Austin Hartel Dance Company
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
A professional modern dance company in Oklahoma City and the parent company of the Oklahoma International Dance Festival (OIDF). OIDF provides rigorous professional training for dancers, offering residencies for practicing dance artists, and presents performances with a renowned roster of local, national, and international dance-makers. With advanced, pre-professional, and professional dancers in mind, OIDF serves Oklahoma the Central Region of the United States, as well as a diverse community of dance artists and audiences. Through the medium of dance/theater, the Hartel Dance Group creates and presents work that conveys positive, inspiring, and life-enriching experiences to audiences; and creates and performs innovative dance works of extraordinary artistry that engage and info
- Income
- $59,425
- Spending
- $59,023
- Reserves
- 0.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 74%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 51 out of 100. Higher than 21% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 (2)
- $57,999 spent. We held our fourth in-person dance festival from July 15th to July 29th. We taught 36 students from across the country for one week in Downtown OKC and one week on the University of Central Oklahoma campus. We produced two performances open to the public and served an audience of 300 people in person. We held a free open community Saturday, on July 29th 44 ages 11- adults took classes all day and received tickets to see our Choreography Showcase performance. The Choreography Showcase was one of 8 different performances produced during the festival. The Showcase was an open call for Choreographers to participate in a fully produced evening of dance at no cost for the production. Companies from Texas, New York City, Memphis, and Oklahoma dancing together for this wonderful evening of dance. This year, we expanded our programs to reach out to students in Ruala, Oklahoma and taught two days a week in the Tishomingo School system throughout the fall semester.
- We held our fith year in-person dance festival from July 15th to July 29th. We taught 38 students from across the for two weeks at University of Central Oklahoma campus. We produced two performances open to the public that were held at Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center, on Broadway in Oklahoma City, and served an audience of 600 people in person. We held a free open community Classes Saturday, on July 20th and 27th for ages 11- adults 36 individuals took classes all day and received free tickets to see our Choreography Showcase performance. The Choreography Showcase was one of 2 different performances produced during the festival. The Showcase was an open call for Choreographers to participate in a fully produced evening of dance at no cost for the production. Companies from Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma are dancing together for this wonderful evening of dance. This year, we continued our programs to reach out to students in Ruala, Oklahoma and taught a week in the Tishomingo School system
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 2024.
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 June 2010.
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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