Kairos Alive
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Kairos Alive! transforms lives through dance and story, and raises awareness of the importance of creative involvement across the lifespan for verifiable health benefits. Our Choreography of CareTM programs promote personal and community well-being through our Intergenerational Dance HallTM public participation events, our Dancing HeartTM and Kairos ClubhouseTM weekly programming, our Community Arts and WellbeingTM Residencies, and other programs. We empower intergenerational and intercultural communities through participatory dance, music and story - with elders and people with disabilities at the center.
- Income
- $218,663
- Spending
- $232,983
- Spent on programs
- 64%
- Reserves
- 5.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 85%
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 25
- Highest pay
- $45,315, executive director
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
Fair: 57 out of 100. Higher than 26% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 13% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 7% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 14% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1564% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 17 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
Strong: 92 out of 100. Higher than 89% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a 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
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
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 (1)
- $149,888 spent. Kairos Alive! empowers elders, people with disabilities, and intergenerational community to feel good, have hope, stay connected, and cultivate physical, emotional, social and cognitive health. We do this through creativity engagement programs in dance, music, story, and arts and health research learning. Our programs, which tap the creativity in everyone, were featured in the PBS documentary, Arts and the Mind, and are set to be included in a 2025 PBS documentary on caregiving. Kairos: The open moment of creativity where eternity meets the present. Kairos Alive! is a 25-year-old Minnesota nonprofit, evidence-based, arts and social impact organization based in the power of creativity engagement that promotes individual and group leadership for healthy active lifestyles. Our mission is to transform lives through dance, music, theater and the latest arts and health research learning. Our vision is to celebrate elders and people with disabilities at the center of vital intergenerational creative communities, inspiring enjoyment and well- being for all. Our intercultural programs are recognized as a place and practice for emotional and social healing. Our goals are to serve as an innovator of programs, educator in Arts and Health approaches, and a catalyst for systems change. We have 7-years of experience developing live 2-way interactive participatory virtual programs. Kairos Alive! is a recognized pioneer in the Arts and Health/Creative Aging movements. Our programs have won national awards from the American Public Health Association and the American Society on Aging, and have contributed to research in the field. They are recognized as model programs by the National Endowment for the Arts. Rachelle Shultz, CEO, Winona (MN) Health: "Our Kairos events were amazing! Staff loved learning this approach, and it has opened up whole new ways of thinking. We have great stories about the impact on residents. [Four years later,] our staff in long term care still use what they learned with Kairos!" Five major Kairos Alive! programs are making significant contributions to the fields of Arts and Health, and Creative Aging: 1. Choreography of CareTM (CC) describes our larger vision of creating individual and community wellbeing through intergenerational interactive participatory dance, music, story, theater - and the latest body/mind health education. Through CC, we serve as links between performing arts and healthcare, to create compelling works of art, enjoyment and research-verifiable health benefits. 2. Moving WellTM is our certificate training program for nurses, physical, occupational and recreational therapists, social workers, certified nursing assistants, program managers, family caregivers, students, artists and citizen activists involved with elders. We give participants specific tools for engaging family members, colleagues and clients physically, mentally and emotionally through joyful performing arts involvement to affect personal and community health and wellbeing. Available via Zoom. 3. Our Intergenerational Dance HallTM is an all ages and abilities re- imagining of the community dance as the intersection of artistic, physical, and social involvement, with elders at the center of intergenerational dance and story performance art making, involving underserved audiences. 4. Our Community Arts and WellbeingTM Residency is our community wide project involving individual and organizational collaborators in the arts, healthcare, social services, education, business, government and Tribal Nations, designed to foster creativity, and optimal health and wellbeing, with elders at the center of this activity. Kairos ClubhouseTM Webcasts. We have 7-years of experience developing popular 2-way interactive participatory streamed arts and health engagement webcasts serving individuals and groups of people in the Twin Cities, greater Minnesota, Wisconsin, Florida and California. Our current flagship webcast over Zoom, Kairos ClubhouseTM is a weekly engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way TV show that's a mix of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln Center for all ages and abilities. With music, adapted dance and movement, stories, and arts and health research learning, it makes creative connections between isolated people, and promotes enjoyment and health.
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 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 January 2003.
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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