Illinois · Nonprofit
BLACK GIRLS DANCE
BLACK GIRLS DANCE (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,420 to it, the largest being RONALD L MCDANIEL FOUNDATION ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $612k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $216k
- Net assets
- $360k
What Black Girls Dance does
Mission
At Black Girls Dance, our unwavering commitment is to champion and elevate dancers of color by providing a transformative journey that encompasses training, exposure, and performance opportunities. Rooted in the belief that dance is not only an art form but a powerful avenue for personal growth and empowerment, our mission transcends the stage to impact lives and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dance Season Provided high-quality ballet, jazz, contemporary, and hip-hop training to over 180 students, fostering confidence, discipline, and artistry. In 2025, Black Girls Dance continued providing high-quality dance training, performance opportunities, mentorship, and confidence-building experiences for girls of color. Program accomplishments included serving over 200 students, offering weekly dance instruction across multiple disciplines, producing major performance opportunities, providing scholarship support, and continuing the organizations expansion toward the future Full Circle Performing Arts Center.
$180,019 spent58% of program spendingGirls Rise Up Welcomed two University of Chicago Booth MBA Board Fellows, who helped structure new fundraising initiatives and strategic planning for growth. Provided mentorship and professional development opportunities for senior ensemble members, including college and career guidance.
$80,405 spent26% of program spendingMARY Welcomed two University of Chicago Booth MBA Board Fellows, who helped structure new fundraising initiatives and strategic planning for growth. Provided mentorship and professional development opportunities for senior ensemble members, including college and career guidance.
$32,073 spent10% of program spendingSold out the Harris Theater 1400 seats at our 2024 Spring Concert held in June Produced Mary, A Holiday Dansical at the Logan Center, featuring a cast of 35 young dancers and providing performance opportunities for aspiring artists. Performed at the Chicago Sky WNBA halftime show, giving students professional performance exposure. Hosted a Giving Tuesday campaign featuring compelling student stories to engage new donors and expand funding for scholarships. Participated in the 34th Annual International Association of Blacks In Dance Conference in Memphis, TN
$17,826 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $310,323.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $152k to $387k (+154%).
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: 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of BLACK GIRLS DANCE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $54k → $48k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 BLACK GIRLS DANCE’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
BLACK GIRLS DANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 BLACK GIRLS DANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 42% · 2023 52% — 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
100% of BLACK GIRLS DANCE's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $89k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
BLACK GIRLS DANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BLACK GIRLS DANCE
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLACK GIRLS DANCE: 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 BLACK GIRLS DANCE?
- BLACK GIRLS DANCE (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,420 to it, the largest being RONALD L MCDANIEL FOUNDATION ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK GIRLS DANCE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $216,420 in grants to BLACK GIRLS DANCE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK GIRLS DANCE?
- RONALD L MCDANIEL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK GIRLS DANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 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