New York · Nonprofit
BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC
BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 337 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,648,245 to it, the largest being ARISON ARTS FOUNDATION ($9,260,330). 210 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $41M
- Funders on record
- 337
- Grants received
- $59M
- Net assets
- $32M
What Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc does
Mission
To create, to present, to preserve, and to extend the great repertoire of classical dancing through exciting performances and educational programming of the highest quality, presented to the widest possible audience. American ballet theatre is committed to its tradition of excellence and its leadership role as america's national ballet company.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Seasons:in 2024, abt presented 8 weeks of performances in new york city and 2 weeks of performances in costa mesa, california. The five-week spring metropolitan opera house season repertory included the full-length ballets of onegin, woolf works, swan lake, romeo and juliet, and like water for chocolate. Abt presented three weeks of repertory programs in october at the david h. Koch theater at lincoln center. In december, abt presented the nutcracker for two weeks at the segerstrom center for the arts in costa mesa, california.
$38,105,842 spent$12,561,357 earned by the program79% of program spendingTouring: abt's touring brings classical ballet to audiences across the country and around the world. Touring in 2024 included a regular residency at the john f. Kennedy center for the performing arts in washington, dc. Additional touring in 2024 included performances at the segerstrom center for the arts in costa mesa, california.
$2,684,249 spent$920,704 earned by the program6% of program spendingEducational training and outreach: in 2024, american ballet theatre's department of education and training reached over 40,000 individuals through its programs. Abt's primary outreach program is abt at school: serving 20 nyc schools engaging over 2,500 students. Abt's student training programs include the jacqueline kennedy onassis school (366 students); summer intensives held in-person (725 students) and abt studio company (12 students), a pre-professional program. Abt's teacher training program (abt national training curriculum) had 138 newly certified teachers enrolled in its 2024 courses. To date, the program has certified almost 4,000 (3,982) teachers in 49 states and 63 countries.
$7,668,589 spentof which $937,206 as grants$5,853,619 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $48,458,680.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $65M to $91M (+40%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 28% · 2022 6% · 2023 1% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Barry Hughson
Executive director (as of 3/2024)
Board chair
Andrew F Barth
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 94 funders to 128 funders, grant income rose $5.4M → $6.3M.
36 of 337 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 THEATRE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 337 funders by total. 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 THEATRE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
30% 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 THEATRE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 13% · 2018 22% · 2019 12% · 2020 14% · 2021 25% · 2022 16% · 2023 16% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
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
BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 26 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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 THEATRE FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 94 funders to 128 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $425k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$425k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 9 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC?
- BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 337 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,648,245 to it, the largest being ARISON ARTS FOUNDATION ($9,260,330). 210 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 337 organizations giving $58,648,245 in grants to BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC, 210 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC?
- ARISON ARTS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,260,330 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC 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 337 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