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Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Agora Artists is an arts service organization focused on providing programming and resources that contribute to a supportive ecosystem for dance in DFW. Through workshops forums and other creative assets Agora Artists aims to help individual dancers maintain an active and sustainable creative life.
- Income
- $51,005
- Spending
- $38,721
- Reserves
- 4.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 80%
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
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 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 (3)
- $17,330 spent. Seeds is a comprehensive project providing emerging and seasoned dancemakers with tools means and support to create develop and premiere a new finished work. This is a twelve-week crash course in self producing a choreographic work ready for future festival & venue showings. Seeds encompasses a subsidized rehearsal space career development consultations professional mentorship and numerous connections within the dance community culminating in a two-evening fully produced performance at Arts Mission Oak Cliff AMOC in Oak Cliff Dallas. The project is free of charge--no application fees no production fees and no rental costs will be charged to the applicant choreographer. Agora Artists also provides a modest budget to remunerate choreographers dancers and cover production expenses such as costumes props and travel reimbursements. This program served 35 artists and reached 170 audience members.
- $10,353 spent. Mini Movement Fest MMF is a one-day long dance festival at Arts Mission Oak Cliff. This festival holds a specials place in our hearts because it served as a catalyst for the formation of Agora Artists. Each festival we invite guest artists based in Texas to teach and perform their work in Oak Cliff. Our mission is to provide a safe community-centered space for the invited artists to share their pedagogy and performance work with new audiences. The festival is simultaneously an opportunity for local dancers to work with new artists creating opportunities for connection in the greater Texas dance community. The festivals overall attendance was 192.
- $2,388 spent. Split Bill at AMOC was a dance concert featuring two dance companies Dallas-based connectivetissuedance and 2nd Best Dance Company from New York. The performance was an intimate evening of physical storytelling and ran for two nights. 9 artists were involved in the concert and 70 people attended.
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 March 2017.
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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