Dance Now Ensemble Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
FORM 990, PART 1, LINE 1 - ORGANIZATION MISSION AND SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES THE MISSION OF DANCE NOW MIAMI IS TO PROMOTE THE ARTISTIC VISION OF CO- FOUNDERS HANNAH BAUMGARTEN AND DIEGO SALTERINI. THE COMPANY CREATES, PROMOTES AND PRODUCES CONTEMPORARY DANCE OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER AND THROUGH PERFORMANCE, ARTS EDUCATION, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING, NURTURES NEW TALENTS, FOSTERS ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS AND MAKES THE ART OF DANCE ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
- Income
- $400,222
- Spending
- $377,457
- Spent on programs
- 65%
- Reserves
- -1.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 52%
- Employees
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 38 out of 100. Higher than 9% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 691% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 6% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 14% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1565% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 64 out of 100. Higher than 38% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2514 of 14 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 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 (3)
- PART III LINE 28 PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DANCE NOW MIAMI, THE PREMIERE CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY IN FLORIDA WAS FOUNDED IN 2000 BY ARTISTIC DIRECTORS HANNAH BAUMGARTEN AND DIEGO SALTERINI. THE ARTISTIC WORK OF THE COMPANY IS BASED IN THEIR TWO-DECADE LONG INVESTIGATION AND FUSION OF BALLET, MODERN AND JAZZ DANCE STYLES, NOW RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD AS CONTEMPORARY DANCE. THE COMPANY SERVES AS A MODEL FOR COLLABORATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP HEADED BY TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT CONTINENTS WHO INTERSECTED AND MADE MIAMI THEIR HOME, CREATING AN ORGANIZATION THAT NOW LEADS THE SOUTH FLORIDA DANCE COMMUNITY. DANCE NOW'S DIVERSE REPERTORY HAS BEEN MET WITH ACCOLADES IN FIFTEEN STATES AND ON THREE CONTINENT, FROM BRAZIL TO MEXICO, HONDURAS TO ITALY, WHILE THE COMPANY MAINTAINS A COMMITMENT TO PRESENT A FULL SEASON OF DANCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. DANCE NOW MIAMI'S MAJOR ANNUAL PROJECTS INCLUDE PRESENTING ORIGINAL WORK FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS, CREATED INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLABORATIVELY MASTERPIECE IN MOTION HONORING THE RICH LEGACY OF DANCE THROUGH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORIC WORKS OF BALLET AND MODERN DANCE FROM THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES. FROM ISADORA DUNCAN TO GERALD ARPINO, JOSE LIMON AND DORIS HUMPHREY THE EKPHRASIS PROJECT, BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT ART FORMS WITH UNIQUE, IMPRESSIVE, SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES IN MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, AND ARCHITECTURAL SITES THE DANIEL LEWIS DANCE SAMPLE, CELEBRATING FLORIDA'S ESTABLISHED COMPANIES AND CHOREOGRAPHERS IN AN ANNUAL FALL SHOWCASE AND NEW VOICES, FEATURING EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS FROM THE NATIONAL ARENA AND EXPOSING FLORIDA AUDIENCES TO THE NEWEST TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE. DANCE NOW IS PASSIONATE ABOUT ARTS EDUCATION AND HAS REACHED OVER 30,000 CHILDREN IN SOUTH FLORIDA ALONE THROUGH ITS IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCES, THE WORLD DANCE SUMMER INTENSIVE, AND EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND FROM ITS HOME AT THE LITTLE CULTURAL COMPLEX, AND THE DANCE NOW YOUTH ENSEMBLE, FOUNDED2019, IN COLLABORATION WITH MIAMI ARTS CHARTER DANCE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES PERFORMANCE, MENTORING AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO SOME OF THE REGIONS MOST TALENTED STUDENTS. SNM IS A BEACON OF HOMEGROWN, WORLD-CLASS ART - A BRAND THAT IS HONORED, PRESENTED, AND RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS, DANCE NOW LED THE DANCE COMMUNITY WITH THE RELEASE OF THE COVDEOS, A SERIES OF DANCE VIDEO SHORTS, RELEVANT TO THE MOMENT AND PROVIDING NEW CONTENT FOR ITS AUDIENCES WHILE CONTINUING ITS ARTISTIC MISSION. PART III LINE 28 PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DANCE NOW MIAMI, THE PREMIERE CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY IN FLORIDA WAS FOUNDED IN 2000 BY ARTISTIC DIRECTORS HANNAH BAUMGARTEN AND DIEGO SALTERINI. THE ARTISTIC WORK OF THE COMPANY IS BASED IN THEIR TWO-DECADE LONG INVESTIGATION AND FUSION OF BALLET, MODERN AND JAZZ DANCE STYLES, NOW RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD AS CONTEMPORARY DANCE. THE COMPANY SERVES AS A MODEL FOR COLLABORATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP HEADED BY TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT CONTINENTS WHO INTERSECTED AND MADE MIAMI THEIR HOME, CREATING AN ORGANIZATION THAT NOW LEADS THE SOUTH FLORIDA DANCE COMMUNITY. DANCE NOW'S DIVERSE REPERTORY HAS BEEN MET WITH ACCOLADES IN