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Mashup Contemporary Dance Company
Annapolis MD | IRS ruling year: 2010 | EIN: 27-1889608 
An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.
An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.Organization Mission
Artistic endeavors including dance education, dance training, dance classes, and dance performances to enrich individuals cultural appreciation.Rating Information
Not currently rated
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Historical Ratings 
Historical Ratings 
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Rating Report
Accountability & Finance
Not Currently Scored
Unknown Reason
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Additional Information
Total Revenue and Expenses - Data Available
Total Revenue and Expenses - Data Available
This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
Salary of Key Persons - Data Available
Salary of Key Persons - Data Available
Presented here are up to five of this organization's highest compensated employees. This compensation data includes salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and is displayed exactly how it is reported to the IRS. The amounts do not include nontaxable benefits, deferred compensation, or other amounts not reported on Form W-2. In some cases, these amounts may include compensation from related organizations. Read the IRS policies for compensation reporting
Sherisa Oie, Executive Director
$63,040
Victoria Brown, Vice President
$12,347
Sarah Rodenhouse, President
$0
Marc Krens, Treasurer
$0
Kimberly Taylor-pestell, Director - Secretary
$0
Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2022
IRS Published Data (Business Master File) - Data Available
IRS Published Data (Business Master File) - Data Available
Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Foundation Status:
Organization that normally receives no more than one-third of its support from gross investment income and unrelated business income and at the same time more than one-third of its support from contributions, fees, and gross receipts related to exempt purposes. 509(a)(2) (BMF foundation code: 16)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
Data Sources (IRS Forms 990) - Data Available
Data Sources (IRS Forms 990) - Data Available
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage accountability and finance data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (Mashup Contemporary Dance Company) or EIN (271889608) in the 'Search Term' field.
Impact & Measurement
Not Currently Scored
Mashup Contemporary Dance Company cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Measurement methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
Culture & Community
Score
91
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's culture and connectedness to the community it serves.
Metrics
Full Credit
Partial Credit
No CreditConstituent Feedback - Data Available100/100 points
Constituent Feedback - Data Available100/100 points
33.33% of beacon score
This organization reported that it is collecting feedback from the constituents and/or communities it serves. The methodology leveraged for Constituent Feedback is based on The Core Principles of Constituent Feedback, which describes listening and responding well to feedback. Charity Navigator participates in a consortium with other feedback experts and leading nonprofit infrastructure platforms to drive Constituent Feedback's advancement, promotion, and data collection.
How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
What challenges does your organization face in collecting feedback from the people you serve?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
Equity Practices - Data Available87/100 points
Equity Practices - Data Available87/100 points
66.67% of beacon score
This organization's score of 87 is a passing score. The organization reported that it is implementing 8 Equity Practices.
This assessment demonstrates the importance of implementing practices that contribute positively to an organization's overall culture, both internally and with respect to community engagement. Furthermore, equity centered frameworks and similar approaches have drawn much attention from donors, experts, and sector leaders who underscore its value to the nonprofit's overall health and capacity for mission success. Currently, the Equity Strategies Checklist assessment consists of practices and policies that promote racial equity in their operations and programs (per the Equity Strategies checklist administered by Candid). As we refine our DEI assessment, Charity Navigator partners with DEI consultants and field experts to broaden and deepen this work.
| Equity Practices (4/7) | |
We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race. | |
We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and/or portfolios. | |
We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization/'s programs, portfolios, and the populations served. | |
We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support. | |
We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders. | |
We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured | |
We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization. | |
| Equity Policies and Procedures (4/7) | |
We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity. | |
We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions. | |
We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization. | |
We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board. | |
We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability. | |
We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team. | |
We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization. | |
Leadership & Adaptability
Score
100
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
- Strategic Partnerships
- Networks of Collective Impact Efforts
- Raising Awareness
- Community Building
Metrics
Full CreditPartial CreditNo CreditMission 10/10 points
Mission 10/10 points
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission
Note: The organization did not respond to this question.
Vision 10/10 points
Vision 10/10 points
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
Note: The organization did not respond to this question.
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Goals 20/20 points
Goals 20/20 points
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: Improve financial sustainability by working for an increase individual giving and the number of grant applications submitted each year.
Goal Type: Invest in the capacity of our organization (financial, management, technical, etc.).
Goal Two: Continue to improve on internal processes including the establishment of a new CRM database, overarching marketing and brand development, and increased interaction with the MashUp community online.
Goal Type: Invest in the capacity of our organization (financial, management, technical, etc.).
Goal Three: Sustain MashUp’s 5 annual programs, increasing the number of artists served by each program by 5%, each year.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Leadership Development 15/15 points
Leadership Development 15/15 points
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
Describe an investment in leadership
In 2021, MashUp hired its first every full-time Executive Director. Also in 2021, Mashup democratized its Artistic leadership from two co-founding Artistic Directors to a 4-person Creative Council. In addition, MashUp encourages its staff to participate in professional development workshops, classes, and conferences relevant to our field. One of the grants MashUp has received provides scholarships for staff to participate in these types of opportunities, making it possible for continued learning to happen at no expense to MashUp staff.
Mobilizing for Mission 15/15 points
Mobilizing for Mission 15/15 points
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:
What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?
Prioritizing community building both within the creative process and its audiences, MashUp develops targeted partnerships in an effort to reach members of the public who may not otherwise experience the arts. Select partners include: The Girl Scouts, LA Design Festival, Curious Minds LA, Highways Performance Space, and the Brand Library.
MashUp also prioritizes being an active member of the local LA dance and performing arts community. For instance, the company has performed and taught classes as part of the LA Dance Festival produced by Brockus Red and the Pasadena Dance Festival. Company leadership participates in community and funder convenings, as well as supporting other local dance companies by attending performances and sharing ideas.
Adaptability Story 30/30 points
Adaptability Story 30/30 points
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
Historically, dance companies are spearheaded by one choreographer, who has complete creative - and frequently also administrative - control. MashUp co-founders, Sarah Rodenhouse and Victoria Brown, purposefully went against this norm, for their joint intention has always been to democratize creative control and generate more leadership opportunities for female identifying artists of ALL backgrounds. Therefore, to kick off the company’s second decade, the pair established a Creative Council to collectively curate programming and develop new systems to uplift female-identifying artists. The evolution in the artistic leadership corresponds with an internal restructuring of staff and the hiring of MashUp’s first full time employee Sherisa Oie, who serves as the Executive Director.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly challenging for MashUp, for dance is inherently the opposite of social distancing. Since March 2020, the team has experienced many financial, programmatic, and personal unknowns that have caused organizational and individual stress.
Although these challenges and their cascading effects are great, MashUp is proud of its pivot to virtual and hybrid programming. During 2020, MashUp hosted over 16 donation-based, virtual classes, and the company members created two dance films that embodied the surreal, anxiety-inducing experience of everyday quarantine life. In August 2020, MashUp hosted a live streamed dance film event, in March 2021, the company hosted its 5th International Women’s Day Festival — entirely online, and during Summer 2021, MashUp produced its first 30 minute film, which premieres as an in-person, outdoor event in October 2021.