $620,525
    Contributions
    $423,053
    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
    $948,647
    Expenses
    $558,975
    Assets (EOY)
    $602,135

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $314,989
    Expenses
    $346,331
    Assets (EOY)
    $215,454

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $586,802
    Expenses
    $485,267
    Assets (EOY)
    $305,397

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $326,661
    Expenses
    $338,083
    Assets (EOY)
    $193,112

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $301,618
    Expenses
    $344,590
    Assets (EOY)
    $221,858

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $409,866
    Expenses
    $382,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $242,597

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $315,708
    Expenses
    $419,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $177,390

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $513,069
    Expenses
    $433,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $275,424

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $518,224
    Expenses
    $458,604
    Assets (EOY)
    $227,617

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $382,413
    Expenses
    $373,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $175,119

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.