FIFTEEN STATES AND ON THREE CONTINENT, FROM BRAZIL TO MEXICO, HONDURAS TO ITALY, WHILE THE COMPANY MAINTAINS A COMMITMENT TO PRESENT A FULL SEASON OF DANCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. DANCE NOW MIAMI'S MAJOR ANNUAL PROJECTS INCLUDE PRESENTING ORIGINAL WORK FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS, CREATED INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLABORATIVELY MASTERPIECE IN MOTION HONORING THE RICH LEGACY OF DANCE THROUGH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORIC WORKS OF BALLET AND MODERN DANCE FROM THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES. FROM ISADORA DUNCAN TO GERALD ARPINO, JOSE LIMON AND DORIS HUMPHREY THE EKPHRASIS PROJECT, BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT ART FORMS WITH UNIQUE, IMPRESSIVE, SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES IN MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, AND ARCHITECTURAL SITES THE DANIEL LEWIS DANCE SAMPLE, CELEBRATING FLORIDA'S ESTABLISHED COMPANIES AND CHOREOGRAPHERS IN AN ANNUAL FALL SHOWCASE AND NEW VOICES, FEATURING EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS FROM THE NATIONAL ARENA AND EXPOSING FLORIDA AUDIENCES TO THE NEWEST TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE. DANCE NOW IS PASSIONATE ABOUT ARTS EDUCATION AND HAS REACHED OVER 30,000 CHILDREN IN SOUTH FLORIDA ALONE THROUGH ITS IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCES, THE WORLD DANCE SUMMER INTENSIVE, AND EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND FROM ITS HOME AT THE LITTLE CULTURAL COMPLEX, AND THE DANCE NOW YOUTH ENSEMBLE, FOUNDED2019, IN COLLABORATION WITH MIAMI ARTS CHARTER DANCE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES PERFORMANCE, MENTORING AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO SOME OF THE REGIONS MOST TALENTED STUDENTS. SNM IS A BEACON OF HOMEGROWN, WORLD-CLASS ART - A BRAND THAT IS HONORED, PRESENTED, AND RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS, DANCE NOW LED THE DANCE COMMUNITY WITH THE RELEASE OF THE COVDEOS, A SERIES OF DANCE VIDEO SHORTS, RELEVANT TO THE MOMENT AND PROVIDING NEW CONTENT FOR ITS AUDIENCES WHILE CONTINUING ITS ARTISTIC MISSION.
- $243,629 spent. PART III PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DANCE NOW MIAMI, THE PREMIERE CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY IN FLORIDA WAS FOUNDED IN 2000 BY ARTISTIC DIRECTORS HANNAH BAUMGARTEN AND DIEGO SALTERINI. THE ARTISTIC WORK OF THE COMPANY IS BASED IN THEIR TWO-DECADE LONG INVESTIGATION AND FUSION OF BALLET, MODERN AND JAZZ DANCE STYLES, NOW RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD AS CONTEMPORARY DANCE. THE COMPANY SERVES AS A MODEL FOR COLLABORATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP HEADED BY TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT CONTINENTS WHO INTERSECTED AND MADE MIAMI THEIR HOME, CREATING AN ORGANIZATION THAT NOW LEADS THE SOUTH FLORIDA DANCE COMMUNITY. DANCE NOW'S DIVERSE REPERTORY HAS BEEN MET WITH ACCOLADES IN FIFTEEN STATES AND ON THREE CONTINENT, FROM BRAZIL TO MEXICO, HONDURAS TO ITALY, WHILE THE COMPANY MAINTAINS A COMMITMENT TO PRESENT A FULL SEASON OF DANCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. DANCE NOW MIAMI'S MAJOR ANNUAL PROJECTS INCLUDE PRESENTING ORIGINAL WORK FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS, CREATED INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLABORATIVELY MASTERPIECE IN MOTION HONORING THE RICH LEGACY OF DANCE THROUGH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORIC WORKS OF BALLET AND MODERN DANCE FROM THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES. FROM ISADORA DUNCAN TO GERALD ARPINO, JOSE LIMON AND DORIS HUMPHREY THE EKPHRASIS PROJECT, BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT ART FORMS WITH UNIQUE, IMPRESSIVE, SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES IN MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, AND ARCHITECTURAL SITES THE DANIEL LEWIS DANCE SAMPLE, CELEBRATING FLORIDA'S ESTABLISHED COMPANIES AND CHOREOGRAPHERS IN AN ANNUAL FALL SHOWCASE AND NEW VOICES, FEATURING EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS FROM THE NATIONAL ARENA AND EXPOSING FLORIDA AUDIENCES TO THE NEWEST TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE. DANCE NOW IS PASSIONATE ABOUT ARTS EDUCATION AND HAS REACHED OVER 30,000 CHILDREN IN SOUTH FLORIDA ALONE THROUGH ITS IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCES, THE WORLD DANCE SUMMER INTENSIVE, AND EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND FROM ITS HOME AT THE LITTLE CULTURAL COMPLEX, AND THE DANCE NOW YOUTH ENSEMBLE, FOUNDED2019, IN COLLABORATION WITH MIAMI ARTS CHARTER DANCE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES PERFORMANCE, MENTORING AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO SOME OF THE REGIONS MOST TALENTED STUDENTS. SNM IS A BEACON OF HOMEGROWN, WORLD-CLASS ART - A BRAND THAT IS HONORED, PRESENTED, AND RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS, DANCE NOW LED THE DANCE COMMUNITY WITH THE RELEASE OF THE COVDEOS, A SERIES OF DANCE VIDEO SHORTS, RELEVANT TO THE MOMENT AND PROVIDING NEW CONTENT FOR ITS AUDIENCES WHILE CONTINUING ITS ARTISTIC MISSION.
