LISS FAIN DANCE INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $110K · expenses $110K · assets $726

EIN
04-3003908
Address
244 CORTE MADERA AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941-4552
Website
LISSFAINDANCE.ORG
NTEE code
A62E
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
September 1988 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

RESEARCH THE IMPACT OF DANCE ON THE LIFE OF PEOPLE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RESULTS THROUGH CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, PERFORMANCES, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND PUBLICATIONS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 7 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Elizabeth Fain President2011-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Rob Semper Treasurer2011-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Lynn Rankin Former Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Julie Reinganum Director2011-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Rudi Dundas Director2014-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Lynn Rankin (former) Director2011-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Ed Payne (former) Chairman2011-2017 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President1 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Treasurer1 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Former Director1 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director1 $0-- $01
RUDI DUNDAS Director1 $0-- $01
2023 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President1 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Treasurer1 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Director1 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director1 $0-- $01
RUDI DUNDAS Director1 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President40 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Treasurer1 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Secretary1 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director1 $0-- $01
2021 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President40 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Treasurer1 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Secretary1 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director1 $0-- $01
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President40 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Treasurer1 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Secretary1 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director1 $0-- $01
2019 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President40 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Treasurer1 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Secretary1 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director1 $0-- $01
2018 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President40 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Treasurer1 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Secretary1 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director1 $0-- $01
2017 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President40 $0-- $01
Ed Payne Chairman1 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Treasurer1 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Secretary1 $0-- $01
Rudi Dundas Director1 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director1 $0-- $01
2016 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President40 $0-- $01
Ed Payne Chairman1 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Treasurer1 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Secretary1 $0-- $01
Rudi Dundas Director1 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director1 $0-- $01
2015 · 6 people listed · none paid · 7 employees · 7 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President40 $0$0$0 $01
Ed Payne Chairman1 $0$0$0 $01
Rob Semper Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
Lynn Rankin Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Rudi Dundas Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Julie Reinganum Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2014 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President20 $0-- $01
Ed Payne Chairman0 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Director0 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Director0 $0-- $01
Rudi Dundas Director0 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director0 $0-- $01
2013 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Fain President20 $0-- $01
Ed Payne Director0 $0-- $01
Rob Semper Director0 $0-- $01
Lynn Rankin Director0 $0-- $01
Julie Reinganum Director0 $0-- $01
2011 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Julie Reinganum Director0 $0$0$0 $01
Lynn Rankin Director0 $0$0$0 $01
Rob Semper Director0 $0$0$0 $01
Ed Payne Director0 $0$0$0 $01
Elizabeth Fain President40 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$110,036$110,382 $726$726 $101,150$8,886 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$16,905$20,675 $1,072$1,072 $16,905- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$135,740$133,478 $4,842$4,842 $135,740- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$21,775$20,103 $2,580$2,580 $21,775- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$15,298$16,784 $908$908 $14,848$450 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$11,890$13,531 $2,394$2,394 $11,890- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$173,700$170,863 $4,035$4,035 $159,800$13,900 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$106,336$107,477 $1,198$1,198 $97,820$8,516 ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$125,896$123,958 $2,339$2,339 $116,400$9,496 ---
2015 · Form 990 period ending 2016-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$278,280$279,243 $401$401 $250,750$27,530 $077
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$175,132$193,772 $1,364$1,364 $153,075$22,057 ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$142,506$123,979 $20,004$20,004 $127,340$15,166 ---
2011 · Form 990 period ending 2012-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$214,720$196,577 $14,810-$400,456 $197,689$17,031 $00-

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $653 in all, tax years 2009 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
W K KELLOGG FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LISS FAIN DANCE INC” 2009-2010 2$600 2010$200
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LISS FAIN DANCE INC” 2020-2023 4$53 2023$17
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $110,382 spent · pay $29,045 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $58,685 53.2%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $29,045 26.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,049 13.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $7,603 6.9%
Total$110,382100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $20,675 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $9,905 47.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,670 46.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,100 5.3%
Total$20,675100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $133,478 spent · pay $54,101 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $54,101 40.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $42,740 32.0%
Fees to independent contractors $22,709 17.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $13,928 10.4%
Total$133,478100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $20,103 spent · pay $2,625 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $14,178 70.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,950 14.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $2,625 13.1%
Fees to independent contractors $350 1.7%
Total$20,103100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $16,784 spent · pay $5,734 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $10,150 60.5%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $5,734 34.2%
Fees to independent contractors $900 5.4%
Total$16,784100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $13,531 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $11,619 85.9%
Fees to independent contractors $1,850 13.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $62 0.5%
Total$13,531100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $170,863 spent · pay $65,713 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $76,624 44.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $65,713 38.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $19,487 11.4%
Fees to independent contractors $7,075 4.1%
Printing, publications, postage $1,964 1.1%
Total$170,863100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $107,477 spent · pay $29,156 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $52,309 48.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $29,156 27.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,242 15.1%
Fees to independent contractors $8,750 8.1%
Printing, publications, postage $1,020 0.9%
Total$107,477100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $123,958 spent · pay $36,572 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $66,277 53.5%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $36,572 29.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $18,359 14.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,735 1.4%
Printing, publications, postage $1,015 0.8%
Total$123,958100%

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2015 · Form 990 · $279,243 spent · pay $58,444 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Production $152,670$152,670-- 54.7%
Other salaries and wages $38,466$38,466-- 13.8%
Payroll taxes $19,978$19,978-- 7.2%
Advertising and promotion $15,099$15,099-- 5.4%
Occupancy $10,656$10,656-- 3.8%
Insurance $8,405$8,405-- 3.0%
Other (as described)Administration $7,766$5,500$2,266- 2.8%
Travel $7,630$7,630-- 2.7%
Other (as described)Video & visual $6,215$6,215-- 2.2%
All other expenses $5,643$5,353$290- 2.0%
Other (as described)Organizational Development $2,330$2,330-- 0.8%
Fees: other services $2,100$2,100-- 0.8%
Fees: accounting $1,685-$1,685- 0.6%
Information technology $600$600-- 0.2%
Total$279,243100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $193,772 spent · pay $61,498 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $89,333 46.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $61,498 31.7%
Fees to independent contractors $24,935 12.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $18,006 9.3%
Total$193,772100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $123,979 spent · pay $34,861 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $58,910 47.5%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $34,861 28.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,317 13.2%
Fees to independent contractors $13,891 11.2%
Total$123,979100%

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2011 · Form 990 · $196,577 spent · pay $53,484 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Production Exps $57,713$57,713-- 29.4%
Other salaries and wages $39,797$39,797-- 20.2%
Occupancy $35,184$34,311$873- 17.9%
Advertising and promotion $16,162$6,000$10,162- 8.2%
Payroll taxes $13,687$13,687-- 7.0%
Insurance $9,335-$9,335- 4.7%
Office expenses $8,914-$8,914- 4.5%
Fees: other services $5,030$1,638$3,392- 2.6%
Other (as described)Other $3,973$1,780$2,193- 2.0%
Information technology $2,700-$2,700- 1.4%
Other (as described)Dues & memberships $1,685$1,685-- 0.9%
Fees: accounting $1,675-$1,675- 0.9%
Travel $662$662-- 0.3%
Other (as described)Tax $60-$60- 0.0%
Total$196,577100%

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