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Cleveland Dance Project Company

Cleveland Dance Project Company (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,238 to it, the largest being THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ($75,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$48k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$85k
Net assets
$25k
2/4 repeat funders
01What it does

What Cleveland Dance Project Company does

Mission

CDP Company is a 501c3 charitable organization promoting dance and wellness.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Performances: CDP Company performs contemporary dance works in a multitude of settings often with a focus on mental health topics to open up the discussion on the human experience and make dance relatable and accessible to everyone. The major grants received are attributable to the Companys performances the primary driver of the Companys mission.

    $15,000 spentof which $6,386 as grants
    43% of program spending
  2. Outreach: the Companys outreach programming includes mindful movement and performance to primarily senior living facilities across the greater Cleveland and Akron area. Performances with audience participation are held. Follow-along dance classes adapted for all abilities to encourage movement to improve overall health and wellness encourage connection between participants. Additionally annual wellness workshops are held for dancers as well as a social media series to educate on the benefits of movement.

    $10,000 spent
    29% of program spending
  3. Convergence Community Collab: the Company puts on an annual show to showcase the dancers and offer the opportunity to other local professional choreographers and dancers to perform on a larger stage. This production encourages connection amongst the professional dance world and allows audience members to experience dance in a relatable and interactive way.

    $10,000 spent
    29% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $35,000.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Anna Cerveny

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $132.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 Cleveland Dance Project Company’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

Cleveland Dance Project Company leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

88%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 89% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

Cleveland Dance Project Company draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 2 states in all.

OH
MD

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

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’21
’22
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $518 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Cleveland Dance Project Company runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin30% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

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

OH

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds Cleveland Dance Project Company?
Cleveland Dance Project Company (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,238 to it, the largest being THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ($75,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Cleveland Dance Project Company have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $85,238 in grants to Cleveland Dance Project Company, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Cleveland Dance Project Company?
THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF AMERICA 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 Cleveland Dance Project Company find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2025–2025), 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