Virginia · Nonprofit
BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC
BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $383,119 to it, the largest being ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($163,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $-591
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $383k
- Net assets
- $0
What Bowen McCauley Dance Inc does
Mission
Bmdc educates, entertains and inspires through its professional dance company performances.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
On its FY2021 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization ceased operations in october 2021 due to the retirement of the organization's founder and artistic director, lucy bowen mccauley.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Dance company performances: the professional dance company performs under the artistic direction of choreographer, lucy bowen mccauley. The company of dancers has also performed nationally and internationally through art festivals. Bmdc has established partnerships with area art leaders that include the signature theatre, alexandria symphony orchestra, kennedy center and lansburgh theatre. The company dancers are known for their athleticism and vibrancy of performances set to live music. As part of an ongoing commitment to arts education and community engagement, bmdc also conducts annual free performances for youth, seniors and people with disabilities. The organization ceased operations in october 2021.
$283,603 spentof which $15,000 as grants$11,658 earned by the program100% of program spendingYouth outreach: determined to make a difference in the lives of young people, the organization brings the art of dance to a diverse socio-economic population from pre-k to 12th grade in the metropolitan dc region. The numerous established dance residency programs are most frequently presented at area schools, and offer age-appropriate class instruction and performance opportunities at venues such as the kennedy center millennium stage, bmdc's "annual move me festival, arlington and taste of arlington. Bmdc puts the "a" in steam education! The organization ceased operations in october 2021.
$0 spent0% of program spendingAdult outreach: recognizing the power of dance and the benefits it can provide to seniors, bmdc offers its dance programs and other unique stretch classes to adults of various ages and physical abilities. In partnership with nyc's mark morris dance group (mmdg), bmdc has successfully grown its "dance for parkinson's disease" community program to nine dc area locations providing free, weekly dance classes to people with parkinson's disease and their care-partners. Bmdc is the only licensed affiliate of the mmdg's researched-backed dance for parkinson's disease program in the mid-atlantic region. (see sch o, part iii, line 3) the organization ceased operations in october 2021.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $283,603.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $248k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2021 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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
Helen Chamberlin
Exec Dir
Board chair
Peter J Lauria
Chairman
As listed on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $30k → $20k.
6 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE 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
BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 64%; 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 BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 52% · 2019 36% · 2020 43% · 2021 41% · 2022 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.
How long its funders stay
42% of BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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 FY2022, 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
60% of BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE 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 $152k that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $232k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
73%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC?
- BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $383,119 to it, the largest being ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($163,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $383,119 in grants to BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC?
- ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $163,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2021–2022), and the filings of 21 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