Texas · Nonprofit
Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc
Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,047 to it, the largest being SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION ($42,140). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $523k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $76k
What Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc does
Mission
To fulfill the developmental needs of serious young dancers, regardless of economic background, in a safe, nurturing and pre-professional dance company environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Since 2005, the Ballet Conservatory of South Texas (BCSTX) has been a thriving center for ballet training, inspiring students to fulfill their highest potential within a caring and nurturing environment. Our proven curriculum has prepared dancers for the worlds top ballet companies. We teach over 250 students each week ages 3 to adult, beginner level to professional. Our diverse student body comes from across Bexar county and represents over 70 San Antonio area zip codes. BCSTX offers more than 30k in tuition assistance annually. This assistance furthers our mission of making ballet accessible to all children in our community. The distinguished faculty is comprised of instructors with years of teaching experience, most having danced with major companies and/or holding college degrees in dance education.
$501,296 spent$523,441 earned by the program96% of program spendingDiscover Dance furthers our mission to educate and inspire underserved children in San Antonio. The program provides children of various economic backgrounds the opportunity to see, experience and train as a dancer. The BCSTX provides over 41k in scholarship funding for training as well as performance opportunities based on financial need.
$18,677 spent4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $519,973.
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 2022 to 2023, from $197k to $155k (−22%).
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.
4% of Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc’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. 6 of the last 7 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
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $71k → $54.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc’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
Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
52% of Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $49k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc's revenue fell 22% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc?
- Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,047 to it, the largest being SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION ($42,140). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $100,047 in grants to Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc?
- SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $42,140 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 6 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