Tennessee · Nonprofit
APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY
APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $316,335 to it, the largest being LANGE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($280,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $477k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $316k
- Net assets
- $328k
What Appalachian Ballet Company does
Mission
To provide dancers with the highest caliber of classical training and performance opportunities, to produce a first-class season of classical and contemporary ballets showcasing local artists and encouraging collaboration among teh area's performing arts and to promote and foster a love and appreciation of the arts through performances and lecture demonstrations in the communitiy.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
To provide dancers with the highest caliber of classical training and performance opportunities, to produce a first-class season of classical and contemporary ballets showcasing local artists and encouraging collaboration among the area's performing arts and to promote and foster a love and appreciation of the arts through performances and lecture demonstrations in the communitiy.
$489,814 spentof which $4,500 as grants$329,852 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $489,814.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $204k to $380k (+86%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 3% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 1% · 2022 10% · 2023 12% · 2024 27% · 2025 1% · 2026 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $48k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY’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
APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 87% · 2023 95% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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.
Against its field
APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY is better cushioned than half of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY?
- APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $316,335 to it, the largest being LANGE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($280,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $316,335 in grants to APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY?
- LANGE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $280,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like APPALACHIAN BALLET COMPANY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2018–2026), and the filings of 7 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing