Liss Fain Dance Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
RESEARCH THE IMPACT OF DANCE ON THE LIFE OF PEOPLE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RESULTS THROUGH CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, PERFORMANCES, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND PUBLICATIONS.
- Income
- $110,036
- Spending
- $110,382
- Reserves
- 0.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 92%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $98,211 spent. Liss Fain Dance and Z Space co-presented sold out performances at Z Space. In the spring, LFD taught a series of free outreach workshops to middle schoolers at 826 Valencia, a non-profit organization supporting andteaching creativity and writing to young students. The outreach program with 826 Valencia, which Ms. Fain designed and developed, has been ongoing since 2011. These workshops are not paid; the cost to Liss Fain Dance is covered through contributions and a grant from the Kellogg Foundation. In FY24, in addition to the workshops at 826 Valencia, the company is developing a new outreach program pre-professionals, using their personal stories as the foundation for movement pieces. In FY24 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts invited Liss Fain Dance to premiere an installation work as part of Art Week SF in 2026. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will present Liss Fain Dance, give the company an artist fee, and mount a retrospective of their work as part of the Yerba Buena Galleries. The board members remain the same, with the exception of Lynn Rankin who passed away in August of 2024.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 1988.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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