Grants for ballet companies

Name: Top 25 grants made to ballet companies
Creator: Cause IQ
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247 ballet companies received at least $6.8 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 626 grants made from 506 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $2,000. Of these 506 foundations, 88% made just a single grant to ballet companies, and 2% made grants to four or more ballet companies. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$6,762,513

Total grant dollars given to ballet companies

626

Number of grants made annually to ballet companies

506

Number of grantmakers funding ballet companies

$2,000

Median grant size to ballet companies

Foundations that support ballet companies

Out of all grants made to ballet companies, 75% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 79% of the dollar-value of grants to ballet companies. Foundations funding ballet companies also made grants to art museums, multiservice human service organizations, theaters, colleges, and religious organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	380
Medium	75
Large	51

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	24
Private	431
Corporate	22
Other	29

Grants made

Grants made to ballet companies	Number of grantmakers
1	450
2-3	45
4-10	8
11+	3

Top 10 foundations supporting ballet companies

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to ballet companies	Number of grants made to ballet companies	Median grant size
The Columbus Foundation	OH	State	0.0%	11	$5,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	11	$2,500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	11	$550
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	8	$2,300
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.0%	8	$1,500
Charity Partners Foundation	MA	National	0.2%	8	$29
Harkness Foundation for Dance	NY	Metro	1.6%	6	$1,750
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	6	$1,440
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.0%	4	$3,590
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.2%	4	$3,125

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Ballet companies grantees

Ballet companies with more than $5 million in total revenues received 91% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 60% of all ballet companies.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	624
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	2

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$2,000
$100k-$500k	$2,000
$500k-$1M	$2,500
$1M-$5M	$2,000
>$5M	$2,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	109
Florida	59
California	52
Pennsylvania	36
Other	370

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	103
Miami	32
Chicago	29
San Francisco	22
Other	415

Top 25 grants made to ballet companies

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Boston Ballet	$2,717,916	Operating Support/annual Fund	The Boston Foundation (TBF)
Joffrey Ballet	$2,500,000	Public Charity	Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust
Kansas City Ballet Association	$5,000	Support for the 52nd Annual Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, November 23, 2019. 201907-6957	Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
New York City Ballet	$5,000	To Fund Public Charitable Organizations	The CD Shiah Charitable Foundation
Charlottesville Ballet	$5,000	The Chance To Dance Program	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
The Richmond Ballet	$5,000	Contributing To Richmond Ballet's Road To the Future Campaign As Unrestricted Funds.	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Miami City Ballet (MCB)	$5,000	General Support To Carry Out the Mission of the Organization	Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
Canyon Concert Ballet	$5,000	CCB and Randy Wray Endowment Fund	Trois Coeurs Foundation
New York City Ballet	$5,000	General Use	Mark A & Lisa J Walsh Foundation
Balletmet Columbusballetmet	$5,000	Step Beyond Campaign	The Gina and Chris Olsen Foundation
Diablo Ballet	$5,000	Unrestricted General	Reach-A-Star Foundation
The Richmond Ballet	$5,000	General	Jewish Community Federation of Richmond
Ballet Theatre of Des Moines	$5,000	Grant Distribution	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Ballet Quad Cities	$5,000	Grant Distribution	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Ballet Western Reserve	$5,000	Ballet Programs	Senator Maurice and Florence Lipscher Char
The Washington Ballet	$5,000	Support for Various Dance Programs	Cyrus Katzen Foundation
The Georgia Ballet	$5,000	Arts in Education	Georgia Power
Charlottesville Ballet	$5,000	To Support Resident Dancy Company in Lynchburg and Expand Community Engagement Programs	Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation
The Sarasota Ballet	$5,000	General Support	Junior League of Sarasota
Balletmet Columbusballetmet	$5,000	Arts and Humanities	The Columbus Foundation
Balletmet Columbusballetmet	$5,000	Arts and Humanities	The Columbus Foundation
Balletmet Columbusballetmet	$5,000	Arts and Humanities	The Columbus Foundation
Balletmet Columbusballetmet	$5,000	Arts and Humanities	The Columbus Foundation
Mid-Columbia Ballet	$5,000	Arts and Humanities	The Columbus Foundation
Balletmet Columbusballetmet	$5,000	Arts and Humanities	The Columbus Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Ballet companies" category for this page is determined by the "A63: Ballet" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.