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Dance Service New York City Inc

Dance service new york city, inc.'s mission is to champion the new york city metropolitan area dance sector by fostering a more just, equitable, and inclusive landscape where dance workers and organizations can thrive.

$720k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$137k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$6.5MHuman Services$103kEmployment$50kPhilanthropy$3k
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 23 grants below total $683,020 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $720,142 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $37,122 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $525k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $137k
$23,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIQUE PROJECTS INC$136,738
BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE$43,716
REDHAWK NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL$40,640
LAYERHYTHM PRODUCTIONS INC$40,640
PONY BOX DANCE THEATRE INC$40,440
SURATI FOR PERFORMING ARTS$40,440
KINDING SINDAW HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC$39,714
EXIT12 DANCE COMPANY$39,640
DANCERS UNLIMITED INC$34,292
THE JAPANESE FOLK DANCE INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK INC$29,436
CULTURE PUSH$24,594
NEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC$23,000
JIVA PERFORMING ARTS INC$22,646
TABULA RASA DANCE THEATER$19,866
GENERAL MISCHIEF DANCE THEATRE$17,690
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–22, $231k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ABRONS ART CENTERHENTRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $128k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $94k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $8k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.2M · 41 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

41 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
61

Total granted

$5.2M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+11%

Still filing today

98%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentEmploymentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NY
    NEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $467k · revenue +52%
  • DE
    Dance Entropy Inc
    3× · 2019–2022 · $371k · revenue +15% · 47% of their budget
  • MR
    MOVEMENT RESEARCH INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $298k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • QC
    QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $166k · revenue +71%
  • OJ
    OPEN JAR STUDIOS LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $161k
  • PR
    Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $80k · revenue -3%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Los Angeles International Dance Festival
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2
Alma Nyc Dance Company Inc
Arts & Culture
3
The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc
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4
Fjk Dance Inc

A Contemporary Dance Company Based in New York City

Arts & Culture
5
Tickle the Sleeping Giant Inc

To create contemporary dance works

Arts & Culture
6
New Dance Alliance Inc

New Dance Alliance is a performing arts nonprofit. Our mission, from the earliest days, has been to support experimental movement-based artists. In recent years, we have shifted our focus, making an explicit commitment to equity and…

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7
New York Baroque Dance Co Inc

Concerts and workshops in 18th century dance.

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8
Latina Dance Project Inc

The Latina Dance Project, a collaborative ensemble of multidisciplinary artists, explores through performances--physical, musical, and visual--controversial issues impacting the global community. The companys projects create experiences…

Arts & Culture
9
Site-Specicific Dances Inc

Dance and music performances held in specific sites, often of historic significance, often free and open to the public

Arts & Culture
10
Threshold Dance Projects Inc

To nurture a personal commitment to dance as a life-long process of discovery through live performance of original choreography, interactive educational residencies, outreach programs, and digital media, and to create through the…

Arts & Culture
11
Barkha Dance Company Inc

Creating, Performing & Sharing Powerful classical dance Kathak

Arts & Culture
12
New York Dance Theatre Inc

Dance instruction for the advancement of classical ballet for the public through lectures, training, and performances.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Movement Research Inc and the most unlike its peers is Tonalmotion Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 22 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%1%<5yr15%12%5–10yr21%30%10–20yr22%32%20–35yr13%18%35–55yr9%7%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr15%5%5–10yr21%26%10–20yr22%24%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr9%19%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.9% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.9%1/107
the rest of the field
11%
5,002/44,430

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

94 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 94 of the 107 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

