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THE DANCE BRIGADE A NEW GROUP FROM WALLFLOWER ORDER

EIN 94-2976216 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Revenue 2024
$1,731,938
Expenses 2024
$1,982,521

Program services were 81.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
3316 24TH 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

The organization's mission is to engage Bay Area communities and artists in the exploration of contemporary social issues through all aspects of dance and dance theater.

  • Dance Brigades Dance Mission Theater serves an estimated 1600 individuals each week through a variety of initiatives, including productions, adult and youth classes, our resident dance company, and the affordable rental of the theater and studios to the broader dance community. Dance Mission Theater: Our theater is booked 44 weeks a year, hosting productions by Dance Brigade, collaborative performances, theater and studio rentals and a variety of community events. As a cornerstone of San Franciscos dance scene, we offer a professional yet accessible, low-cost venue that serves as a vital resource for local artists and organizations. In fiscal year 2025, we produced DIRT Festival, Liberation Academy, Choreographers Showcase, and co-produced the Black Choreographers Festival, Raices et Resistance, and Ose Tura. Additionally, our popular holiday shows for youth continue to attract strong community engagement.

    Expenses $902,259

  • Youth Education: We engage approximately 320 youth weekly, ranging in age from 3 to 18, in comprehensive dance and performance programs. This includes two fully produced performances each year. Our Grrrl Brigade program, now 25 years old which focuses on girl/woman empowerment though dance, drumming, and community awareness. Grrrl Brigade serves 55 women-identified youth each year. This program offers several weekly tuition-free classes. Participants in this program benefit from multiple classes, performances, and community engagement opportunities.

    Expenses $311,438

  • Resident Dance Company: Dance Brigade is renowned for its innovative, content driven choreographies that are a high-energy blend of ballet, modern dance, jazz, song, text, sign language and explosive Taiko drumming. As a leading voice in the San Francisco Bay Area dance community, Dance Brigade regularly produces evening-length productions, most recently including Matchgirl (2024), Womens Song for Peace (2025), and Butterfly Effect (2020). These works reflect our commitment to pushing the boundaries of dance as an art form while maintaining a strong connection to the cultural and social issues that resonate with our audience. In fiscal year 2025, Dance Brigade had a very successful west coast tour of its Womens Song for Peace show.

    Expenses $250,816

  • Adult Education: Approximately 800 adults participate in our weekly classes, supported by a team of 22 experienced instructors. Our curriculum encompasses a diverse range of dance styles, including salsa, samba, contemporary, hip hop, taiko, and other African diaspora art forms, offering opportunities for both personal development and professional growth.

    Expenses $159,082

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.

  • Krissy Keefer

    Artistic Director

    Total calculated
    $112,018
    From this org
    $112,018
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sierra Tiatia

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $6,346
    From this org
    $6,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paula Canny

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lily Liang

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mimi Kasner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sonia Miller

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Allen Jarvis

    Board 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
    $1,731,938
    Expenses
    $1,982,521
    Contributions
    $872,862
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,884,834
    Expenses
    $1,672,940
    Contributions
    $1,154,397
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,850,517
    Expenses
    $1,659,444
    Contributions
    $1,084,314
    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
    $1,904,940
    Expenses
    $1,281,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,473,044

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,040,710
    Expenses
    $1,138,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,045,783

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,289,765
    Expenses
    $1,163,437
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,264,930

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,350,197
    Expenses
    $1,150,097
    Assets (EOY)
    $740,369

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,018,436
    Expenses
    $1,053,729
    Assets (EOY)
    $552,167

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,103,436
    Expenses
    $1,045,951
    Assets (EOY)
    $452,438

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $980,843
    Expenses
    $921,758
    Assets (EOY)
    $393,016

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $954,062
    Expenses
    $896,278
    Assets (EOY)
    $357,332

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.

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.