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AXIS DANCE COMPANY

EIN 94-3124377 BERKELEY, CA

Revenue 2023
$972,609
Expenses 2023
$1,235,610

Program services were 75.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A62Z
Classification
1000
Street
1370 10TH 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 · 2023

Mission

collaboration and disability through community education and outreach programs, and championing access, inclusion and equity for people with disabilities and advocating for physically integrated dance locally, nationally, and internationally.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AXIS Dance Company exists to change the face of dance and disability. We achieve this by creating and performing contemporary dance that is developed through the collaboration of dancers with and without disabilities, teaching dance and educating about (continued on page 2)

  • ARTISTRY PROGRAMThe heart of AXIS is the commissioning, creation, and performance of contemporary dance that is developed through the collaboration of dancers with and without physical disabilities. Our artistic vision to collaborate with high profile choreographers and cutting edge innovative dance makers of our time was an excellent strategy that has resulted in artistically stunning and significant dance works. For three decades and counting, AXIS has been at the forefront of the field, building a bridge between contemporary dance, integrated dance, and disability culture. Axis performs this work locally at their home base in the San Francisco Bay Area and on tour through the United States and nationally.

    Expenses $360,267

  • ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMAXIS engagement programs offer opportunities and events for persons of all ages and abilities that are interested in expanding their dance experience. Programs include (a) classes and workshops held at our building of operations in Oakland, California, (b) assembly and residency programs in schools, (c) youth performances, (d) Choreo-lab serving disabled choreographers, and (d) summer intensive serving artists from around the world.

    Expenses $315,215 · Revenue $208,947

  • Other ProgramsAs a pioneer of integrated dance, AXIS creates opportunities locally and abroad for people with disabilities to engage in dance by championing access, inclusion and equity for people with disabilities both in dance and in the wider community. AXIS is respected for its integrity on all levels of its artistic, engagement & advocacy programs. We have earned a place on the local, national and international dance stage as a respected contemporary dance company and we are securing our foundation to address the challenges and opportunities that role entails.

    Expenses $255,280

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Danae Rees

    Managing Dir

    Total calculated
    $96,965
    From this org
    $96,965
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nadia Adame

    Artistic Dir

    Total calculated
    $86,865
    From this org
    $86,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Justin Welch

    Pres & Treas

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Symone Jackson

    Pres Jan-June

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Desiree Howard Ruiz

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Travis Rivera

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brenda Ortega

    Director

    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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $972,609
    Expenses
    $1,235,610
    Contributions
    $758,895
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,738,522
    Expenses
    $1,048,251
    Contributions
    $1,602,101
    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
    $1,069,011
    Expenses
    $975,691
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,958,637

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,937,391
    Expenses
    $703,582
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,977,784

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $502,964
    Expenses
    $1,010,675
    Assets (EOY)
    $742,425

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,323,747
    Expenses
    $925,613
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,118,184

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,323,747
    Expenses
    $925,613
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,118,184

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $899,768
    Expenses
    $1,016,912
    Assets (EOY)
    $721,339

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.

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.