- PART III PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DANCE NOW MIAMI, THE PREMIERE CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY IN FLORIDA WAS FOUNDED IN 2000 BY ARTISTIC DIRECTORS HANNAH BAUMGARTEN AND DIEGO SALTERINI. THE ARTISTIC WORK OF THE COMPANY IS BASED IN THEIR TWO-DECADE LONG INVESTIGATION AND FUSION OF BALLET, MODERN AND JAZZ DANCE STYLES, NOW RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD AS CONTEMPORARY DANCE. THE COMPANY SERVES AS A MODEL FOR COLLABORATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP HEADED BY TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT CONTINENTS WHO INTERSECTED AND MADE MIAMI THEIR HOME, CREATING AN ORGANIZATION THAT NOW LEADS THE SOUTH FLORIDA DANCE COMMUNITY. DANCE NOW'S DIVERSE REPERTORY HAS BEEN MET WITH ACCOLADES IN FIFTEEN STATES AND ON THREE CONTINENT, FROM BRAZIL TO MEXICO, HONDURAS TO ITALY, WHILE THE COMPANY MAINTAINS A COMMITMENT TO PRESENT A FULL SEASON OF DANCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. DANCE NOW MIAMI'S MAJOR ANNUAL PROJECTS INCLUDE PRESENTING ORIGINAL WORK FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS, CREATED INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLABORATIVELY MASTERPIECE IN MOTION HONORING THE RICH LEGACY OF DANCE THROUGH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORIC WORKS OF BALLET AND MODERN DANCE FROM THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES. FROM ISADORA DUNCAN TO GERALD ARPINO, JOSE LIMON AND DORIS HUMPHREY THE EKPHRASIS PROJECT, BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT ART FORMS WITH UNIQUE, IMPRESSIVE, SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES IN MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, AND ARCHITECTURAL SITES THE DANIEL LEWIS DANCE SAMPLE, CELEBRATING FLORIDA'S ESTABLISHED COMPANIES AND CHOREOGRAPHERS IN AN ANNUAL FALL SHOWCASE AND NEW VOICES, FEATURING EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS FROM THE NATIONAL ARENA AND EXPOSING FLORIDA AUDIENCES TO THE NEWEST TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE. DANCE NOW IS PASSIONATE ABOUT ARTS EDUCATION AND HAS REACHED OVER 30,000 CHILDREN IN SOUTH FLORIDA ALONE THROUGH ITS IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCES, THE WORLD DANCE SUMMER INTENSIVE, AND EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND FROM ITS HOME AT THE LITTLE CULTURAL COMPLEX, AND THE DANCE NOW YOUTH ENSEMBLE, FOUNDED2019, IN COLLABORATION WITH MIAMI ARTS CHARTER DANCE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES PERFORMANCE, MENTORING AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO SOME OF THE REGIONS MOST TALENTED STUDENTS. SNM IS A BEACON OF HOMEGROWN, WORLD-CLASS ART - A BRAND THAT IS HONORED, PRESENTED, AND RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS, DANCE NOW LED THE DANCE COMMUNITY WITH THE RELEASE OF THE COVDEOS, A SERIES OF DANCE VIDEO SHORTS, RELEVANT TO THE MOMENT AND PROVIDING NEW CONTENT FOR ITS AUDIENCES WHILE CONTINUING ITS ARTISTIC MISSION.
Source: Form 990 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 November 6, 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 July 2000.
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 November 4, 2026.
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