Texas · Nonprofit
DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC
DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC (Texas) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,984,342 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,424,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $10.0M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc does
Mission
To create and produce contemporary and modern dance at its highest level of artistic excellence through performances and educational programs that bridge cultures and reach diverse communities
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Season performances- funding include foundation and corporate grants. -dance africa (october), director's choice (november), behind the scenes (november), black on black (december), cultural awareness (february), dancing beyond borders west & north (march), rising excellence(april), and spring celebration(may). -international association of blacks in dance festival(iabd - january)-local and national dance performances by master choreographers and new works by contemporary choreographers. -outdoor festival held for community with market place, live performances and entertainment in celebration of african culture through dance performances, music and arts (dance africa). -national and international choreographers contribute cultural diversity (cultural awareness) -program and enrichment opportunities for children and young adults (student matinees and behind the scenes) -dbdt produces a season comprised of eleven unique productions held in arts district venues; (wyly theatre, moody performance hall, the majestic and the latino cultural center). In-person performances have returned to 100% full capacity with virtual livestream at affordable rates and on demand recording available for…
$3,538,313 spent$384,053 earned by the program81% of program spendingDallas black dance academy- funding is coming from corporate and foundation grants. The official school of dbdt, celebrates fifty years of delivering educational classes/programs for youth and adult students, delivering dance instructors to a community of diverse backgrounds. -professional dance instructors offer a variety of classes for students of all ages and levels. More than 550+ students per week in 50 dance classes with 4 levels of training which include ballet, jazz, tap and african. -emphasis on life skills and development of self-esteem through self discipline and directed dance studies in a learning environment. -dbda has 3 performing ensembles: allegro performing ensemble - dbdt's premier academy ensemble, the senior performing ensemble and the junior performning ensemble. The groups perform locally at festivals and various events in dallas-fort worth metropolitan area. -dbda has two lead outreach teacher and has provided classes for the dance integration program and the bodies in motion program that meet teks standards to 35 schools in dallas independent school district and throughout the dallas/fort worth metroplex, during the sy2023-2024. -scholarships are provided…
$478,052 spent$222,860 earned by the program11% of program spendingOther programs
$373,110 spent$40,098 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,389,475.
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 $3.2M to $678k (−79%).
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 27% · 2022 23% · 2023 12% · 2024 9% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Zenetta S Drew
Executive director
Board chair
Gilbert Gerst
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $366k → $1.2M.
9 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 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
DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
45% 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 DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 53% · 2019 40% · 2020 41% · 2021 18% · 2022 19% · 2023 15% — 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
53% of DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC's funding base is broadening — from 9 funders to 32 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $350k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$350k
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 DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE 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 Texas
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
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Dbdtllc · disregarded
- Dbdt Tenant LLC · disregarded
- Dbdt Landlord LP · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC?
- DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC (Texas) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,984,342 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,424,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $9,984,342 in grants to DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,424,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 59 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