Noorani Dance
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
ENLIGHTENING MINDS and HEARTS THROUGH THE ARTS
- Income
- $213,122
- Spending
- $192,305
- Spent on programs
- 53%
- Reserves
- 1.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 55%
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 5
- Highest pay
- $100,000, founder/directo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 53 out of 100. Higher than 22% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.2 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 74% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 10% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 13% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1553% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 34 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 82 out of 100. Higher than 80% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 255 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a 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 December 31, 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 (4)
- $102,748 spent. "Noorani" means bright or luminous, with a dual meaning of enlightenment. With kathak dance as the medium, Noorani Dance is committed to enlightening minds and hearts through the arts,
- offering traditional and innovative training and performances, and collaborative partnerships across other forms of performing arts. Students, ages 5 and up, receive training in the foundational
- aspects of the movement technique along with learning the theoretical aspects of the music, history and philosophy of the kathak tradition. Performance opportunities for students of Noorani
- Dance are provided through various programs including Mehfil-e-Kathak, and a variety of community performances in partnership with organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Advanced students have the opportunity to join the Noorani Dance Company,receiving more vigorous, in-depth training and opportunities to perform in professional productions of Noorani Dance. In 2018, a performing group for the intermediate and advanced children was formed - Yasmeen ki Kaliyan, the flowering buds of jasmine - offering similar opportunities to gain experience through performance. After many years of advanced training, students of Noorani Dance receiving in depth one to one training from Farah, may have the opportunity to participate in Manzil ke Andaaz - the many aspects of one's journey. This is the first performance of a Kathak solo, which is neither the beginning nor the end. It is a culmination of years of training, hard work and commitment, to be able to share one's skills and knowledge of this vast art form. Through the experience of preparing for this majormilestone, the dancer is also awakened to this journey being one that continues for a lifetime.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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