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AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,354 to it, the largest being ARNHOLD FOUNDATION INC ($55,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$144k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$150k
Net assets
$21k
4/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What American Dance Machine for the 21st Century does

Mission

To establish American Dance Machine for the 21st Century as a leading center for musical theater dance and to perpetuate the excellence of this genre through the preservation, presentation and education of classic and current notable works of musical theater choreography.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Historical live musical theater and film dance work performances in new york city

    $109,251 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $109,251.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($315k) Expenses 100 ($339k) Net assets -384 ($-103158)2018 Revenue 92 ($290k) Expenses 76 ($257k) Net assets -264 ($-71113)2019 Revenue 24 ($75k) Expenses 24 ($82k) Net assets -293 ($-78808)2020 Revenue 25 ($79k) Expenses 17 ($57k) Net assets -213 ($-57158)2021 Revenue 74 ($234k) Expenses 44 ($150k) Net assets 100 ($27k)2022 Revenue 45 ($141k) Expenses 46 ($155k) Net assets 48 ($13k)2023 Revenue 49 ($153k) Expenses 44 ($149k) Net assets 63 ($17k)2024 Revenue 46 ($144k) Expenses 41 ($140k) Net assets 77 ($21k)
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Revenue (46)Expenses (41)Net assets (77)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $57k to $33k (−42%).

$21k
$19k
$23k
$44k
$57k
$33k
$37k
$54k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 35% · 2023 23% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$24k
’17
$32k
’18
−$8k
’19
$22k
’20
$84k
’21
−$14k
’22
$4k
’23
$4k
’24
3.9
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Michael Paleos

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed67997777
Joined·+2+3+1+0+1+0+2
No longer listed·1112102
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $16k → $12k.

2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

37%
largest funder
86%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 99% · 2019 66% · 2020 51% · 2021 66% · 2022 29% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

75% of AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

99% of AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
CT
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY's revenue fell 54% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve3.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−11% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

57% of spending goes to programs.

Program 57%Management 36%Fundraising 7%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

74%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?
AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,354 to it, the largest being ARNHOLD FOUNDATION INC ($55,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $150,354 in grants to AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?
ARNHOLD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing