Chicago Movement Collective Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
CHICAGO MOVEMENT COLLECTIVE CMC PROVIDES A HOME FOR THE COMMUNITY'S INCREDIBLE TEACHING ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, AND SOON-TO-BE PERFORMING ARTISTS. THE CHICAGO DANCE COMMUNITY IS FAMOUSLY SUPPORTIVE AND THIS COLLECTIVE IS A REFLECTION OF THAT LOVE AND CARE. NO MATTER ONES GOALS IN DANCE, COMMERCIAL, CONCERT, OR OTHERWISE, CMC IS COMMITTED TO HELPING OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY GET THERE.
- Income
- $53,681
- Spending
- $58,775
- Reserves
- 0.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 95%
- Highest pay
- $2,800, board treasurer, employee
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 40 out of 100. Higher than 12% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 9% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 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)
- $58,775 spent. CHICAGO MOVEMENT COLLECTIVE AND THE CLAIRE BATAILLE LEGACY PROGRAM CBLP: IN SPRING OF 2020, CHICAGO WITNESSED THE CLOSING OF THE LOU CONTE DANCE STUDIO, HOME TO MANY WELL-KNOWN INSTRUCTORS AND LIKEWISE MANY ASPIRING YOUNG DANCERS. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, A CONVERSATION BEGAN AROUND CREATING A NEW HOME FOR HIGH LEVEL DANCE TRAINING AND THUS CHICAGO MOVEMENT COLLECTIVE WAS FORMED TO FILL THIS NEED. CMC HELD ITS FIRST IN-PERSON DANCE CLASSES ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2020, GIVING WORK TO TEACHERS THAT WERE DISPLACED, AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY TO DANCERS WHO HAD BEEN SHELTERING IN PLACE. GEOGRAPHIC ACCESSIBILITY WAS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES WE CHOSE LOCATIONS BASED ON PROXIMITY TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH CONSIDERATION TO ACCESS TO INEXPENSIVE OR FREE PARKING. OUR FIRST CLASSES WERE OFFERED AT THE AMERICAN RHYTHM CENTER IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. 6 MONTHS LATER, WE MOVED OUR OPERATIONS TO INTRIGUE DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS AS WELL AS CHICAGO MULTI-CULTURAL DANCE CENTER, BOTH LOCATED IN THE SOUTH LOOP. FROM THERE, WE HAVE BRANCHED A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH AND WEST TO OFFER CLASSES OUT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS CHICAGO ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS. WE PARTNERED WITH ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY IN 2021, DIVERSIFYING THE DANCE STYLES AND DIALECTS TYPICALLY FOUND IN THEIR CURRICULUM. CMC OFFERS COMPETITIVE PAY TO INSTRUCTORS AND ITS CLASS FEES ARE AMONG THE LOWEST OF OPEN DANCE STUDIOS IN THE CITY. CMC IS OPEN TO ALL DANCERS AGES 16 AND UP. THE COST FOR A DROP IN CLASS AT CMC IS AT LEAST $5 LESS EXPENSIVE THAN COMPARABLE DANCE STUDIOS OFFERINGS. IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2025, WE HIRED 19 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, OFFERED 686 CLASSES, AND HAD 574 PEOPLE ATTEND A CLASS. THE CBLP WAS FOUNDED THE SAME DAY AS CMC. FOR THE DANCERS IN OUR CLAIRE BATAILLE LEGACY PROGRAM, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND AT LEAST 8 DANCE CLASSES PER WEEK. THEY ARE ALSO GIVEN ACCESS TO A MENTAL HEALTH/SPORTS MEDICINE SPECIALIST, AS WELL AS STUDIO SPACE TO HONE THEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC SKILLS AND EVENTUALLY PRESENT THEIR WORK ON STAGE/IN STUDIO. IN ADDITION TO THE MORE RIGOROUS CURRICULUM OF THE CBLP, WE ALSO OFFER WEEKEND CLASSES ON A MORE INTRODUCTORY LEVEL, BRINGING ACCESS AND A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE TO A LARGER POPULATION OF DANCERS AND DANCE ENTHUSIASTS. MANY TRAINING PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO THE CLAIRE BATAILLE LEGACY PROGRAM COST UP TO $10,000 A YEAR, A MODEL THAT ONLY SUPPORTS MORE PRIVILEGED, AFFLUENT DANCERS RECEIVING TOP TIER TRAINING. OUR PROGRAM OFFERS THE SAME BENEFITS, BUT FOR $2,000 A YEAR. IN CHICAGO, LOCATION IS A BIG OBSTACLE FOR DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS. THE MAJORITY OF DANCE STUDIOS SIMILAR TO OURS ALL OPERATE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CHICAGO, A NEIGHBORHOOD SATURATED BY WHITE, MID-UPPER CLASS POPULATIONS. BEING MOSTLY IN THE SOUTH LOOP, WE GIVE ACCESS TO DANCERS COMING FROM CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE, WHO TYPICALLY HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING UP TO THE STUDIOS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE. REPRESENTATION MATTERS, AND OUR FACULTY REPRESENTS PEOPLE OF VARYING RACE, CLASS, ABILITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION. IT COSTS CMC $104/WEEK, PER DANCER TO SUBSIDIZE THE COST OF THEIR TRAINING.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 May 2021.
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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