KYL DANCERS INC
EIN 71-1004429 · Dance (A62)
What they do
THE COMPANY PERFORMS ORIGINAL, CONTEMPORARY WORKS BY ITS FOUNDER and ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, KUN-YANG LIN, THAT TRANSCEND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES. KYL/D INSPIRES DANCE ARTISTS and AUDIENCES to EXAMINE THE QUESTIONS THAT SHAPE US AS INDIVIDUALS and COMMUNITIES, THROUGH WORLD-CLASS DANCE THAT INTEGRATES VIRTUOSITY WITH HUMANITY. KYL/D BELIEVES IN: PRACTICING A FEARLESS PHYSICALITY THAT RESONATES WITH THE SOUL; SETTING IN MOTION FRESH INTERPRETATIONS of ANCIENT TRADITIONS STEEPED IN EASTERN WISDOM and SENSIBILITIES; INSPIRING CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACHES to COMMUNITY and SELF-DISCOVERY; IGNITING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MEANING and MYSTERY.
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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders11 people are listed in the latest report.
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $161,140 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
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KUN-YANG LINARTISTIC DIRECTOR
KATHRYN MOORE-DERKITSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ALEX CARBONELLDIRECTOR
BINGYU HATZISDIRECTOR
BLAKE CAPLEDIRECTOR
DAVID HARRISONDIRECTOR
ELBERT S BLACKDIRECTOR
ELLEN GAYDADIRECTOR
ELLEN SCHWARTZDIRECTOR
KENNETH METZNERFORMER EXEC DIR/PRESIDENT
MARLA SOFFERDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2007
- Location
- 1316 SOUTH 9TH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19147
- County
- Philadelphia
- In care of
- KATHRYN M MOORE-DERKITS
- Primary officer
- KATHRYN M MOORE-DERKITS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- RUOTOLO SPEWAK & CO
- NTEE classification
- Dance (A62)
- IRS tax category
- Dance