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BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC

BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $477,647 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($136,907). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2026
$299k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$478k
Net assets
$31k
5/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 82%
01What it does

What Be Heardworld Inc Anna Myer and Dancers Inc does

Mission

Anna myer and dancers' work brings communities together in unique ways by promoting the arts through dance, most notably in boston and new york city. Myer's work has been funded numerous times by the massachusetts cultural council and the cambridge arts council and the turner family foundation. Creatiing and using films, the performing arts and social media campaigns to provide under-served youth, adults and communities with transformative ways to be seen and heard.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Anna myer and dancers' work brings communities together in unique ways by promoting the arts through dance, most notably in boston and new york city. Myer's work has been funded numerous times by the massachusetts cultural council and the cambridge arts council and the turner family foundation. Creatiing and using films, the performing arts and social media campaigns to provide under-served youth, adults and communities with transformative ways to be seen and heard.

  2. Youth empowerment workshop by tmi project. Tmi project is out there changing livesone story at a time. By helping people own their narratives, they foster empathy, challenge stigma, and build community. Digital reach: tmi project shares stories online through videos, podcasts, and social mediabringing personal narratives to global audiences.

    $68,660 spent
    21% of program spending
  3. Project teach - mentor- inspire (tmi) is an exciting program that transforms local middle and high school students into future leaders and confident entrepreneurs. The program teaches students how to generate business ideas, conduct market research, write business plans, and pitch ideas to investors all while developing self-esteem and leadership skills. We believe that every child is born with an entrepreneurial spirit that needs to be fostered through leadership training and activities that build self-esteem and teamwork.

  4. Anna myer and dancers' work brings communities together in unique ways by promoting the arts through dance, most notably in boston and new york city. Myer's work has been funded numerous times by the massachusetts cultural council and the cambridge arts council and the turner family foundation. Creatiing and using films, the performing arts and social media campaigns to provide under-served youth, adults and communities with transformative ways to be seen and heard.

    $254,662 spent
    79% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $323,322.

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 ($105k) Expenses 100 ($105k) Net assets 100 ($18k)2018 Revenue 72 ($76k) Expenses 74 ($78k) Net assets 59 ($11k)2019 Revenue 94 ($99k) Expenses 91 ($95k) Net assets 78 ($14k)2020 Revenue 63 ($66k) Expenses 50 ($53k) Net assets 145 ($27k)2021 Revenue 111 ($117k) Expenses 64 ($67k) Net assets 410 ($75k)2022 Revenue 145 ($153k) Expenses 147 ($155k) Net assets 401 ($73k)2023 Revenue 255 ($268k) Expenses 259 ($272k) Net assets 379 ($69k)2024 Revenue 295 ($311k) Expenses 280 ($295k) Net assets 466 ($85k)2025 Revenue 199 ($209k) Expenses 242 ($254k) Net assets 220 ($40k)2026 Revenue 284 ($299k) Expenses 310 ($325k) Net assets 170 ($31k)
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Revenue (284)Expenses (310)Net assets (170)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 2024 to 2025, from $99k to $44k (−56%).

$18k
$17k
$14k
$27k
$75k
$83k
$88k
$99k
$44k
$34k
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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.

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2018
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2022
2023
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$230
’17
−$2k
’18
$3k
’19
$13k
’20
$49k
’21
−$2k
’22
−$4k
’23
$16k
’24
−$45k
’25
−$26k
’26
1.2
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.

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Listed77799910101010
Joined·+2+0+2+0+0+3+1+2+0
No longer listed·200002120
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $37k → $81k.

5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS 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

BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

76% 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 BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC.

29%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 51% · 2019 66% · 2020 71% · 2021 29% · 2022 37% · 2023 37% — 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 BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

72% of BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS 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 $134k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

NY
MA

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

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $343k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC has grown faster than half of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Government funding BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $126k on record — $25k federal, $101k state.

Federal$25k
grants $25kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$25k
State$101k
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Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$101k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC?
BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $477,647 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($136,907). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $477,647 in grants to BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC?
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $136,907 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BE HEARDWORLD INC ANNA MYER AND DANCERS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2026), and the filings of 11 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