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DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE

EIN 75-1756215 DALLAS, TX

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Revenue 2024
$3,107,679
Expenses 2024
$5,633,490

Program services were 77.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A620
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 131290

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

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 $3,538,313 · Revenue $384,053

  • 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 $478,052 · Revenue $222,860

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $373,110 · Revenue $40,098

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

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.

  • Zenetta S Drew

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $187,149
    From this org
    $180,438
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,711
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,438
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,413
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,298
    Filer's total
    $187,149
  • Ma Fe Massengale

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $127,958
    From this org
    $119,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,958
    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

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,107,679
    Expenses
    $5,633,490
    Contributions
    $2,250,886
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,611,037
    Expenses
    $5,049,882
    Contributions
    $4,228,224
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,400,473
    Expenses
    $4,748,422
    Contributions
    $3,158,268
    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
    $4,819,312
    Expenses
    $3,962,700
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,130,150
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,887,736
    Expenses
    $3,120,739
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,263,464

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

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • DBDTLLC

    HOLDING COMPA · TX · income $119,040 · assets -$3,546,547

  • DBDT TENANT LLC

    HOLDING ENTIT · TX · income $119,040 · assets $1,190,400

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

  • DBDT LANDLORD LP

    HOLDING ENTIT · TX · 100% owned · share of income $185,854 · share of assets -$1,140,850

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 11 November 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.