19
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
88/94
Grantees still filing
63/94
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC — $466,936 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK LIVE ARTS INCDISCALCED INC — $447,160 · Arts & CultureDISCALCED INCDance Entropy Inc — $371,117 · Arts & CultureDance Entropy IncGINA GIBNEY DANCE INC — $303,532 · Arts & CultureGINA GIBNEY DANCE INCMOVEMENT RESEARCH INC — $297,667 · Arts & CultureMOVEMENT RESEARCH INCFRACTURED ATLAS INC — $253,410 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT ARTISTS INC — $247,017 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH INC — $225,818 · Arts & CultureUNIQUE PROJECTS INC — $178,188 · Arts & Culture+64 more — $2,005,195 · Arts & Culture+64 moreDancewave Inc — $179,370 · OtherDancewave IncQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $165,800 · OtherQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDAT…OPEN JAR STUDIOS LLC — $160,930 · OtherOPEN JAR STUDIOS LLCBARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER INC — $128,000 · OtherBARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTE…PMT HOUSE OF DANCE — $106,260 · OtherPMT HOUSE OF DANCEPascal Rioult Dance Theatre Inc — $80,300 · OtherPascal Rioult Dance Th…THE FLOOR ON ATLANTIC LLC — $54,650 · OtherDancers Unlimited — $51,766 · OtherTR1314 MULTIDISCIPLINARY VISUAL PERFORMANCES INC — $50,640 · Other+19 more — $356,352 · Other+19 moreHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT — $230,634 · Human ServicesTOPAZ ARTS INC — $167,155 · EducationCORA INCORPORATED — $42,330 · EducationSNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER AND BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $90,365 · EnvironmentSOMETHING POSITIVE INC — $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHE EYEBEAM ATELIER INC — $7,250 · Employment
Arts & Culture$4,796,040Other$1,334,068Human Services$230,634Education$209,485Environment$90,365Philanthropy$15,000Employment$7,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC — $466,936 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetDISCALCED INC — $447,160 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetDance Entropy Inc — $371,117 over 3y, 47% of budgetGINA GIBNEY DANCE INC — $303,532 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMOVEMENT RESEARCH INC — $297,667 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC — $253,410 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT ARTISTS INC — $247,017 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT — $230,634 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH INC — $225,818 over 3y, 41% of budgetDancewave Inc — $179,370 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetUNIQUE PROJECTS INC — $178,188 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetTOPAZ ARTS INC — $167,155 over 4y, 52% of budgetQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $165,800 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFOURTH ARTS BLOCK INC — $158,150 over 3y, 30% of budgetBALLET HISPANICO OF NEW YORK INC — $152,150 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER INC — $128,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetARTHUR AVILES TYPICAL THEATRE INC — $108,614 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetDANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC — $97,365 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSURATI FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC — $91,080 over 2y, 23% of budgetSNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER AND BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $90,365 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPascal Rioult Dance Theatre Inc — $80,300 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetBROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE INC — $77,766 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetPONY BOX DANCE THEATER — $75,390 over 2y, 26% of budgetCULTURE PUSH INC — $73,737 over 2y, 33% of budgetJIVA PERFORMING ARTS INC — $73,397 over 4y, 33% of budgetKINDING SINDAW HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC — $56,300 over 2y, 47% of budgetBombazo Dance Co — $55,461 over 2y, 23% of budgetSBDNY Inc — $55,354 over 3y, 16% of budgetECUADORIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER INC — $52,587 over 2y, 17% of budgetDancers Unlimited — $51,766 over 2y, 19% of budgetTR1314 MULTIDISCIPLINARY VISUAL PERFORMANCES INC — $50,640 over 1y, 16% of budgetCORA INCORPORATED — $42,330 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetRedhawk Indian Arts Council Inc — $40,640 over 1y, 17% of budgetLAYERHYTHM PRODUCTIONS INC — $40,640 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Lit Fund — $40,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetEXIT 12 DANCE COMPANY INC — $39,640 over 1y, 29% of budgetJAPAN FOLK DANCE INST OF NY — $37,789 over 2y, 30% of budgetMIND BUILDERS CREATIVE ARTS INC — $36,975 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFIST & HEEL PERFORMANCE GROUP — $35,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC — $31,360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIP-HOP THEATER FESTIVAL INC DBA Hi-ARTS — $30,910 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGENERAL MISCHIEF DANCE THEATRE — $30,724 over 2y, 39% of budgetTABULA RASA DANCE THEATER INC — $29,506 over 2y, 34% of budgetJESSICA LANG DANCE INC — $29,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEglevsky Ballet Company of LI Inc — $29,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetLATSKY DANCE INC — $27,250 over 2y, 12% of budgetLA DONNA DANCE INC — $25,512 over 2y, 36% of budgetEMERGE 125 INC — $25,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Howard Gilman Fou…The Harkness Foundati…Mertz Gilmore Foundat…The Andrew W Mellon F…Mid Atlantic Arts IncNew England Foundatio…The Ford FoundationArnhold Foundation IncNew Music USA IncEmma a Sheafer Charit…The Hyde and Watson F…The Map Fund Inc
The Howard Gilman Foundation IncNY77.4× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc · Mertz Gilmore Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated · The Ford Foundation · Arnhold Foundation Inc · New Music USA Inc · Emma a Sheafer Charitable Tr Xxxxx7006 · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Map Fund Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Dance Service New York City Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company — 25% of income from government
  • Nimbus Dance Works Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Surati for Performing Arts Inc — 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 107 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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